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M29 (Open Cluster, in Cygnus)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/deep_sky_astronomy)
Instrument: 114-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 10 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1109
M 29 is a beautiful cluster in Cygnus, placed in a star rich area of the Milky Way. Using 36x I could see eight stars easily discernible from the background. In the finder scope it appears as a small diffuse patch.
M29 (Open Cluster, in Cygnus)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Horsham, Pa., USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon Oct 4 02:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1064
Decided to use my Celestron 15x70 Skymaster Binos due to having company over and did not have the 6" reflector cooled down. M29 was conspicuous in Cygnus but I always am drawn to the populated star field rather than M29 itself. It was however readily available for easy gazing in the 70mm binos. I tried for M57 but missed it. It was right at the zenith point at the time of me going to bed. This morning at 0600 EST when I awoke, Venus and M42 were out but I did not have a chance before getting ready for work. Perhaps tomorrow.
NGC7000 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Parnon mountain, Greece
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sun Jun 20 00:55:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1024
The famous north America nebula is faint.Under the fine dark skies of Parnon mountain I could easily follow the "mexican coast" up to the "gulf of mexico" with direct vision.No filter used.28 x(32mm erfle).
NGC7013 (Galaxy, in Cygnus)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Parnon mountain, Greece
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jun 19 19:35:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1019
Galaxy near the veil nebula.Faint,in a rich field.Next to a star.Eyepiece 20mm plossl (45x).
Delta Cyg (Multiple Star, in Cygnus)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Kalamata, Greece
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun May 23 23:40:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1004
The air was steady.Using a 6.3 mm plossl (144x)the secondary was steadily visible between the difraction spikes.Nice binary and nice test for the steadiness of the air.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 8.5, est. to be in Cygnus)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Kalamata, Greece
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun May 23 23:06:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1007
Observed C/2004 K4 (Linear) with 8.8mm UWA eyepiece(104x).Brighter since my last observation.Estimated magnitude 8.5.With averted vision I suspected a starlike nucleus.No tail visible.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 9, est. to be in Cygnus)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Kalamata, Greece
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu May 20 00:10:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1001
Slowly sweeping near the star 15 Cygni I spotted again comet C/2003 K4 (Linear).I used a 10 mm plossl eyepiece (91x) on my 8" f/4.5 dob.It seemed brighter than during my previous observation.It was small,no tail visible,in a nice rich milkyway field.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 10, est. to be in Cygnus)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Kalamata, Greece
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri May 14 10:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 996
Playing with the program HNsky I found that cometC/2003 K4 (Linear) was in Cygnus.It had a magnitude of 9 so I decided to go for it.Sweeping around the area shown by the HNsky with my 8" f/4.5 homemade dob equiped with a meade SWA 18mm (51x) I spotted it.It was in the field of a nice double consisting of two white stars.Checking Burnham's I found that it was the double star Struve 2758.The comet itself was small and very faint, perhaps fainter than the published magnitude of 9.No tail was visible.It was better seen with averted vision thru a 10mm plossl (91x).
NGC6826 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Paul (e-mail: paul_ohstbucks@msn.com)
Instrument: 12.5-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Sep 29 02:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 709
This one took a couple minutes to find for the first time. The Blinking nebula is so small, you can pass it off as a star at low powers if you arent careful. The blue color stood out very well. I found it at 59x and then moved straight up to 157x. It appears as a blue disc with averted vision, but when looking straight at it, the disc fades and the brightness of the central star takes over with no filters. I tried the OIII filter and the nebula did not fade at direct vision and it seemed to conceal the central star. Nothing too exciting, but fun to observe for a few minutes.
NGC6826 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 4.5-inch equatorial reflector Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Jun 7 01:25:00 2001 UT Obs. no.: 579
The Blinking planetary certainly lived up to it's name as the nebulosity that surrounds the bright central star appeared to blink on and off as i looked away from the object. With an OIII the star is dimmed and the nebulosity brightened so that the effect is no longer evident. The effect is also more difficult to observe in larger telescopes.
NGC6960 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus, Est. RaDec 20h56m +32)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Oct 1 21:47:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 580
Even from my light polluted site this superb telescopic object could be seen in 10x50 binoculars. The SNR looked like a slightly curved streak with a sharp hook at the more southern end. An OIII or UHC filter is a must.
NGC6894 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus, Est. RaDec 20h16.4m, +30d34')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Thu Sep 28 02:45:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 538
Using an Orion UltraBlock narrowband nebula(r) filter I was able to observe this faint annular planetary nebula at 118 and 202x. NGC 6894 appeared as a dim but obvious ring at 202x. It is about 42" in size and has an extremely dim central star of magnitude 17.6, which was far beyond the capabilities of the site and telescope. There is an image of NGC 6894 in second volume of the NSOG.
NGC7026 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus, Est. RaDec 21h06m19s, +47d51'08")
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Oct 30 02:40:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 487
NGC 7026 (PK89+0.1) is a 10.8 magnitude bipolar planetary nebula located near Deneb. This 28" x 13" sized object bears the nickname of the Cheeseburger Nebula. Earlier in the evening fellow ASH member Chris Fenn captured NGC 7026 with his 10" f/10 Meade LX 50 as part of his continuing program of observing planetary nebulae. After trying in vain to see SN 1999el in NGC 6951 I slewed the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain to NGC 7026. NGC 7026 appeared as being somewhat rectangular in shape and was quite nice at all the magnifications that I employed (118, 202, and 259x). To the immediate northeast lies an 11th magnitude field star. An Orion UltraBlock nebula(r) filter enhanced the nebula slightly but I felt that an unfiltered 202x produced the most esthetic view.
