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M45 (Pleiades) (Open Cluster, in Taurus)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 246
Great
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 245
Great
M28 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 244
Great
M27 (Dumbell Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Vulpecula)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 243
Great
M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Canes Venatici)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 242
Great
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 241
Great
M33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Triangulum)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 240
Great
M32 (Galaxy, in Andromeda)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 239
40mm eyepiece used. It was great
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Andromeda, Est. RaDec 0.42.7/+41.16)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 238
Nice! Used a 40mm eyepiece
M69 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius, Est. RaDec 18.31.4,-32.21)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 237
Bright and pretty well filled the eyepiece. Used a 40mm eyepiece.
Alpha Lyr (Vega) (Star, in Lyra)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 236
This is about the Utsunomiya Comet that was by Vega.This is my first observation of a dim comet, so the best I can do is say that it was a rather oblong fuzzball that had a tail only after you stared at it for a while. I used a 40mm eyepiece. 6.5 mag. skies.
Alpha Lyr (Vega) (Star, in Lyra)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 235
This is about the Utsunomiya Comet that was by Vega.This is my first observation of a dim comet, so the best I can do is say that it was a rather oblong fuzzball that had a tail only after you stared at it for a while. I used a 40mm eyepiece. 6.5 mag. skies.
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