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M8 (Lagoon Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.astroclubul.org/emilneata)
Instrument: 60-mm refractor Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1172
M 8 - Diffuse light surrounding a grouping of stars. Easily seen with averted vision.
M17 (Omega Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.astroclubul.org/emilneata)
Instrument: 60-mm refractor Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1170
M 17 - Very bright nebula, elongated shape. The northern part is almost straight, in the south I can see a small prominence.
M23 (Open Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.astroclubul.org/emilneata)
Instrument: 60-mm refractor Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1158
M 23 - Small, composed of approximately 80 stars.
M18 (Open Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.astroclubul.org/emilneata)
Instrument: 60-mm refractor Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1154
M 18 - Small and dense. 10 stars visible, surrounded by nebulosity.
M24 (Open Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.astroclubul.org/emilneata)
Instrument: 60-mm refractor Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1151
M 24 - A chunk of the Milky Way, easily observable with the naked eye
M70 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
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.: 1113
M 70 is pretty difficult to see, at 53x only the core is visible. It's small and faint.
NGC6716 (Open Cluster, in Sagittarius)
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.: 1105
NGC 6716 is an interesting cluster, composed of 15 stars of medium brightness, which form a pattern similar to that of the letter U. The cluster is not completely resolved, with averted vision I have seen traces of granulation in the background.
NGC6440 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/deep_sky_astronomy)
Instrument: 150-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 10 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1103
NGC 6440 is a mag. 9.7 cluster in Sagittarius. It has a bright core, but it's unresolved into stars even with averted vision.
NGC6445 (Planetary Nebula, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/deep_sky_astronomy)
Instrument: 150-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 10 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1100
NGC 6445 (Little Gem Nebula) in Sagittarius is small and pretty faint. It has a round shape, and gets brighter towards the center. Close to the nebula, in the west, I've seen a bright double star.
M22 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 13-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Sep 11 01:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1061
Last night, my friends Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike, Steve Borer and I observed some deep sky objects with Mikes 13" dob at high power. M22 globular cluster showed a 3D effect with the speckling of M22's stars. The stars seemed to jump at you in the telescope. M27, the dumbell nebula really stood out at high power. It also looked 3D among the milky way star field. We tried to see the central star in the M57 ring nebula at high power but we failed to see it. The ring itself showed very well. We were able to observe the fainter areas of the M31 Adromeda Galaxy. However, we were not able to see the dust lanes of the galaxy. We also observed M8, M11, M21, and M24 as well as the International space station and a -7 mag. irridiam flare.
M20 (Trifid Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm refractor Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Aug 15 23:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1210
the three dust lanes of this nebula are really impossilble to be seen through any instrument smaller than 6 inch(150 mm)telescope.but i have the satisfaction that i could atleast see the nebula through my scope.
M8 (Lagoon Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm refractor Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Aug 15 23:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1209
this was the second nebula i saw after M42(orion nebula) of orion.but this appeared a bit whitish when compared to the great nebula which appeared greenish (small telescopes cant show the real colors of nebulae).i tried to find the trifid nebula(M 20)which is only 1.5 degrees northwest of lagoon nebula.but i remember that i could see it only with averted vision.
M24 (Open Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm refractor Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Aug 15 20:35:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1197
huge group of stars on the bright milky way of sagittarius appeared wonderful through my telescope.
NGC6822 (Galaxy, in Sagittarius)
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 23:11:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1023
The famous Barnard's galaxy.Large and faint at 28x(32mm erfle).Better seen with averted vision.An elongated glow in the field.
NGC6522 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
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 22:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1021
NGC6522 and NGC6528 are two faint not resolvable globulars in the field of gamma Sgr.Nice field at 45x(20mm plossl).
