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M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Canes Venatici)
Observer: mihai mataringa (e-mail: mihaimataringa@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 102-mm refractor Location: Prilipeti, Banat, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Aug 24 20:20:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1875
M51,the Whirlpool galaxy,like a fuzzy patch,difficult.
Neptune (Planet, est. mag 7.8, est. to be in Aquarius, Est. RaDec 22 07 50 -12 06 33.8)
Observer: mihail mataringa (e-mail: mihaimataringa@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 102-mm refractor Location: prilipeti, banat, romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Aug 17 20:35:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1869
Planet Neptun in Aquarius, mag. 7.82.4 arcsec. stelar aspect,bluish.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -8)
Observer: mihai mataringa (e-mail: mihaimataringa@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Jul 27 18:14:04 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1873
Satellite Iridium 3, mag.-8, alt.64 degrees;Az.77 degrees (ENE).
M35 (Open Cluster, in Gemini)
Observer: mihai mataringa (e-mail: mihaimataringa@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 7x50-mm binoculars Location: Constanta, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Dec 15 18:45:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1601
Faint but easy object in 7x50 binos.Start from mu Gem-eta Gem-M35.Two stars resolved with averted vision.
M37 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
Observer: mihai mataringa (e-mail: mihaimataringa@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 7x50-mm binoculars Location: Constanta, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Dec 15 17:50:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1600
Lucky evening!Unexpected power outage,soI took my binos for a brief tour.Starting fom beta Aur I find M37 and M36 in the same field,aprox.4degrees between them.Faint,still no problem to observe.More difficult seems to be M38,very faint,irregular,using averted vision.
NGC884 (Open Cluster, in Perseus)
Observer: mihai mataringa (e-mail: mihaimataringa@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 7x50-mm binoculars Location: constanta(obs.location:Prilipeti,Romania), romania
Light pollution: none Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon Aug 28 19:45:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1592
NGC869 appears fainter than NGC884(which is smaller but brighter,with four stars resolved).The double cluster is located in Perseus,but it can be easily find starting from delta and epsilon Cassiopeae.NGC 884represents the top of an isosceles triangle formed with delta&epsilon Cas.On the right of NGC884 is an optical double star and above it a beautiful star formation like an arch with eight main components...
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Andromeda)
Observer: mihai mataringa (e-mail: mihaimataringa@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 7x50-mm binoculars Location: constanta(obs.location:Prilipeti,Romania), romania
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Aug 18 21:25:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1587
The central core of M31 clearly visible as a bright patch,a little prolonged.The oval halo around it stretches about one third of the field of view(witch is approx.6degrees).A very nice view this night being done the good sky conditions.My first observation of M33(galaxy in Triangulum) was a little difficult,but i find it considering the distance between beta And-M31,witch is approx.equal with that of betaAnd-M33 in the opposite direction.This distance is about the diameter of my 7x50 binos field of view.M33 appears like a fuzzy patch ,not very bright without visible central core,more easily detected by peripheral vision and with small movements of the instrument. (
Jupiter (Planet)
Observer: mihai mataringa (e-mail: mihaimataringa@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 7x50-mm binoculars Location: constanta, romania
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Tue Jun 6 18:18:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1589
Once again,after one week(previous observation on30 May)all four galileans visible.Sky darkness not complete at 21:18h(local time)when only three satellites were visible.Just four minutes later the fourth appeared at lower left.Moon phase:gibbous(ten-day moon).
Jupiter (Planet)
Observer: mihai mataringa (e-mail: mihaimataringa@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 7x50-mm binoculars Location: constanta, romania
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Tue May 30 19:05:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1588
jupiter in Libra;three-day Moon(spectacular Mare Crisium crossed by the terminator).Despite light pollution I was able to see all four galilean satellites,two of each site of the planet,from upper right to lower left.Usually,I can see only two or three of them.Nice surprise.
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