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NGC869 (Open Cluster, in Perseus)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindpsring.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Glenside, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Sep 20 04:30:00 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1883
Viewed the Double Cluster in Perseus with a Meade UW 2" ep yielding me 40x @ 1.75 degrees FOV. Hundreds of stars down to magnitude 12 or better visible even in moderate to almost severe light pollution. The 2 main knots were clearly visible with a scattering of other individual stars in between and around.
NGC869 (Open Cluster, in Perseus)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sun Aug 12 06:20:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1697
Spotted the double cluster in Perseus. This was indeed the highlight of the night. At 48x, I have never seen so many stars in this region. With the added aperature of my older scope, I could easily pick out the color between the cluster's blue stars and the background orange and yellow stars. It was a massive conglamoration!
NGC869 (Open Cluster in Perseus)
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 05:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 36
After straining after all those dim shadows, the Double Cluster was stunningly bright in 7x50s. Obvious to the naked eye as an extended fuzzy patch; in the binoculars a tight pair of compressed star clusters, with the upper one (NGC884) larger.
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