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M38 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://www.joecaggiano.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Feb 18 01:00:00 2009 UT Obs. no.: 1814
The "seeing" was not as good today as it was yesterday while viewing M81 and M82. Still, it didn't make too much of a difference with this globular. Though hardly visible through my 10x50 finder, M38 exploded into hundreds of stars forming a bright cross-shaped pattern at 40x. Blue and gold stars peppered my view. I have taken a picture of the core since I could not fit the whole globular into view with my camera. I have posted pics on my webpage.
M38 (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.: 1495
A tight dense cluster that appears similar to M36 except alittle bit larger. Located about 1 binocular field (2 Southeast) of M36 it was relatively easy to find. Appearing as a faint hazy mass it took on a small nebulas appearance.
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.
M38 (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 06:20:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 741
M38 was easy to find by star hopping. Also noticed NGC 1907 in the same field, without having realized it was there beforehand.
M38 (Open Cluster, in Auriga, Est. RaDec 5h28m +36)
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.: 576
Intermediate between M36 and M37 in terms of the number of stars. Under these less than good conditions i could see that there was one central star from which four chains of stars seemed to radiate. In darker skies this effect may be drowned by the background stars.
M38 (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
Stars near the core seem to have same magnitude
M38 (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 05:15:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 85
A large, course cluster at 48X in the 8-inch.
M38 (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 05:35:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 42
Large, 4-pointed fuzzy patch, medium brightness, beginning to be resolved with averted vision in 7x50s. Swept up in binocular "bug hunt."
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