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NGC 457 Constellation Cassiopeia Right ascension 01h 19m 32.6s Declination +58° 17′ 27″ Distance 7.922 kly (2.429 kpc) Apparent magnitude (V) 6.4 Apparent dimensions (V) 13.0′ NGC 457 (also known as the Owl Cluster, the ET Cluster, or Caldwell 13) is an open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1787,and lies over 7,900 light years away from the Sun. It has an estimated age of 21 million years.The cluster is sometimes referred by amateur astronomers as the Owl Cluster, Kachina Doll Cluster,the ET Cluster (due to its resemblance to the movie character) or the "Skiing Cluster". Two bright stars, magnitude 5 Phi-1 Cassiopeiae and magnitude 7 Phi-2 Cassiopeiae can be imagined as eyes(Wikipedia). DAY: Friday DATE: 7/10/16 TIME: 02:00 SCOPE: Dob Sky- Watcher 10px F.L.1200/f4.7 EYEPIECE: T/S 30mm plossl 2inches F.O.V.68° LOCATION: Mammari -
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Stock 2 (OCL 348, Lund 71 and the Muscleman Cluster) is a class I 2 m open cluster of 54 stars in Cassiopeia. This is one of 24 open clusters compiled by Jurgen Stock in the 1950(Wikipedia) DAY:Wednesday DATE:13/1/16 TIME:10:40 SCOPE: Dob 10px Sky-Watcher F.L.1200/f4.7 EYEPIECE: 30mm TS plossl 2inches F.O.V.68° LOCATION: Mammari -
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Messier 81 was first discovered by Johann Elert Bode on December 31, 1774 Consequently, the galaxy is sometimes referred to as "Bode's Galaxy". In 1779, Pierre Méchain and Charles Messier reidentified Bode's object, which was subsequently listed in the Messier Catalogue.(Wikipedia) Constellation Ursa Major Right ascension 09h 55m 33.2s Declination +69° 3′ 55″ Apparent dimension (V)26.9 × 14.1 moa Apparent magnitude (V)6.94 Characteristics: Type SA(s)ab, LINER Messier 82 was first discovered by Johann Elert Bode on December 31, 1774 together with M81; he described it as a "nebulous patch", about 0.75 deg away from M81, "very pale and of elongated shape". In 1779, Pierre Méchainindependently rediscovered both galaxies and reported them to Charles Messier, who added them to his catalog.(Wikipedia) Constellation Ursa Major Right ascension 09h 55m 52.2s Declination +69° 40′ 47″ Red shift 203±4 km/s Distance11.4-12.4 Mly (3.5-3.8 Mpc) Apparent magnitude (V)8.41 Characteristics: Type I0 Size~37,000ly in diameter Apparent size (V)11′.2 × 4′.3 SCOPE : Dob 10px Sky-Watcher F.L.1200/4.7 EYEPIECE : Meade 26mm 2inches QX F.O.V. 70° DATE: 6/4/18 DAY: Friday TIME : 22:00 LOCATION : Mammari -
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Kemble's Cascade, (Kemble 1), located in the constellation Camelopardalis, is an asterism — a pattern created by unrelated stars. It is an apparent straight line of more than 20 colourful 5th to 10th magnitude stars over a distance of approximately five moon diameters, and the open cluster NGC 1502 can be found at one end. It was named by Walter Scott Houston in honour of Father Lucian Kemble (1922–1999) Father Lucian Kemble was also associated with two other asterisms, Kemble 2 (an asterism in the constellation of Draco that resembles a small version of Cassiopeia) and Kemble's Kite (an asterism that resembles a kite with a tail which is also in the constellation of Camelopardalis). In addition, an asteroid, 78431 Kemble, was named in his honour.(Wikipedia) SCOPE: 70mm Altair Astro 420/f6 EDD FMC Starwave EYEPIECES: Edmund Optics 32mm RKE DAY:Saturday DATE:21/1/17 TIME:22:00 LOCATION:Mammari -
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The Andromeda galaxy, known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) from Earth, and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. Its name stems from the area of the sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda. Like the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy has satellite galaxies, consisting of 14 known dwarf galaxies. The best known and most readily observed satellite galaxies are M32and M110. Based on current evidence, it appears that M32 underwent a close encounter with the Andromeda Galaxy in the past. M32 may once have been a larger galaxy that had its stellar disk removed by M31, and underwent a sharp increase of star formationin the core region, which lasted until the relatively recent past. M110 also appears to be interacting with the Andromeda Galaxy, and astronomers have found in the halo of the latter a stream of metal-rich stars that appear to have been stripped from these satellite galaxies.M110 does contain a dusty lane, which may indicate recent or ongoing star formation.(Wikipedia) Constellation Andromeda Right ascension 00h 42m 44.3s Declination +41° 16′ 9″ Characteristics Type SA(s)b Size ~220 kly (diameter) Apparent size (V) 3.167° × 1° DAY:Tuesday Wednesday DATE:21/11/17 22/11/17 TIME:23:00 SCOPE:Celestron Nextstar 130mm S.L.T. 650/f5 EYEPIECE:Explore Scientific 20mm F.O.V.68° LOCATION: Mammari -
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From the album: Imaging Challenge #17 - Through the Eyepiece
OBJECT: Messier 6 (Butterfly Cluster), CONSTELLATION: Scorpius TYPE: Open Cluster DAY: Sunday DATE: 12/8/18 TIME: 21:40 local time SCOPE: 70mm Refractor ED Altair Astro-f6/420 EYEPIECE: Excplore Scientific 8.8fl fov:82° SKETCHING: black pencil (HB) on white paper(A3). Scanning- Photoshop(pc)-inverted the image to becames black . +- brightness/contrast etc.. SEEING:2/5(light pollution) LOCATION OF SITE: Nicosia-Mammari OBSERVER: Marios Ioannou -
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From the album: In my free time D.I.Y.
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Show Us Your Dob.....
mariosi replied to deepspacehunter's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
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From the album: In my free time D.I.Y.
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From the album: In my free time D.I.Y.
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Hello Laudropb and Rune, and thank you so much for the wonderful feedback! Regards Marios
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Good morning to all, Before its start to rain. AR 2645 2644 through 40mm solar scope at 11:00 o'clock. Thanks for looking Marios
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Show Us Your Dob.....
mariosi replied to deepspacehunter's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
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Hello and welcome John from Nicosia. Clear Skies Marios