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Other (Other, est. mag ~15th, est. to be in Andromeda)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 14.5-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Blain, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Oct 25 04:15:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 900
On Friday night Tony Donnangelo, Bob Pody, John Symborski, and I successfully observed the periodic comet 2P/Encke through a 14.5" Starmaster SkyTracker Dob from Campsite 52 in western Perry County, Pennsylvania. This comet was one of the dimmest that I've ever seen and it was only through Tony Donnangelo's painstaking efforts that we were able to view it. It was not even visible until it was close to the zenith and certainly was not remotely as bright as the 11.6 magnitude figure predicted by the IAU ephemeris (seehttp://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/0002P_1.html forthat information). We also observed Comets LINEAR T7 and LINEAR-NEAT HT50, LINEAR T7 being the easiest of the three to detect. Three asteroids and a multitude of deep-sky objects, including B33 (the Horsehead Nebula) and some great galaxy groups in Pisces, were seen as well. Muted pinks in the wings of M42 and shades of blue and green near the Trapezium were clearly evident.
M32 (Galaxy, in Andromeda)
Observer: jcavs88 (e-mail: jcavs88@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 2.4-inch refractor Location: metheun, boston
Light pollution: light Seeing: good
Time: Fri Dec 27 16:01:05 2002 UT Obs. no.: 738
I am very new at this, I want to see the m32 but I have a NG60 telescope, will this do the job?
M42 (Orion Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Orion)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Dec 10 07:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 747
I'll never get tired of looking at the Great Nebula in Orion.
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Andromeda)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Dec 10 06:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 739
The Andromeda Galaxy was fairly easily to the naked eye in the extremely clear skies following a winter storm. I observed it, and its companion, under a variety of powers in the 8-inch.
NGC7662 (Planetary Nebula, in Andromeda)
Observer: Paul (e-mail: paul_ohstbucks@msn.com)
Instrument: 12.5-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: good Seeing: poor
Time: Wed Nov 13 01:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 717
Blue Snowball: Thanks to some advice I got in an email(thanks Fiske), I was able to locate theposition of the Snowball immediately in the binocs. I had trouble locating thisbefore because of its high position in the sky. At 59x, it clearly showed itselfas a small powdery blue disc without any detail. At 157x it appeared to have aslight darkening in the center. Maybe an illusion, I'm not sure. The darkeningin the center didnt hold. It came and went with averted vision. Maybe I was holding my breath....(a joke) I detected a slight brightening along the bottomsouth to south east border. I tried 314x, but the seeing was awful and I couldnot detect anything. The seeing is awful tonight. I'd like to check this oneout on a night of good seeing for sure. The moonshine was hitting inside my tube, which didnt help matters. I tried the OIII filter, but it didnt seem tomake a difference.
NGC891 (Galaxy, in Andromeda, Est. RaDec 2h23m, +42d21' )
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 80-mm refractor Location: Cherry Springs State Park, PA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sun Sep 8 04:20:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 683
Somewhat to my suprise I was able to detect the fairly low surface brightness (13.7 magnitudes per square arc minute), edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891 as a small and dim streak with my Orion ShortTube 80 achromat, which has a clear aperture of something like 76mm, working at 21x (19mm Panoptic) and 44x (9mm Nagler type 6) under the very dark and transparent skies of the 2002 Black Forest Star Party. An image of this object is available at http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/n0891.html
Comet (Comet, est. mag 3.5, est. to be in Andromeda, Est. RaDec ~00h49m, 42d11')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: poor Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Apr 5 00:40:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 636
I had what was undoubtedly my last evening view of C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang) on Thursday evening. Rather poor transparency, light pollution, and the comet's position made for a less than inspiring view, certainly inferior to Monday evening (2002/4/2 UT) when two other ASH members and I observed Comet Ikeya-Zhang C1 through the 17" classical Cassegrain, its 5" f/5 finder, my 80mm f/6.25 Apogee ED refractor, and Celestron Deluxe 20x80's. There wasn't much tail visible on Thursday and what little there was was best seen through a Celestron Ultima 7x50 binocular. A bright pseudonucleus and somewhat hazy coma were visible at 118, 162, 202, and 259x through the 17". To my great disappointment because of the poor conditions I could not detect M31 or M32 (which were within about 1.5 degrees of the comet) even with the 17" working with the aid of an Orion Sky Wizard DSC unit. We followed the comet until approximately 01:30 UT when it sank into the western tree line. Two different ASH members and I also viewed Comet Ikeya-Zhang through my 80mm f/7 Apogee achromatic refractor. I have observed the comet at every possible opportunity since 2002/2/6 UT with a variety of instruments (7x50's, 8x42's, four 10x50's, and two 20x80's; three different 80mm refractors, a 5" f/5 achromat, a 6" f/8 Dobnewt, and 17 and 20" classical Cassegrain reflectors) and have really enjoyed watching it evolve from a very condensed coma that resembled an unresolved globular cluster to a fine comet with a blue tinted coma, an excellent ion tail, and a bright pseudonucleus. Comet Ikeya-Zhang has been the best comet since Comet Hale-Bopp for northern hemisphere observers! Other objects observed with the 17" included M34, Saturn, Jupiter (the end of Europa's transit and the beginning of its shadow transit), and M48. With my 80mm Apogee I viewed Saturn and Jupiter as well as M45, M42, M41, M44, M67, M48, and other deep-sky objects.
