Observations by sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in

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NGC2467 (Bright Nebula, in Puppis)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Sun Nov 13 04:30:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1417

I'm not completely sure that I've seen the nebulosity but I remember that I saw a patch around the cluster using the Orion Skyglow filter.

NGC2362 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: good
Time: Sat Nov 12 04:45:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1410

It appeared extremely beautiful. Through direct vision, only Tau Canis Majoris was visible but with averted vision, it looked wonderful: a faint cluster marked by a bright star.

NGC2156 (LMC Open Cluster, in Dorado)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Nov 11 05:05:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1421

This cluster is quite good but I can't remember how bright it appeared. It is one among many clusters located in Carina.

M37 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Nov 11 04:45:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1411

This is the best open cluster I've seen. Due to light pollution and thin haze, it appeared as a nebulous patch with direct vision. Averted vision helped to completely resolve the cluster into numerous stars. I think I'll get a much, much better view of the cluster from a dark site.

M36 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Nov 11 04:43:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1413

The brightest of Auriga's clusters. It is not as rich as M37 but contains much brighter stars.

M38 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Nov 11 04:43:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1412

Another showcase Auriga cluster. A good one. It contains many faint stars which yield a fantastic view.

NGC2158 (Open Cluster, in Gemini)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Nov 11 04:35:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1420

I could barely pick out this cluster, located close M35, from a light polluted sky. I hope to get much better views from a dark place.

M35 (Open Cluster, in Gemini)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Nov 11 04:35:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1419

A very good cluster. It gave an excellent view through an 8 inch reflector from a dark site, the previous month.

NGC2392 (Planetary Nebula, in Gemini)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Nov 11 04:35:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1418

Almost confused it for a double star as itt's very close to a star. I used the nebula filter to verify that it is a planetary nebula. It was quite unmistakable as it appeared slightly oval and irregular to my eyes.

M46 (Open Cluster, in Puppis)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Nov 11 04:16:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1416

It is a very good cluster. Averted vision almost completely resolved the cluster into stars as my observation was done from the city on that night with a lot of light pollution.From a dark sky, I think I can see the planetary nebula super-imposed on the cluster, using a larger telescope and a nebula filter.

M47 (Open Cluster, in Puppis)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Nov 11 04:16:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1415

A fairly good cluster with bright stars. It is located close to M46.

M93 (Open Cluster, in Puppis)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Nov 11 04:15:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1414

It gave a wonderful view through my telescope, overflowing with faint stars. I think the view view won't be so rich through larger, fast focus telescopes.

M78 (Bright Nebula, in Orion)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Nov 11 04:15:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1408

It can be easily found with a wide field scope. It appeared comet like with about 2 stars surrounded by it.

M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light   Transparency: fair   Seeing: good
Time: Sat Oct 1 01:10:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1409

Though there was very little or no light pollution, we could not see the crab nebula without averted vision because of haze and a little bit of fog.

M22 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: poor
Time: Mon Jul 11 21:30:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1262

This time, though there was a bad seeing, I could resolve the individual stars with averted vision.

M17 (Omega Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: poor
Time: Sun Jul 3 22:35:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1253

This nebula appeared great along with the nearby galactic cluster, M18. The fainter part of the nebula was visible with averted vision.

Appeared a bit bigger than other globulars. But smaller than Omega Cen. A slight improvement in appearence with mottled edges through 6 inch. Maybe it will be resolved in a dark site.

M80 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: poor
Time: Sun Jul 3 22:20:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1254

Yet another ball of cotton north east of scorpious. There's a star of the same brightness just near the cluster. It looked a bit greener than other globulars to my eyes.

Alpha Sco (Antares) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: poor
Time: Sun Jul 3 22:15:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1257

Antares appeared just as how Mars appears when it is far from earth. I'll try to split the double with the help of #80A Blue filter when I get it(If its possible to split with my scope).

Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -2.5)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: naked eye   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: poor
Time: Sun Jul 3 19:45:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1261

The International Space Station (ISS), passed by the northern circum-polar sky and disappeared behind the clouds near the north celestial pole.

Mercury (Planet, est. to be in Gemini)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jul 3 19:35:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1264

Mercury was very close to venus and was easily found with the telescope. It appeared like a half moon but, a lot smaller than Venus. One interesting thing was that all the people liked the sight of Mercury more than Venus.

Venus (Planet, est. to be in Gemini)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jul 3 19:30:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1263

This was the time when Mercury, Venus and Saturn were close together forming a right angle triangle. Some of my friends and myself brought an 8 inch f/8 reflector along with the heavy equatorial mount outside the planetarium and set it up. Venus appeared just like a gibbous moon, though the telescope was a bit out of collimation. This was just a casual observation done to show the people who had visited the planetarium to know whats up in the sky.

M62 (Globular Cluster, in Ophiuchus)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: excellent
Time: Tue Jun 7 23:00:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1246

It is quite easy to find. Its a bit east to Tau scorpii. A first I thought it was M4 which I had found the same night. But later when I found this cluster was a bit far of Antares, I came to know that it was 'it'!

M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: good
Time: Mon May 30 23:30:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1240

There was a huge improvement over the appearence of this galactic cluster than my 2 inch refractor. There were many number of faint stars over the size of the full moon.

M6 (Butterfly Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 6-inch other   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: good
Time: Mon May 30 23:29:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1239

There was a slight improvement over the cluster's appearence than my 2 inch refractor with a few fainter stars scatered all around the bright cluster.

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