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Other (Other)
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: fair
Time: Thu Apr 25 05:25:00 2002 UT   Obs. no.: 642

Nu scorpii is a wider double in Scorpio.The pimaray brighter componant is almost white with maybe a hint of yellow in it and the dimmer componant looks grey to me. Omega scorpii is a wide binacular double. the stars seem to be of equal brightness. there may be a hint of blue in them.

Other (Other, est. mag 2.5)
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: fair
Time: Thu Apr 25 05:20:00 2002 UT   Obs. no.: 641

Beta scopii in Scorpio is a close binary systom. the primary star is white and several times as bright as its companion. The dimmer star had a dull greyish color to it.

Other (Other, est. mag 1.8)
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: fair
Time: Thu Apr 25 05:10:00 2002 UT   Obs. no.: 640

Delta scorpii in scorpio flared up more than a year ago.Last year when it brightened, i examined it with my star spectroscope attached to my 6" dob. I was able to see a hydrogen line Quite easily in the spectroscope back then. the star has now brightened to 1.8 mag. so I examined it again. This time the hydrogen line was almost impossible to see. This means the stars temperature must be increasing at the same time that the star is brightening.

Other (Other, est. mag 4.2, est. to be in Ophiuchus)
Observer: Jaakko Saloranta (e-mail: j_saloranta@hotmail.com, web: http://fda.iwarp.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector   Location: Santahamina, Helsinki (Military Area), Finland
Light pollution: light   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: good
Time: Thu Apr 4 03:11:00 2002 UT   Obs. no.: 696

(Hopefully the mistake is mine, but can't I add nothing more than NGC and M-objects here? Fix it or fix me, please!)IC 4665A pretty easy catch to the naked eye. Faint large glow, with at least 2 stars visible (magnitudes, 6.85 and 7.14). With keen adverted vsion a couple more stars could be spotted.

Other (Other)
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 03:05:00 2002 UT   Obs. no.: 634

the coma star cluster was easy to see from the northwest hills of Connecticut with the naked eye.It appeared as a wispy patch in the sky. With 10x50 binoculars, the loose widely spaced cluster seemed to have only white stars.Some astronomy books say the cluster also has blue white stars, but to me the stars were just plain white.

Other (Other)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 20-inch Dobsonian reflector   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: none   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Mar 17 03:00:00 2002 UT   Obs. no.: 632

The highlight of my trip to the northwest hills of Connecticut, was my first time ever view of the flame nebula in orion in a 20" dob. The nebula looked like a very faint flame. The shape of the flame nebula was fairly obvious even though the object was difficult to see.

I observered Mintaka in Orion's belt. It is a binary whos main componant is bluish white. Its faint companion is some distance away and it has a bluish tinge to it. All the belt stars including Mintaka have a considerable amount of nebulacity around them.

Other (Other)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Time: Sun Jan 20 21:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 605

Last night I allowed falling snow to land in a large plastic container. After the snow melted, I passed a stron magnet through the water.I then used a clear peice of tape to remove the tiny meteor dust partcles I then placed the tape on a small white carboard piece and viewed the sample under my 100x microscope. All the particles were jet black. They also differed in size and shape. Michael Amato

The hyades open cluster is widely spaced as compared to the pleiades. The stars in the hyades are mostly yellow. Michael Amato

Other (Other)
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: Mon Jan 14 03:00:00 2002 UT   Obs. no.: 603

i observed the Pleiades also known as m 45. The stars were blue. When I put my telescope on the bighter stars, I was able to see nebulousity around them. Michael Amato

Other (Other, est. mag ~9th, est. to be in Perseus, Est. RaDec 4h12m, +47d09')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: naked eye   Location: Lewisberry, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: poor
Time: Wed Nov 7 03:05:00 2001 UT   Obs. no.: 590

