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NGC6979 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 25-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Colchester, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Oct 2 02:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1347
I just returned from the Connecticut Star Party. The largest scope there was the 25" dobsonian brought to the star party by members of the Westport astro group. One object I had the pleasure of observing, was the Veil Nebula. By moving the scope we were able to trace almost the entire length of the nebula. The best way to describe it was it looked like a long pale yellow veil, brighter in some spots and dimmer in other spots. For the first time in my life, I was able to also observe a planetary nebula called the blue snowball. The blue color was striking and it looked just like a snowball. In an 18" dob, I was able to observe M31 at high power. There was a dust lane cutting through one side of the of the galaxy that was very obvious. In a 6" refractor, I was able to observe Mars. The shrinking south polar cap was easily seen as was the blue colored north polar hood. I was not able to identify the dark areas of Mars that were visible. The 6" scope was then moved to Neptune. At high power, Neptune had a very bright blue disk. I had to go to an SCG 8" scope to observe Uranus. Its disk was pale blue with just a tinge of light green in it.I also had a stunning view of the double cluster with a mounted 25X100 binocular. Believe me when I say this is the best way to look at the double cluster. During the day, we observed the sun with white light, hydrogen alfa & continum filters. In hydrogen alfa, there was a prominence that we estimated was the size of four earths. There were also smaller prominences also. The sun showed no sunspots in white light. All in all, it was a great weekend.
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