Thursday, July 31, 2008

Nice viewing night

It was very warm and I could observe with only a t-shirt last evening. I saw many nice objects:
M13 Globular cluster, resolves into stars at 200x Very beautiful
M27 Planetary nebula, by using my UHC-S filter the Dumbbell structure was bright at 125x
M29 Open cluster, not very special, best at 125x
M31 Galaxy, bright center spot, best at 47x
M56 Small globular cluster, visible as a faint dot without details at 200x
M57 Planetary nebula, by using my UHC-S filter the ring structure was clearly visible at 200x
M103 Open cluster, small Ursa Major with fainter background stars at 200x
M110 Galaxy, visible as a faint dot at 125x
And the 2 new Messier objects I saw for the 1st time:
M2 Globular cluster, by viewing periphery the large cluster resolves into stars at 200x
M52 Open cluster, after viewing it long periphery, the field of view is full with small stars at 125x

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