October 21, 2016
№ 3 / OCT. 21, 2016 / HOME / 2001-2133 JST / CLEAR SKIES / 8X42, 10X50, 15X70
N1528 / OC / PER / FIRST SIGHTING. QUITE INDISTINCT. DISCOVERED BY CHANCE ALONG THE LINE δ PER → 48 PER → μ PER → HIP 20156 → HIP 20070 → HIP 19986; ABLE TO ID IN 10X, BUT
IT WAS THE MEREST HINT OF A SMUDGE
K1 / AS / CAM / KEMBLE'S CASCADE. STUMBLED ON IT BY CHANCE! DOWN & LEFT FROM THE ALPHA PERSEI CLUSTER, I BUT COULDN'T SEE THE CLUSTER AT THE TERMINUS. I COUNTED 18 STARS,
AND FOUND IT AGAIN IN THE 8X AND 10X. IT'S A NICE TARGET IN THE 10X TOO.
M13 / GC / HER / QUITE DIM (10X50)
M31 / SG / AND / HIGH UP AND WITHOUT MOONLIGHT. WOW! BRIGHT AND SPREAD OUT; IT'S EASY TO IMAGINE SEEING THE ARMS. MIRACH (β AND) APPEARS GOLD IN COLOR TO ME.
M33 / SG / TRI / VERY INDISTINCT IF I INDEED SAW IT. TRAVELED FROM MOTHALLA (α TRI) UP TO HIP 7906; THERE WAS A SMUDGE IN THE SKY BEYOND THE LATTER THAT WAS VISIBLE ONLY
THROUGH THE 15X; I COULDN'T DETECT IT WITH THE 10X.
M34 / OS / PER / IT SEEMS ALMOST SQUARE IN SHAPE TO ME
M45 / OS / TAU / I COUNTED ~40 STARS
N663 / OS / CAS / CALDWELL 10. CLOSEST TO HIP 8020; I COULD MAKE OUT 2-3 POINTS OF LIGHT WITH AVERTED VISION.
N869 / OS / PER / UP HIGH WITHOUT THE MOONLIGHT, THEY WERE SPECTACULAR
N884 / OS / PER / SEE ABOVE
ST-2 / AS / PER / SEEN NEAR ZENITH WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM EITHER THE MOON OR LP, I LOST SIGHT OF THE STICK FIGURE MORE THAN ONCE BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY STARS
CONSTELLATIONS:
AUR / ARI / CYG / CAS / HER / ORI (STARS OF THE LEFT ARM) / PEG (SQUARE) / PER / TAU / TRI
IT WAS A CLEAR NIGHT; THE MILKY WAY WAS BECOMING VISIBLE AS I WRAPPED UP.
I STEPPED OUT FOR ANOTHER PEEK AT 2230. THE MOON HAD RISEN, AND WASHED OUT AURIGA; I HAD HOPED TO SEE M36, M37, AND M38 AGAIN.
I HEARD SWANS.
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