M77 in Cetus.

[cotterless45]

Very clear and frosty night, the dew was horrendous followed by a neat frost.Even the Lightbridge primary got dewed and hairdried.

Was pleased to get a central core to M33 at x100, it was really quite noticable. Then over to Cygnus and the Blinking Planetary NGC6826. At x48 it appears in the same fov as a bright double and another double. At x100-x200 the slightly blue halo flicks on and off and the central star is clearly visible.

Then down to Cetus and M77,to the left of Delta .There were 2 bright spots at x48.This and the surrounding fuzz looked almost like a cluster. Further magnification showed bright spots to the spiral arms. Quite surprising how bright and detailed this was.

Very pleased with this as it was from my light polluted site (home). Had a tour of the usual suspects, seeing was brilliant.

Minus 2 of frost, came in like an orange lolly!

Nick.

[Double Kick Drum]

Thanks for sharing.

I thought I could see more than one bright area in M77 last night but put it down to wishful thinking.

[Mike73]

So have these bright areas in M77 got there own catalogue numbers like the NGC's within M33's spiral arms?

I will hopefully have my eye on M77 and NGC 936 in Cetus next time the clouds part.

[cotterless45]

No ,afraid that it's not as large, good to tease out some detail as it looks like a fuzzy cluster,

Nick.

[crashtestdummy]

i bagged m77 tonight and agree with your thoughts on it looking almost like a cluster.cant wait to get some magnification on it when it gets a bit higher in the sky