07/15-07/16/20
LINSLAW POINT
SUNSET: 8:53 PM
MOON: 26 days (rose at 2:22 AM; 16% illuminated)
SEEING: 6
TRANSPARENCY: 8
SQM: 21.73-21.63
NELM: not checked
WEATHER CONDITIONS: temps to upper...
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07/15-07/16/20
LINSLAW POINT
SUNSET: 8:53 PM
MOON: 26 days (rose at 2:22 AM; 16% illuminated)
SEEING: 6
TRANSPARENCY: 8
SQM: 21.73-21.63
NELM: not checked
WEATHER CONDITIONS: temps to upper...
10/1-10/2/22
LINSLAW POINT
SUNSET: 6:53 PM
MOON: 7 days (set at 10:23 PM; 41% illuminated)
SEEING: 6, 7
TRANSPARENCY: 5, 6
SQM: 21.4
NELM: not checked
WEATHER CONDITIONS: temps to 58F; slight...
Great reports, Victor!
A really interesting target! It's in Sky Safari as PGC 1390839 (I'm assuming that's also a LEDA designation.) It also gives a magnitude of 16.79.
Here's the SIMBAD data:...
Thanks to Uwe's wonderful sketch in the IDSG, I was inspired to seek this object out armed with a mere 20-inch. On a hazy June night with the Necklace well past meridian, I could not see any...
Nice work, Ivan.
I've tried a couple of times to catch that Shakhbazian-like string of PGC galaxies you noted in a previous thread, and have been stymied by the clouds of forest-fire smoke that...
Alvin--
Your downloadable guides are an exceptional resource for deep-sky observers; I recommend them often, both on CloudyNights and locally. They've been of immeasurable help to me, not just in...
My observation from 8/22/20 (S 7-5; T 8, SQM 21.53-21.63; 12.5-inch Dobsonian @ 112x and 225x):
11:44
NGC 6741 (Aql): Among the objects with popular names in the sky, this nebula deserves a name...
07/25-07/26/20
THE OXBOW
SUNSET: 8:44 PM
MOON: 6 days (set at 11:57 PM; 32% illuminated)
SEEING: 6
TRANSPARENCY: 8
SQM: 21.53-21.63
NELM: not checked
WEATHER CONDITIONS: temps to...
My notes:
20" scope: After a little bit of searching, this is the very tiny but distinctly not stellar NGC 6537, the Red Spider Nebula, which in the 14mm has very much a “vagueness” to it; I want...
I've caught all three in a 12.5", although -034 was one of the most difficult detections I've ever had with that scope.
My observation of this flat galaxy:
04/19/20
EUREKA RIDGE (OR)
SUNSET: 8:00 PM
MOON: 24 days (rose at 4:37 AM; 27% illuminated)
SEEING: 7-9
TRANSPARENCY: 7
SQM: 21.5
NELM: not checked
Ken Hewitt-White wrote a nice article about this area in S & T a number of years ago ("Checking Off the Galaxies at 1 Arietis"). The group, shaped like a checkmark, wraps around the fine double star...
In my mind, this is the most underrated Messier object, and one of the oft-overlooked gems of the summer sky. I particularly like the "bite" taken out of it on the SF side.
This globular holds some special significance for me; when I was observing from the northern Cincinnati suburbs as a kid, it was one of the first non-Messier objects I observed with my old C8. I was...
Great work, Ivan! I'm planning on doing the AL's version of the Arp list first, then gradually adding the remainder as I can.
I second the suggestion about writing an article for S & T. They're...
An old observation from south of Carbondale, IL. I often observed objects as close to the southern horizon as I could, even when they were diminished by the low altitude. I also saw this one in a...
My own observation, from last century decade year:
08/03-08/04/19
LINSLAW POINT
SUNSET: 8:34 PM
MOON: 3 days (set at 10:36 PM; 14% illuminated)
SEEING: 7
TRANSPARENCY: 6
SQM: 21.54 (west,...
As many times as I've looked at M11 over the years, I've only recently taken notes on it for the first time.
06/18/20
THE OXBOW
SUNSET: 8:59 PM
MOON: 27 days (set at 6:39 PM; 9% illuminated)...
I did not know that. Thank you!
I observed this object last night in 21.73 skies (7 S, 7 T)with a 20" f/5 Dob. At 181x, it was fairly easily spotted, but the two galaxies were not separable (duh). The core of MAC 1510+5810A was...
And Sky Safari has one/both of them listed as PGC 3136298.
04/26/19
EAGLE’S RIDGE (junction)
MOON: 23 days (rose at 3:11 AM; 43% illuminated)
SEEING: 7
TRANSPARENCY: 5, gradually a 7 (11 PM onward to 2:30 when we left)
SQM: 21.45
NELM: not checked...
My own single observation, from last year; I need to go back to this one with some heavier artillery.
03/30/19
DEXTER STATE PARK (parking lot) (43˚ 55′ 06″ N, 122˚ 48′ 48″ W)
MOON: 25 days old...
My own observation (the only one Ive made of this object so far):
12/6/18
EAGLE’S REST (gravel pit)
MOON: New
SEEING: 6
TRANSPARENCY: 7
SQM: 21.35
NELM: not checked
WEATHER CONDITIONS:...