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Andromeda)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Mar 17 00:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 630
In 10x50 binoculars m31 has a bright core. the wings seem to extend very far from the core.
NGC752 (Open Cluster, in Andromeda)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jan 12 00:30:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 601
The nebulosity of m42 was quite extensive. I was only able to see four trapezium stars. I also observered two faint stars near the trapezium area that seemed to be partially obscured by the nebula itself. Michael Amato
Other (Other, est. to be in Andromeda, Est. RaDec 23h11.4m, +38d13')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch other Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Oct 6 01:50:00 2001 UT Obs. no.: 568
I spent some time at the ASH Naylor Observatory (http://www.astrohbg.org) last Friday night. My main goals were to photograph a favorable pass by the ISS and to observe the two multiple stars featured in Sue French's column in the November S & T.Beginning at 23:30 UT The space station crossed the sky from the southwest to the northeast in a 5 minute long pass. After photographing the pass I had a look at a nondescript and obviously gibbous Mars through the ASH 12.5" f/6.5 Cave Newtonian that another member was using. He had just bought a pair of Nikon 10x50's, which I took on a quick test drive to M8, M11, M13, and M31.Moving on to the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain in the French Dome I viewed Mars once again at 249x (26mm Tele Vue Ploessl) using Brandon magenta, orange, and light blue color filters. I thought I saw a hint of a dark area and perhaps some brightening at the poles. Then it was on to the deep-sky.NGC 7662 (the Blue Snowball Nebula) was my first DSO target using 25mm (162x) and 40mm (259x) University Optics MK-70's. To the southwest of NGC 7662 at 23h11.4m, +38d13' lies the multiple star Hough 197. Although colorless, I found it to be an attractive triple star since it formed a delightful isosceles triangle at 162x. Its components were 7.9, 9.7, and 10.2 magnitude and were fairly widely separated. My next stellar destination, h975 (22h55.7m, +36d21') to the southwest in Lacerta, was merely a binary but it was a brighter pair at 5.7 and 9.0 magnitude. It was also easily split at 162x. At this point the rising moon was whitewashing the sky rather effectively so after giving it a quick once over I went on my merry way.
NGC404 (Galaxy, in Andromeda, Est. RaDec 1h10m +36)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Sep 20 23:20:00 2001 UT Obs. no.: 571
Nice little galaxy that resembles a comet. It can be difficult to see it's slightly oval form without keeping the bright star beta Andromedae out of the field.
NGC891 (Galaxy, in Andromeda, Est. RaDec 02h23m +42)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Tue Nov 28 20:03:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 572
Not easy due to the low surface brightness but once found the view appears 3-D as the galaxy floats behind the numerous field stars. The dust-lane wasn't easy but could be seen with averted vision. With my 16" the dust lane was obvious.
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Andromeda)
Observer: Sean Wilkins (e-mail: peggy@eriecoast.com)
Instrument: 4.5-inch equatorial reflector Location: Elyria, Ohio, Usa
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Oct 25 03:45:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 492
Very good transperancy.Right there in the Eastern part of the sky.