I spent a couple of hours at the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg's Naylor Observatory (http://www.astrohbg.org) on Tuesday night. I didn't see any auroral activity but I did catch glimpses of a few interesting solar system denizens and some deep-sky fare as well. Using the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain housed in the French Dome I warmed up by viewing two autumn Messier galaxies, M77 and M74 (widely considered to be the most difficult Messier object) at 162x. Then I tracked down asteroid 4 Vesta (162x), which was located to the southeast of Aldebaran (p.179, Uranometria 2000.0 Volume I). The minor planet formed a double triangle with what appeared to be eighth and ninth magnitude field stars. Another shallow-sky object came next, the so-called (and over-hyped) Christmas Comet, C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR). Like many comets this one may be a disappointment. It's brightness appears to be lagging behind predictions. (It certainly will not be a bright naked-eye comet in the northern hemisphere.) I estimated the comet at being ninth magnitude with a centrally condensed coma that was perhaps 3-4' in size. There was a hint of a fan-shaped tail. I used magnifications of 118, 144, 162, 202, and 259x to view Comet LINEAR WM1. At the time (~03:05 UT) it was located within a group of field stars southeast of 48 Persei at 4h12m, +47d09'. Another ASH member arrived with some friends soon thereafter. I showed them NGC 2169 (the 37 Cluster) and M37 at 162x, Saturn and four of its satellites at 162 and 202x, M42 at 162x, and M31 and M32 at 162x. Before leaving I returned to the French Dome and joined the others in looking at the moon and Jupiter.

Other (Other)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: naked eye   Location: Lewisberry, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: poor
Time: Tue Nov 6 02:20:00 2001 UT   Obs. no.: 589

Location: ASH Naylor Observatory, 2 miles northwest of Lewisberry, PA, USA (40.15 N, 76.90 W) UTC Date/Time of Observation: 2001/11/06 ~02:20 to 3:20 UT Dimmest Stars Visible: ~4th magnitude Conditions: Transparency - 5 of 10, Seeing - 4 of 10 Estimated Intensity of Activity: High Elevation Angle of Activity above Horizon: 80 to 90 degrees Types of Activity Observed: Diffuse glows, discrete arcs, rays, curtains, zenithal, color-varying Light Pollution: Moderate Sky Conditions: Mostly clear (80%+) Estimated Lunar Interference: Moderate Comments: A prominent red auroral arc was noted in the west extending to Lyra at approximately 02:20 UT. This area waxed and waned in brightness with time. A green-white sheet gradually appeared in the northern sky reaching an altitude of more than 20 degrees and running from the NE to the NNW, where it adjoined the arc. (This part of the observatory's horizon is partially compromised by a stand of trees.) Around 02:40 UT the color of the western arc abruptly intensified and its extent expanded through Cygnus in a fingerlike apparition that reached almost to the zenith. Cassiopeia became awash in red tinted aurora and the presence of a coronal arc was suspected. Eventually a second patch of red bracketed the sheet. Somewhat indistinct curtains became apparent in the NNW and through the NE. At times white rays and spikes were noted. As the moon rose and the sky brightened the aurora naturally became less distinct but hints of activity remained well past 03:20 UT. This display did not match the ones I saw in April 2000 in intensity or March of this year for motion effects but was quite impressive at times. It did cause a bit of a stir in the Susquehanna Valley, with some people apparently fearing the light show was the work of terrorists. I was interviewed by telephone by the local NBC affiliate and hopefully helped to explain what had happened.

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.

Other (Other, est. mag 10.5+, est. to be in Puppis, Est. RaDec 07h38m, -25d57')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Wed Jan 3 08:20:00 2001 UT   Obs. no.: 542

I had my first look at the probable nova in Puppis at approximately 06:00 UT using Bob Pody's 6" Astro-Physics refractor (see Observation 541). Some two hours later I was at the Naylor Observatory to view the Quadrantid shower. As it turned out there were few meteors to be seenbut despite the cold (the interior of the dome was a pleasant 18 degrees Fahrenheit) the trip was worthwhile since I was able to garner my firstview of C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley).Previous to that I showed the other members present the Trapezium's A star, which was undergoing eclipse, and the new nova using the ASH 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain. Thenova is located to the southwest of the open cluster M93 at 07h38m, -25d57' (page 319, Uranometria 2000.0). Everyone agreed that the nova wasnot as luminous as the two nearby 10.3 and 10.4 magnitude stars thatform a long acute triangle with the nova.