NGC7000 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Glen Cozens (e-mail: cozens@primus.com.au)
Instrument: 80-mm refractor Location: Kariong, NSW, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Sep 12 11:30:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 480
The brightest part of the nebulae was the New York area, the Mexico part was not as bright. The neb was low in the sky and an OIII filter was used.
Other (Other, est. mag 12.7, est. to be in Cygnus, Est. RaDec 21h33m08.1s, +39d38')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu, web: http://www.ezonline.com/ash/obs.htm)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Aug 9 07:02:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 468
Humason 1-2 (PN G086.5-08.8) is a small (8.3"), 12th magnitude planetary nebula located some 3 degrees east of Sigma Cygni. I used magnifications of 118 (to locate the proper field), 249 (with an O-III filter), and 259x (with and without an Orion Ultrablock filter) to find this somewhat elusive quarry. Hu 1-2 is one of the obscure planetary nebulae featured in Jay McNeil's August 1999 Sky & Telescope article.
Other (Other, est. mag 9th, est. to be in Cygnus, Est. RaDec 20h03m, +35d15')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu, web: http://www.msd.org/obs.htm)
Instrument: 17"-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Jun 25 07:05:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 353
This was my first observation of Espin 202 (ADS 13262), which was featured in the August 1998 Sky & Telescope on pages 109 and 110. The so-called Cygnus Baseball Diamond is a multiple star system that is similar to M42's Trapezium but is much fainter. Star A is 9.4 magnitude and is the only member of Espin 202 that is bright enough to appear on the Uranometria 2000.0 (page 119). Star B is 11.0, Star C is 12.1, and Star D is 11.9. The Baseball Diamond was resolved at 118x. The view was better at 202x and 259x. At 381x all the "players" mentioned in Alan MacRobert's article were apparent - the baserunner on first, the right and center fielders, and the on deck batters. Brian Skiff wrote about this true multiple star system in "Deep Sky" and "CCD Astronomy" (Summer 1994, page 41). I also had a "look" at the possible black hole Cygnus X-1, which is located nearby to the southwest.
Other (Other, est. to be in Cygnus)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 51-cm equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun May 24 06:35:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 337
I observed two carbon stars that I had not seen before that were mentioned in Brian Skiff's May 1998 Sky & Telecope article. Both LW and RS Cygni were unimpressive visually, appearing as muted pink, despite having fairly high color indices. Observations were made at 127x.
Other (Other, est. mag 9, est. to be in Cygnus)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 51-cm other Location: Harrisburg, Pa, U.S.A.
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Jul 6 06:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 205
Some friends and I observed the cataclysmic variable SS Cyngi. We felt that this dwarf nova star had brightened to between 9.6 and 9.9 magnitude.
NGC6992 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus)
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: fair
Time: Wed Jul 2 09:20:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 185
As with NGC 6960, I needed to use peripheral vision at 49x to even detect it. It was thicker and shorter than NGC 6960, the Veil Nebula's other major component.
NGC6960 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus)
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: fair
Time: Wed Jul 2 09:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 184
One of the components of the Veil Nebula. Burnham's described it as looking like a miniature Milky Way in the field of a small telescope, and that describes its appearance at 49x in my 8-inch pretty accurately. It required peripheral vision, and was visually kind of unimpressive. (I think I was spoiled by the bright planetaries I'd looked at earlier.)
NGC7048 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus)
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: fair
Time: Wed Jul 2 08:40:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 183
I decided to go for a fainter planetary; Burnham's lists this one at mag 11, dimensions 60" x 50". At 49x a fleeting, irregular glow was visible in the area of three field stars. At 122x, averted vision showed what I thought was nebulosity surrounding those three stars, plus an oblong patch extending to the north. I recorded in my notes that there was definitely _something_ there, but that it didn't look much like a planetary. Checking the Palomar Sky Survey print on the Web at STScI, though, I could see what was really going on: There was indeed an oval planetary north of the three field stars, as well as several fainter stars surrounding them, leading me to combine the two limit-of-visibility phenomena into one big, faint patch.
NGC7027 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus)
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: fair
Time: Wed Jul 2 08:20:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 182
Per Burnham's, a mag 9 planetary, 18" x 11". At 49x I at first mistook it for a star, but then noticed that it appeared slightly oblong, and refused to come to a point at best focus. At 244x I could tell that it was elongated in a northwest/southeast direction. The SE side seemed slightly more tenuous at the edges than the NW side under averted vision. Interestingly, the Tirion atlas (and the dObjects observation record), treats it as a bright nebula, not a planetary. Burhnam's notes that it has "the richest spectrum of all the planetaries"; apparently someone has since figured out that it wasn't actually a planetary.
NGC6826 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus)
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: fair
Time: Wed Jul 2 08:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 181
Per Burnham's, a mag 8.8, 25"-diameter planetary. Was an easy fuzzy "star" at 49x. At 122x was a ghostly little circle, gray and uniform. At 244x I could see the central star with averted vision, and thought I detected a slight elongation in an east-west direction, and just possibly a hint of structure in the outer reaches.
Other (Other, est. to be in Cygnus)
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: fair
Time: Wed Jul 2 07:15:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 180
(Another missing database entry: 61 Cygni, or Struve 2758.) A pretty pair of orange-yellow stars, nearly equal in brightness. I spent about 10 minutes trying (unsuccessfully) to match up their current position with the two photos in Burnham's that show the pair's large proper motion between 1916 and 1948.
Chi Cyg (Variable Star, in Cygnus)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Jul 2 07:15:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 179
Was interested in seeing where this long-period variable was in its cycle. It clearly wasn't at maximum, at least, since I couldn't pick it out from the field stars in a quick glance with the 7x50 binoculars.
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