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M34 (Open Cluster, in Perseus)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: TIMPA, near Tucson, Arizona, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 28 07:29:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1298
Big, coarse, sparse, fills the low power field (60x, 1deg), less than 100 members arranged in small clumps or short sweeps of stars
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Andromeda)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: TIMPA, near Tucson, Arizona, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 28 07:21:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1297
Large!! actually make that enormous! The bright core is a large ball of stars at the center with the oval halo reaching far past either edge of the field even at the lowest power (60x, 1deg), extended northeast-southwest, a dark rift separates a spiral arm along the southeastern edge, M32 and M110 flank the core above and below
M32 (Galaxy, in Andromeda)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: TIMPA, near Tucson, Arizona, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 28 07:10:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1296
Bright! round even halo with no detail, very distinct and bright core, M32 just a hint of glow at the northwest edge of the field
NGC2 (Galaxy, in Pegasus)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: TIMPA, near Tucson, Arizona, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 28 06:50:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1295
Small, very dim!! an averted vision object only despite approaching transit, round, no visible core or structure, just a circular patch, 2' south of NGC1
NGC1 (Galaxy, in Pegasus)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: TIMPA, near Tucson, Arizona, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 28 06:50:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1294
Small, very dim, barely there, in a long isosceles triangle of dim (11-13 mag) stars with NGC2 just 2' to the south, round, even halo with no detail, no distinct core
NGC7027 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: TIMPA, near Tucson, Arizona, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 28 06:22:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1293
Small, bright, vivid green!! one fellow observer commented on emerald, I would call it a rich teal, central star to one side of a small fan shaped nebula
M2 (Globular Cluster, in Aquarius)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: TIMPA, near Tucson, Arizona, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 28 06:15:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1292
Very rich, bright, one of the best globulars! fully resolved and dense at the core, a number of brighter members scattered along the edges frame the cluster well
M11 (Wild Duck Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scutum)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: TIMPA, near Tucson, Arizona, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 28 05:43:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1291
Rich cluster in a rich Milky Way starfield, about 10' in diameter, cluster members surprisingly even in magnitude with one very bright orange star, a number of very obvious rifts divide the cluster into uneven clumps
NGC6302 (Planetary Nebula, in Scorpius)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: TIMPA, near Tucson, Arizona, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 28 04:10:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1290
Small, bright, a north-south central bar with fans of nebulosity extending east and west, in a nice Milky Way starfield
NGC6441 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: TIMPA, near Tucson, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 28 03:32:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1289
Bright, unresolved ball of fuzz four minutes east of a 3.2 mag. star, a bright orange, the cluster is dense and just starts to resolve with averted vision, bright Milky Way starfield fills the field
NGC6818 (Planetary Nebula, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: Vekol Road, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 5 10:49:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1281
Small blue disk, even and featureless, maybe a little darker at the center, about 30" in diameter, no central star visible
NGC6822 (Galaxy, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: Vekol Road, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 5 10:42:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1280
Large, faint, easy in the 18", an oval patch of soft light, no core, no structure, extended 2:1 north-south, thick starfield
NGC6563 (Planetary Nebula, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: Vekol Road, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 5 09:50:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1279
An almost circular patch about 1' in diameter, no structure noted at 262x and OIII filter
NGC6522 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: Vekol Road, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 5 06:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1278
Small, rich, condensed, 3' diameter, just resolved at 175x, very nice globular in a very rich Milky Way starfield, NGC6528 in the field just 15' east
NGC6565 (Planetary Nebula, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: Vekol Road, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 5 06:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1277
Small!! A star that will not quite focus, slightly green, brighter at the center with a very small halo
NGC6540 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: Vekol Road, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 5 05:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1276
Small, dim, unresolved patch in a very! thick Milky Way starfield, roughly oval in shape about 2' in size
NGC6388 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: Vekol Road, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 5 05:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1275
Round, bright, unresolved, very symmetrical, appears like a globular out of focus, core quite concentrated
NGC6960 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: Vekol Road, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 5 04:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1274
The fragment surrounding 52Cyg , appears as a wisp of smoke, starting narrow to the north and widening as it goes through the star, a lot of detail within the wisp, almost appearing braided, OIII allows much more contrast and detail to be seen
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