Other (Other)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 12.5-inch Dobsonian reflector   Location: PA, USA
Light pollution: none   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: good
Time: Sat Apr 1 01:15:00 2000 UT   Obs. no.: 530

Date: 2000/4/1 UTLocation: Cherry Springs State Park, Potter County, PA, USATelescopes: 80mm f/5 Orion ShortTube refractor, 12.5" f/4.8 StarsplitterCompact DobnewtOculars: 2" 32mm Meade SWA, 30mm Celestron Ultima, 19mm Tele VuePanoptic, 12mm Tele Vue Nagler type 2, 8mm Tele Vue Radian, 7mm Tele VueNagler type 1After a nearly four hour drive I had my first taste (my cherry taste soto speak) of the dark skies of Cherry Springs State Park. The limiting magnitude wasa bit better than 6.5; the transparency and seeing were very good butnot quite superb.My only complaint, a minor one mind you, regarding the site was that theobserving area is just not far enough removed from Route 44 and thereare two lights, one now equipped with Hubbell Sky Caps, on the other side of Route 44 at the park entrance.Although I got a bit of a late start and missed M74, M77, M33, and M110,and later a few of the spring and some of the late summer and fallMessiers I nevertheless managed to log 92 Messier objects using just theTelrad on my 12.5" Starsplitter and the 6x30 finder on my OrionShortTube 80 to locate them. The ShortTube again performedvery well as a deep-sky scope, displaying rather dim objects such as M1,NGC 2158, and some of the Virgo Cluster galaxies quite nicely. I logged45 M objects with the ShortTube using the 30mm Ultima, 19mm Panoptic,8mm Radian, and 7mm Nagler.There were four other observers present. Gary Honis, who coordinatedthe session via e-mail, brought his high tech 20" GOTO Starmaster Doband a 10" Meade LX200 SCT for CCD imaging. Dave Barrett, who works forPocono Mountain Optics, had his wonderful 24" Tectron Dob. "Stosh" tookastrophotos through his 6" Astro-Physics refractor. Wayne Natitusworked the Messiers with his Celestron Celestar 8Deluxe SCT.The demands of doing a Messier marathon did detract somewhat fromenjoying the full potential of what is perhaps the darkest site inPennsylvania. However, during the course of the night I did have theopportunity to see the Horsehead Nebula (B33), Hubble's Variable Nebula(NGC 2261), the Owl Nebula (M97), Seyfert's Sextet (NGC 6027and NGC 6207 A-E) and several other galaxy clusters, and the easternsegment of the Veil Nebula (NGC 6992) through Dave's 24 incher. (Jim Shields has created a great list of interesting galaxy clustersthat can be found at http://redshift.home.pipeline.com/agctable.htm.)And theviews of M51 (the Whirlpool Galaxy), M64 (the Blackeye Galaxy), M82 (theCigar Galaxy), M99 (the Pinwheel Galaxy #3), M104 (the Sombrero Galaxy),M106, NGC 2903, NGC 4565, NGC 4631 (the Whale Galaxy), NGG 4762, andother spring galaxies were among the best I've ever had. Gary's scopewas no slouch either, especially when he had his Tele Vue binoviewer inplace. M13 was truly awesome through the binoviewer and twin 18mm MeadeSWA eyepieces. Because I was intent on marathoning I missed seeing theAntennae (NGC 4038/9), the Siamese Twins (NGC 4567 and NGC 4568), theMice (NGC 4676), and other cosmic goodies through Dave and Gary'sscopes.The temperature dropped to 17 degrees Fahrenheit, as measured by theexternal temperature sensor on Gary's Starmaster, but the air was socalm and dry that I was, for the most part, quite comfortable throughoutthe night in my five layers of clothing. In fact, most of the time Ididn't even wear my gloves.Unfortunately, the weather forecast for Saturday night was notpromising. So after a morning and afternoon of good food andconversation our intrepid band of astronomers left God's Country.A few of Gary's converted Quickcam VC CCD images from Friday night canbe seen at http://members.tripod.com/~ghonis/.See http://www.cpo.homepad.com/ for information on the Black Forest StarParty 2000 in September. Be sure to have a look at the great Milky Wayshot by "Stosh".On Friday, March 3rd I conducted an early Messier marathon from the ASHNaylor Observatory, which is located near Lewisberry, Pennsylvania. Iused a 12.5" f/6.5 Cave Newtonian for most of the night but also loggeda number of Messier objects with a 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain.Magnifications employed ranged from 64x to 270x.At 23:35 UT, before it grew dark, I began with some of the brightobjects such as M42 and M45. Things progressed well for the most part.However, after moving through Virgo fairly smoothly I ran into a snagwith M88 and later a few other galaxies in the Coma-Virgo cluster as Igrew fatigued. I spent entirely too much time on those galaxies.In addition to making the major mistake of stubbornly logging all theComa-Virgo Cluster galaxies no matter how long it took, I also took toomany warm-up/coffee and snack breaks and spent too much time talkingwith some of the other observers present and showing them the objectsthat I had located. The result was my falling off the pace and runningout of night all too soon.In retrospect, I should have also resumed using the 17", which has amuch better view of the southern horizon (but is more difficult to usethan the 12.5" since it is housed in a dome and has a maximum true fieldof view of only 0.4 degree), and picked up the many objects in easternScorpius and Sagittarius before dawn. Since my goal was to log at least90 my final tally of 79 was rather disappointing. I could have easilypicked up a dozen more Messier objects had I not wasted so much time onthe spring galaxies. The moral of my story: never spend more than a fewminutes looking for any one Messier object during a marathon.Messier objects observed: M42, M45, M77, M74, M33, M31, M32, M110, M76,M34, M52, M79, M43, M78, M41, M93, M47, M46, M50, M48, M1, M35, M38,M36, M37, M44, M67, M95, M96, M105, M65, M66, M81, M82, M40, M108, M97,M109, M106, M94, M63, M51, M101, M102, M104, M5, M68, M98, M99, M100,M85, M84, M86, M87, M89, M90, M91, M3, M88, M58, M59, M60, M49, M61,M53, M64, M13, M92, M12, M80, M4, M10, M14, M107, M57, M56, M11, M29,and M19.

