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M50 (Open Cluster, in Monoceros)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Dec 21 18:21:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Sparse OC group, most components are bright.
Beta Mon (Herschel's Wonder Star) (Multiple Star, in Monoceros)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Dec 21 18:10:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Able to separate triple with no difficulties, all white color.
NGC4755 (Open Cluster, in Crux)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Dec 21 18:06:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Beautiful & colorful, not as beautiful as in bluish sky
M41 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Dec 21 17:58:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Large group, few orange stars in the middle, bright OC
M35 (Open Cluster, in Gemini)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Dec 21 17:10:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Quite large group
NGC104 (Globular Cluster, in Tucana)
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 17:10:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Very beautiful and delicate! Critical focus is needed to resolve individual stars.
M78 (Bright Nebula, in Orion)
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 17:10:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Nebulosity surrounding 2 stars
M43 (Bright Nebula, in Orion)
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 17:10:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Nebulosity surrounding 5 stars, 2 stars are somehow brighter than others
M42 (Orion Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Orion)
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 17:10:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Very beautiful in low magnification, 4 stars visible in the center, greenish-tinted-like smoke
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus)
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 16:57:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Easy to spot, no visible structure, visible as a great patch of smoke, somehow brighter at the center.
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
M37 (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
Very beautiful & large, nearly filled 26mm EP F/10 78X, not quite nice in 40mm F/6.3 32X, 1 star particularly brighter in the core.
M36 (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
Smaller & brighter than M38
M34 (Open Cluster, in Perseus)
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 15:10:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Frame nicely in 26mm F/6.3 49X, rich and bright.
Jupiter (Planet)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Dec 21 13:50:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
2 bands visible in 26mm F/10 78X. 1 moon about one Jupiters diameter distance in the east and 2 moons about two Jupiters diameter. No details visible. No GRS visible.
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