With my old 6" Newtonian telescope from southern France in 2008 I saw this globular cluster in my 50 mm finder. At 64x a large, not quite round glow with one side sticking out a bit. At 146x a few...
Hi, here's my observation from 4/4/2011: Ngc 5466 globular cluster in Bootes : mag: 9.2 ; size:11' ; fairly large but dim ; using averted vision and lots of patience, more stars come into view. I...
With a 10" at 45x: "Very faint, yet broad and almost square in shape."
With a 20" at 192 & 272x: "Almost like an open cluster, possible a Class XII. No concentration towards the center. A scattering...
Amazing, indeed, that this one hasn't made it to OotW before..!
My most recent observation for this globular was less that 2 months ago, the early morning of 2 April in France (session / blog). I...
Whereas I've seen NGC 4388 way many times because of it being part of the Markarian Chain nonet (the 9 galaxies typically seen in a 31mm Nagler FOV on most 18 inchers), I never have observed it...
Hi all,
I have only a sketch that was made from binocular (35mm diameters, 12.5-times magnified) observations from Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii from 2017:
Hello everybody!!!
It has been quite a while since I have been posting the last time... I haven't done much astronomy in the last 3 years, but now, I what to start up again. I started last autumn...
Did you know my homepage and the English written Abell project?
To make it short. I could see a glimpse of Abell 5 but no any sign of Abell 9.
To make it more detailed:
Abell 5
16", 100x, ,...
I copy my observing notes from my Abell project.
8", 47x, , NELM 6m5+
nothing visible without filter; with filter easy and direct vision glow around bright central star; north and east two other...
Hey y'all,
Just wondering, anyone ever catch Abell 5 and 9? Those two are the only two in the Abell Planetary catalogue that I have never successfully observed. However, I have not attempted...
My notes on this object are meager: I have only one observation from Texas Star Party 2014 when it was found and shown to me by young amateur astronomer Santhosh Surendra. I didn't even log whether...
I though I'd add that the first visual observation I'm aware of was made by Dana Patchick back in April 1982, just using an 8" f/6 reflector in southern California. I assume he was using a UHC or...
I can contribute a 4" observation from 2012, Hakos, Namibia (40x, 1.8° field).
I almost forgot to draw NGC 5139 on our first trip to the south. So I was in a hurry to get it done. And I managed to...
The Jewel Box was the first object I drew on my first trip to the southern hemisphere. I already decided at home that I want to draw on our first night as well. And that my target would be NGC 4755....
With a 20" and an O-III filter at 73x: "Below Spica. Easy to find but needed filter to catch glimpse of nebulosity. Had to tap the telescope to see it."
My observing notes as follows with my 22" – Featureless faint slightly oval disk (1.5:1) with a two stars embedded in the nebula. The 9.6 magnitude central star is off-center towards the west. The...
Hi, here's my observation from 4/8/2016: Abell 35 is a planetary nebula in Hydra ; mag: 13.3 ; size: 15' x 11' ; faint, very large and oblong in shape ; used an Astronomik OIII filter with my 21mm...
In the June Sky & Telescope Going Deep article By Dave Tosteson he mentioned his observation of Abell 851 galaxy cluster. He also started that Abell 851 is the most distant Abell galaxy cluster with...
This is one of the most famous clusters in the Southern Hemisphere, so my expectations were high when I finally saw it in its full glory during a trip to Namibia. Frankly, the first sight was a tiny...
Two observations in my log for the Jewel Box, back in 2008 during my first visit to Sutherland, South Africa, in the early days... I mean nights of my astronomy 'career'.
The morning of 8 January,...
In a recent observing session from south India (13°N latitude), I was quite amazed to see the Jewel Box with the naked eye! Of course, with an 8" telescope, it was a pretty sight despite extinction...
Back in 1998, while in Aruba for the eclipse, I was able to see this beauty in a pair of 11x80 binoculars from the hotel balcony: "Very resolvable and would be pretty in a telescope." It was one of...