M22 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm refractor Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Apr 25 05:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1205
this was the first globular cluster i observed through my telescope.it appeared as a ball of fuzz. it is very easy to locate on the bright milky way when compared to other globular clusters.even M13 is easy to locate.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -0.4, est. to be in Sagittarius)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 42-mm binoculars Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Dec 12 22:30:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 921
On Friday evening I drove to the top of a nearby hill to catch Mercury both naked-eye and through a 8x42 binocular at approximately 5:30 p.m. EST. Mercury was a bit more than one field of view to the southwest of Venus.
Other (Other, est. mag 9.3, est. to be in Sagittarius, Est. RaDec 18h10m, -27d45')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: poor
Time: Thu Sep 25 01:00:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 885
One of the objects that I observed on Wednesday night with the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain (162x) at the ASH Naylor Observatory near Lewisberry, PA, was Nova Sagittarii 2003 Number 2. This new nova, if you'll pardon the pun, was discovered by Nick Brown on September 19th and is located at R.A. = 18h10m10.42s, Declination. = -27d45'35.2". Using the AAVSO finder chart and the second edition of the Uranometria 2000.0 (page 145) I was able to locate the nova at approximately 01:00 UT just to the east of a distinctive arrow-shaped asterism. Bob Young, an ASH member who is an experienced variable star observer, felt that the nova was shining at approximately 9.3 magnitude.For further information on this nova see http://www.aavso.org/publications/newsflash/sp7.shtml and http://www.aavso.org/news/nsgr032.shtml
M8 (Lagoon Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Jul 7 03:30:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 830
Last night, I took out my 10X50 binoculars to observe M8 Before the clouds rolled in. In binoculars, M8 looks like an elongated group of stars in which nebulosity shows very well on the left hand side. I then observed the M21 open cluster of stars Which lies next to M20. The M24 star cloud shows a nice sprinkling of stars in the binos. Finally, I looked at M4. Oddly, M4 looks more like a globular cluster in binoculars than it does in any telescope I've ever looked through.
M8 (Lagoon Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Jul 11 03:30:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 657
The skies were clear in West Haven Ct. tonight, so I decided to view a few deep space objects in Sagitarius. At 96x with an O3 filter attatched, the Lagoon Nebula was easily viewed. The nebulasity was quite extensive. This compares with the Trifid nebula which was rather difficult to discern, even with a filter. I also viewed the M21 open cluster which is next to the Trifid nebula. Without the nebula filter the open cluster was great to look at. My final stop was at the M24 star cloud. Inside the star cloud, was a tight open cluster called NGC 6603. This group of stars was a small cluster within the huge M24 star cloud.
M22 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Vedran Vrhovac (e-mail: vedran_vrhovac@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Velika Gorica, Croatia
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: poor Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Aug 12 21:30:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 1283
Afeter observing Moon I decided to take a quick look at M22. At 38x it appeared elliptical. Higher magnification (80x)showed me partial resolution near edges. Soon clouds came and I decided to finish my observations.
M28 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Larry Wade (e-mail: lab@capital2.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Belzoni, Mississippi, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Sep 10 03:10:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 394
Very brite at 47x, easy. Partial resolution 134x with averted vision; clouds cover end of session.
NGC6638 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Larry Wade (e-mail: lab@capital2.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Belzoni, Mississippi, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Sep 10 03:00:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 393
Noticeable easily at 47x, with a grey glow.At 134x no details are visible with averted vision.
NGC6642 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Larry Wade (e-mail: lab@capital2.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Belzoni, Mississippi, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Sep 10 02:50:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 392
Pretty dim at 134x. Seems to be split. The 3/4 part of the split seems briter and more condensed with an impression of mottling and stellar nucleus with averted vision at 134x
M22 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Larry Wade (e-mail: lab@capital2.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Belzoni, Mississippi, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Sep 10 02:45:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 391
Visible in 6x30 finder. Very well resolved at 47xglittering in a moderately rich starfield. Two briter stars on southern edge of cluster. At 134x a sprinkle of briter stars over blue gray cloud of glitter. Seem to be a clump of dimmer stars in NE corner that appear to be a little detached from main mass of blue cloud
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