Hello all ,
this report is based on the observation done by me on 29th, 30th december 2013 from Coorg , India , Mayall -II or G1 is the brightest globular in M31 , this was my first time attempt on observing globulars outside our galaxy . i also made a quick sketch to confirm it later .
Instrument used : Discovery 17.5" dob
Eyepieces : 31mm nagler , 10mm delos .
day 1: the globular was seen with the neighbouring star and hence couldn't confirm the object even with 10mm delos.
day2: 31mm nagler showed the two stars , 10mm delos showed the globular between the closely packed star asterism .
few other objects were observed including NGC404 ,NGC2024, Merope nebula , B33 , Deerlick group , Abell 21 , NGC1999,NGC2261,NGC4490,NGC4631,NGC2359,ngc185,NGC 147 , Hubble's variable , HCG44 , HCG57( only one galaxy NGC 3754 was visible ) ,NGC3359 , and few other common galaxies/nebulae .
NGC1999 was a surprise , it looked like a halo around the star in 31mm nagler , upon using 10mm delos with averted vision , it showed the inverted " T " shape , which i later confirmed with a image in Cartes Du Ciel. comments welcome .
Regards ,
Sanath Kumar
Last edited by sanath; January 2nd, 2014 at 12:59 PM.
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