A List, Part 1

Here, in no particular order and without comment, is a list of objects I observed (although generally didn't study at length) at New Mexico Skies, using the Celestron CPC 11" Schmidt-Cass on 04Sept2010:

1. M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy
2. M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy
3. M81 and M82 - Bode's Galaxies (aka Nebulae)
4. M8 - Lagoon Neb
5. M20 - Trifid Neb
6. M55 - Globular cluster
7. M22 - Globular cluster
8. M70, M69, M54, M28 - various small globular clusters
9. M26 - Open cluster
10. M7 - Open cluster
11. M6 - Butterfly Cluster (open)
12. M17 - Swan Neb
13. M16 - Eagle Neb
14. Jupiter
15. Neptune
16. Uranus
17. M31 - Great Andromeda Galaxy
18. M32 - Dwarf satellite galaxy of Andromeda
19. M110 - Dwarf satellite galaxy of Andromeda
20. M33 - Triangulum Galaxy
21. M13 - Hercules Cluster (glob)
22. M92 - Glob
23. M27 - Dumbbell Neb (planetary)
24. M76 - Little Dumbbell Neb (planetary)
25. M103 - Open cluster
26. M36 - "
27. M37 - "
28. M38 - "
29. M45 - Pleiades (open)
30. M42-43 - Orion Neb
31. M1 Crab Neb (supernova remnant)
32. M57 Ring Neb (planetary)
33. Epsilon Lyrae - Double double star
34. Albireo - Double star
35. Alpha Capricorni - Double star
36. Beta Capricorni - Double
37. NGC 7662 - Blue Snowball Neb (planetary)
38. NGC 884 and 869 - Double Cluster (open and open)
39. NGC 1097 - Galaxy
40. NGC 6960 - Veil Neb (supernova remnant?)
41. NGC 7635 - Bubble Neb (planetary -- didn't really see anything there)

Not bad for a night's outing. The moon came up (about 24% illuminated, waning crescent) a little after 3:00 a.m., so I called it quits. Stay subscribed for more adventures, lists, and maybe some commentary.