Friend and part-time astronomical mentor Tom Polakis recently completed and posted a time lapse of Gyulbudhagian's Nebula over the last five
years. It indicates that the nebula is currently not...
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Friend and part-time astronomical mentor Tom Polakis recently completed and posted a time lapse of Gyulbudhagian's Nebula over the last five
years. It indicates that the nebula is currently not...
In my efforts to become a better observer, I try to look at the OOTW without looking at any of the posted observations or sketches beforehand. Last night, while observing NGC 210 under clear skies...
Poor seeing and below average transparency from Portal, Arizona on Oct 23, 2019
20" f/3, 136x - Appears to be a single galaxy with a double nucleus, 2'x1' in size. Averted vision shows that there...
NGC 120" f/3, 177x - 30" galaxy elongated 2x1 in a NW/SE orientation. Slightly brighter toward the middle. Makes a nice pair with NGC 2. Poor seeing and sub par transparency make this seem more...
Observations from Portal, AZ on Oct 22, 2019
20" f/3, 84x - just visible as a nonstellar round glow. Two 7th magnitude stars to the east point to the nebula
20" f/3, 221x, 27.1' - Obvious...
My observation from this past Saturday night with a 20" f/3 Spica Eyes dob from Portal, Arizona.
10mm Ethos, 177x, 33.9' - Small, round cluster, brighter than I expected it would be. Hard to...
I was unaware that the central star was a double. I guess it goes back onto the observing list for next time out.
Here's my observation from Portal, Arizona on November 8, 2018
Ethos 21mm,...
Last week I had an eight night trip for first light on my 20" f/3 dobsonian. 7 of 8 nights were perfectly clear. I arrived in the dark skies of Portal, Arizona armed with a pretty diverse observing...