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NGC2509 (Open Cluster, in Puppis, Est. RaDec 08h00m,-19d04')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: poor
Time: Sat Jan 3 04:05:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 292
On Friday night I encountered perhaps the worst seeing since I became a serious observer. As bad as the atmospheric turbulence was it didn't prevent me from viewing Comet Hartley 2 and locating a new Herschel 400 object, NGC 2509. This 9th magnitude open cluster was small, fairly rich, and contained a mix of bright and dim stars. Other objects logged that night included a furiously "boiling" Saturn, M76, Stock 23, NGC 1501, NGC 1502, M35, NGC 2158, M50, NGC 2264, NGC 2169, NGC 2392, NGC 2244, NGC 2261, M93, NGC 2362, M47, NGC 2423, M46, NGC 2438, NGC 2479, M41, M42, and M43.
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