NGC7662 (Planetary Nebula, in Andromeda)
Observer: Navid Voghoofi (e-mail: dshahabi@cs.com)
Instrument: 3.5-inch other Location: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Aug 14 07:05:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 469
This planetary nebula is really bright.It is blue in color. Spotting it is a piece of cake.
NGC891 (Galaxy, in Andromeda, Est. RaDec -)
Observer: Eero Holmstrm (e-mail: holmerkki@altavista.net, web: http://www.fda.iwarp.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Pernajan kirkonkyl, Pernaja, Finland
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Jan 31 21:40:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 505
Very faint at 38x, the elognated shape was clear though.
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Andromeda)
Observer: Mike Pierce (e-mail: xtozaj@webtv.net)
Instrument: 10x50-mm binoculars Location: Malone, Florida, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Fri Oct 9 02:30:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 403
Observed Pegasus rising and with it a wonderful observation of M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. Observed it with 10x50 binos due to its altitude. Noted a wonderful "dusky spot" in the heavens. Obviously, a galactic sighting. Will endeavor to locate same in the future earlier in the evening, so that I can put my scope and some power on this beauty! Don't miss this early fall asterism! P.S. Ain't astronomy grand!!?
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Andromeda)
Observer: Harold Williams (e-mail: clouseau@webtv.net)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Thu Sep 24 03:30:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 402
I was camping in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts this week and was fortunate to experience sky conditions that are rare for most people. The only light was from a few distant houses, my propane lamp on low and a campfire. I was looking through Andromeda to locate the galaxy to view it with my new ETX. I noticed a faint haze where it should be but couldn't believe I would see it naked eye. After a few minutes of checking with the binoculars, I decided it was possible. Also visible with no help was the Double Cluster in Perseus. The Milky Way was distinct all the way from Sagittarius to Cassiopeia. Just scanning along this line with binoculars and just observing star fields was amazing.
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Andromeda)
Observer: Mark Stutzman (e-mail: mark@cca.ci.coatesville.pa.us)
Instrument: 4 1/2-inch equatorial reflector Location: Gilbertsville, PA, usa
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Tue Aug 18 03:00:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 379
Had very good views of one of our nearest galactic neighbors last night. companion was visible to me as well. very bright center and fuzzy surrounding area took up half my view in 25mm eyepiece.
M32 (Galaxy, in Andromeda, Est. RaDec 00:42:48, 40:52:00)
Observer: Byung Hoon Kang (e-mail: astronist@usa.net, web: http://web.syr.edu/~bkang)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Syracuse, NY, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Jul 3 07:00:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 361
Celestron Powerstar 8, 78x --- I can only see east sky at the porch of my apartment room. M32 was pretty dim due to the light pollution.
M32 (Galaxy, in Andromeda)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 239
40mm eyepiece used. It was great
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Andromeda, Est. RaDec 0.42.7/+41.16)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 238
Nice! Used a 40mm eyepiece
M32 (Galaxy, in Andromeda)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Sep 11 09:25:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 227
The Andromeda Galaxy was obvious to the naked eye. It took some work to get the Dobsonian pointed at it, since it was close to the zenith. With my Telrad dead (I must have accidentally left it on for the last month), it took a fair amount of trial and error to locate the galaxy with the 49x eyepiece, but once I swept it up it was unmistakable: the huge, bright, fuzzy core and the fainter arms spilling out of the field.
NGC752 (Open Cluster in Andromeda)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jan 6 05:02:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 7
Picked it up by sweeping, then confirmed the identification with the chart. A large (about 1 degree across) obvious glow in the 7x50s, with a sprinkling of a dozen or so stars in front. On closer inspection the glow resolved into a swarm of stars. Beautiful!
M32 (Galaxy in Andromeda)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jan 6 04:55:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 6
Unable to detect any thickening of M31's arms in the region of M110 with 7x50s. Gave only a quick look, however, without ascertaining the exact position.
M110 (Galaxy in Andromeda)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jan 6 04:55:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 5
Fairly easy with averted vision. A medium-sized fuzzy patch north of M31's core.
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