Monday, September 6, 2010

A List, Part 2, or Another List

Here is the list, again in no particular order and generally without comment, of objects I observed and did not study on 05Sept2010 at New Mexico Skies, using the JMI 6-inch binoculars. For objects repeated from List, Part 1, I will dispense with identifications of the name or type of object.
  1. M51
  2. M101
  3. M103
  4. Double Cluster
  5. M31
  6. M32
  7. M110
  8. M33
  9. M36
  10. M37
  11. M38
  12. M45
  13. M42-43
  14. M81-82
  15. M13
  16. M4
  17. M6
  18. M7
  19. M8
  20. M20
  21. M16
  22. M17
  23. M18
  24. M22
  25. M27
  26. M57
  27. M55
  28. M54
  29. Eps Lyr
  30. Albireo
  31. Neptune
  32. Uranus
  33. Jupiter
  34. Mirfak and surrounding stars in Perseus
  35. M77 - Galaxy
  36. NGC 936 - Galaxy
  37. Blanco 1 Open Cluster
  38. Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy (sorta saw it)
  39. NGC 1316 - Fornax A Galaxy
  40. NGC 1317 - Galaxy
  41. NGC 1326 - Galaxy
  42. NGC 1499 - California Nebula (I think I saw it)
  43. M35 - Open cluster
  44. NGC 2158 - Open cluster
  45. M78 - Nebula
  46. Hyades - Open cluster
  47. NGC 1977-1981 - Open cluster and nebula
  48. NGC 2392 - Eskimo Neb (planetary)
  49. NGC 2247 - Cone Neb (saw the associated cluster, any way)
  50. NGC 2244 - Rosette Neb (same as Cone - saw the cluster)
  51. M40 - Double star
  52. Xi Ursa Majori - Double star (Alcor and Mizar, which is itself a double!)
  53. NGC 4088, 4085, 4026 - Galaxies
  54. NGC 5846, 5850, 5838, 5813 - Galaxies
  55. Grus Quintet - NGC 7590, 7599, 7582, 7552, 7531 - Galaxies
  56. NGC 6960, 6995 - Veil Neb (2 parts)
  57. Zeta Lyae - Double star
  58. Alpha Geminorum - Castor - Double star
  59. M11 - Wild Duck Cluster (open)
  60. M24 - Star cloud
  61. NGC 6712 - Glob
  62. B86, NGC 6520 - Dark nebula and open cluster
  63. Jupiter's moon Europa reappearing from behind the planet at 11:25 p.m.(!!!)
  64. Jupiter's moon Io disappearing behind the planet at 1:43 a.m. (!!!)
  65. Zodiacal light (!!!)
  66. The moon - 13% illumination, waning crescent
I think that's it. I was out from 8:45 p.m. until about 5:00 a.m. You can see a lot of stuff with that much time and this much sky. Stay subscribed for more on the JMI binocs, and maybe some comments on all these objects.

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