Other (Other)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: naked eye   Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light   Transparency: poor   Seeing: poor
Time: Sat Mar 4 05:05:00 2000 UT   Obs. no.: 519

Rain, rain, go away. I'd really like to observe today...

Other (Other, est. to be in Leo, Est. RaDec 9h30m, +10d36m)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Tue Feb 29 02:52:00 2000 UT   Obs. no.: 513

On this Monday night I continued observing the binary stars that are on the 33 Doubles in Leo Internet project. I had previously logged Regulus and Gamma Leonis using a 12.5" f/6.5 Cave Newtonian and S617, Struve 1500, and Struve 1506 using the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain. To that list I added Otto Struve 204, Struve 1360, 7 Leonis, and Struve 1419. Struve 1360, a nicely matched pair (7.5 and 8.0 magnitude) of white stellar diamonds with a fairly wide separation of 14.2" and a position angle of 242 degrees, was easily split at 118x.

Other (Other)
Observer: Mike Pierce (e-mail: "http://cosmicdreamer38@yahoo.com", web: http://cosmicdreamer38@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 60-mm refractor   Location: Marianna, Florida
Light pollution: severe   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Jan 21 00:00:00 2000 UT   Obs. no.: 544

Observed Ursa Major and although I live in the city was still able to resolve double star in Ursa Majoris. Mizar and Alcor were easily separated. Although this is not a bulletin board....I am looking to re-establish communication with Mark Stutzman from Pennsylvania. Mark, if you check this site, please e-mail me at cosmicdreamer38@yahoo.com, so we can resume our astronomy chats. Sorry, John for posting this type message. Mike Pierce

Other (Other, est. to be in Puppis, Est. RaDec 07h38.8m, -26d48')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: severe   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Dec 23 05:45:00 1999 UT   Obs. no.: 503

On the night of the "brightest" full moon of 133 years hype, a classic example of people believing everything they read on the Internet, I observed a number of binary stars including Kappa Puppis, a nicely matched pair of stellar diamonds. Both starsappeared to be pure white with the 4.7 magnitude comes, or secondary, to the northwest (position angle of 318 degrees) of the 4.5 magnitude primary. Kappa Puppis has a separation of 9.9".

