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M6 (Butterfly Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
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.: 1104
M 6 is a fairly difficult object due to its southern declination, but it can be easily seen if you have a clear southern horizon. It is composed of approximately ten bright stars disposed in the form of a rectangle, and other 40 stars of medium brightness.
NGC7160 (Open Cluster, in Cepheus)
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.: 1094
NGC 7160 is a small cluster in Cepheus, composed of 10 faint stars that surround a brighter one. In the south I've noticed two bright stars.
NGC1857 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
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.: 1093
NGC 1857 is a large, dense cluster in Auriga. It's mostly composed of 7th mag. stars.
NGC884 (Open Cluster, in Perseus)
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.: 1067
Decided to use my Celestron 15x70 Skymaster Binos due to having company over and did not have the 6" reflector cooled down. The Double Cluster also was very obvious and the amount of stars in the FOV is always overwhelming to me. Last week while using the 6" reflector the number of starts was quadrupled. Definetly one of my favorite clusters.
M34 (Open Cluster, in Perseus)
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.: 1066
Decided to use my Celestron 15x70 Skymaster Binos due to having company over and did not have the 6" reflector cooled down. The Cluster was very obvious and the amount of stars in the FOV is always overwhelming to me. Even though the FOV in my telescope at my lowest power (30x) is about half of what it is in the binos, the number of stars is 4 times as much. I am certain this is one of my favorite clusters due to the high population of stars.
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.
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.
M11 (Wild Duck Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scutum)
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: good
Time: Wed Aug 11 23:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1214
it appeared as an unresolved irregular globular cluster against the background of the milky way. if i had not read earlier that it would appear as an uncondensed globular through telescopes smaller than 8 inch(200 mm),i would have really mistaken it for a globular cluster.its really a unique sight through my telescope.it did appear as a wild duck's 'beak' but not like a wild duck as a whole!
NGC7160 (Open Cluster, in Cepheus)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Parnon mountain, Greece
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jul 17 23:03:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1045
A small poor open cluster in Cepheus.Doesn't stand out well from the starry background.Needed Uranometria charts to verify the identification.Easy at 46x.
NGC6791 (Open Cluster, in Lyra)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Parnon mountain, Greece
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Jul 16 19:20:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1039
A rich and very ancient open cluster in Lyra.Visible like a faint nebula at 28x(32mm erfle).
M41 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Jun 25 20:35:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1195
this open cluster is one of the most beautiful deep sky objects i have seen.it appears in a small area overflowing with faint stars.
NGC6791 (Open Cluster, in Lyra)
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 22:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1026
Large and faint open cluster in Lyra.Looked like a faint nebula at 45x(20mm plossl).Its a VERY old open cluster.Older than NGC188 in Cepheus.Its an overlooked object, in the shadow of M57 and M56,the two well known Lyra higlights...Discovered during the 19th century by the famous comet observer Winnecke.
M6 (Butterfly Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
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: Tue Apr 20 05:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1212
i found this open cluster northeast of the open cluster M7.though smaller than M7,its really a showpiece but could'nt make out it's butterfly shape.
M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
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: Tue Apr 20 05:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1211
i accidentaly found this cluster when i was exploring the stars of the bright milky way present in scorpius and sagittarius.i was totally amazed and thrilled by this beautiful open cluster.even now whenever i go for skywatching with the scorpion high above in the southern sky, the first object i look at is this large cluster.
M45 (Pleiades) (Open Cluster, in Taurus)
Observer: Alan D Forester (e-mail: forester16@earthlink.net)
Instrument: 10-inch equatorial reflector Location: Sebring, Florida, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 19 01:38:11 2003 UT Obs. no.: 913
good seeing in Fl this time of year, with the cool fronts coming thru I can see m45 very clearly Using the nebulae filter adds to the viewing. tonight I plan to se how many leonoids comr thru!!!!!!!!!
NGC4755 (Open Cluster, in Crux)
Observer: Chris Slee (e-mail: sleech@ozemail.com.au)
Instrument: binoculars Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: poor
Time: Tue Jul 15 11:30:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 835
Even though the seeing was poor (mainly due to the full moon), the Jewel Box was quite spectacular, like its name suggests -- a tight collection of bright points. I had to use averted vision to see anything other than a faint blob but, when using this technique, it jumped right off the background sky at me. I think I saw a couple of red points amongs the predominantly blue-white points. Very impressive.
M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Chris Slee (e-mail: sleech@ozemail.com.au)
Instrument: binoculars Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: poor
Time: Tue Jul 15 11:30:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 834
Even though the seeing was poor (mainly due to the full moon), M7 was quite spectacular. I had to use averted vision to see anything other than a faint blob but, when using this technique, it jumped right off the background sky at me. Very impressive.
M35 (Open Cluster, in Gemini)
Observer: Matt Evans (e-mail: matt.larie@verizon.net)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Plano, TX, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Mon Mar 24 01:55:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 790
I used Starry Night Pro to print out a star chart and practiced star hopping from the "ends" of Gemini. I set up my 10" dob in my backyard and found M35 in under a minute. I was impressed! =) Anyway, good seeing and it looked great. I could see down to mag. 11.6 (based on a drawing and comparing it to stars in Starry Night Pro).
NGC1981 (Open Cluster, in Orion, Est. RaDec -)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/emilneata)
Instrument: 114-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Mar 2 18:00:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 797
Open cluster in Orion. 15 faint stars surronded by other 7 bright ones disposed in "W" form.
M47 (Open Cluster, in Puppis)
Observer: TIM (e-mail: tjkozise@abswebb.net)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Jan 8 07:15:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 758
I KIND OF FALL ON TO M47 TONIGHT,I WAS LOOKING AT SIRIUS AND FOUND IT JUST LITTLE TO THE EAST, AND BINGO THERE SHE WAS, ITS AND OPEN CLUSTER THE MAGNITUDES 3 ON THIS WAS THE BEST ON JUST ONE STAR.
NGC2264 (Open Cluster, in Monoceros)
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: Mon Dec 30 08:15:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 754
Observed the cluster easily, though was unable to detect the dark "Cone Nebula".
NGC2244 (Open Cluster, in Monoceros)
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: Mon Dec 30 08:05:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 753
The star cluster at the core of the Rosette Nebula was easy, though the nebula itself was not detected.
M37 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
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 06:45:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 744
Found with difficulty after getting lazy, and instead of star-hopping from M36 just generally sweeping "thataway." Star-hopping is almost always going to be faster, even for bright objects like prominent Messier clusters.
M36 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
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 06:35:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 743
Found by star-hopping at low power from M38.
NGC1907 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
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 06:25:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 742
Noticed in same low-power field with M38, as a small fuzzy patch slight S of the cluster. Was not obviously a star cluster (as opposed to, say, a small, bright nebula) until I increased power.
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