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M36 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 70-mm binoculars Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon Feb 20 01:10:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1494
M36 appears similar to M38. A small, dense grouping os stars that appear faint and hazy, almost like a nebula at 15x. I needed to use the binos on this because it was directly overhead. I will try to pick more stars out in the future by using the scope at higher power.
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.
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.
M36 (Open Cluster, in Auriga, Est. RaDec 05h36m +34)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Jan 11 19:55:00 2001 UT Obs. no.: 575
Overall much less impressive than M37 as it was not nearly as rich. However the member stars did seem brighter than those of M37.
M36 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Dec 21 16:00:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Smaller & brighter than M38
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: good Seeing: poor
Time: Sat Mar 1 05:25:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 88
Of the three Messier clusters in Auriga, this was the largest, richest, and generally the most impressive in the 8-inch at 48x; a wide, rich field of medium-bright stars.
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: good Seeing: poor
Time: Sat Mar 1 05:20:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 87
Smaller than M38, courser; observed at 48x in the 8-inch.
M36 (Open Cluster in Auriga)
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: poor
Time: Mon Feb 3 05:45:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 44
Brighter and smaller than M38 in 7x50s. An obvious, small, mottled cluster. Swept up in Milky Way "bug hunt."
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