Other (Other, est. mag 4-5, est. to be in Aquila, Est. RaDec 19h23m, +04d57')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Dec 4 22:40:00 1999 UT   Obs. no.: 502

I observed the bright new nova, V1494 (Nova Aquilae 1999 #2), under less than ideal conditions on Saturday evening. On Thurday night (12/3/99 UT) I had caught a brief glimpse of the nova through the 17" before the clouds moved in but couldn't begin to judge its magnitude. After careful inspection of the "new" star on Saturday night I had the impression that it may have begun to fade. At any rate Nova Aquilae 1999 #2 was distinctly red at 118x through the 17". I also used the 5" f/5 finderscope at 31x (20mm Meade Wide Angle) to observe the nova, which was easily visible through a companion's 7x35 binoculars but not to my naked eye.We also viewed Jupiter and Saturn at 202 (32mm U.O. Koenig-II) and 259x (25mm U.O. MK-70), M36 at 118x, M45 through the 5", and M15 at 118 and202x.On Sunday evening the sky was somewhat clear again after sunset and I set up my Orion ShortTube 80 on my balcony and had another look at the nova at 15x (26mm Tele Vue Ploessl). I also used my Celestron 20x80's to scan the area. The nova was playing hide and seek with clouds in the west and local light pollution didn't help matters any soI was unable to come to any conclusions about the star's brightness. After briefly observing Jupiter at 125x (8mm T V Radian and 2.5x T VPowermate) I called it quits. (At that power my ST suffers from somewhat noticeable chromatic aberration which grows worse when viewed "off axis".) I was going to view the reappearance of Io from eclipse at 02:39 UT but since I wasn't feeling well and needed some sleep I went to bed before that event occurred.

Other (Other, est. mag ~13.5, est. to be in Eridanus, Est. RaDec 4h41m27s, +2h51'46")
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Nov 9 03:30:00 1999 UT   Obs. no.: 489

This was my second observation of the new supernova SN 1999em, which is located in the face-on spiral galaxy NGC 1637. SN 1999em is 15".4 west and 17".0 south of the nucleus of its host galaxy. There is a right triangle of faint field stars on the eastern side of the nucleus. The supernova appeared to be slightly more dim than on 11/5/99 UT. For a recent image see http://members.es.tripod.de/rferrand/1999em.jpg. I used magnifications of 162, 202, and 259x to view this exploding star.

Other (Other, est. to be in Orion)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 19-inch Dobsonian reflector   Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: light   Transparency: good   Seeing: excellent
Time: Thu Sep 30 03:15:00 1999 UT   Obs. no.: 592

Horsehead nebula:A very faint streak of light stretched across the field, and was barely disernable from the background sky. However, a dark notch was definatley seen in one side of the slither of light.

Other (Other, est. mag 8.4, est. to be in Camelopardalis, Est. RaDec 03h47.8m, +59d03')
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: excellent
Time: Sun Sep 19 05:35:00 1999 UT   Obs. no.: 479

Tombaugh 5 is a somewhat detached, moderately rich open cluster containing stars which vary moderately in brightness. It is approximately 17' in size and is composed of about 60 stars. I came across Tombaugh 5 serendipitously while observing Comet Lee, which was just to the north of the cluster at the time.

Other (Other)
Observer: Mike Pierce (e-mail: xtozaj@webtv.net)
Instrument: 10X50-mm binoculars   Location: Malone, Florida, USA
Light pollution: light   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Sep 6 02:30:00 1999 UT   Obs. no.: 475

Observed the "Summer Triangle" of Deneb, Altair, and Vega in my rarely clear summer Florida sky. Nothing great to report other than I got to see the sky again after a 3 month absence!! Clear Skies All!~~~.....

Tonight, had the first opportunity to observe the late summer Milky Way. The sky in North Florida has been poor for the past 3 months. Way too much cloud cover and moisture! Tonight, the sky was crystal clear. I observed the "double double" in Lyra with my binos. Although this is not a noteworthy siteing....it is for me the first real opportunity to observe ANYTHING in 3 months.Looking forward to observing Saturn and Jupiter soon.

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