1/18/13 observations with Z12"

[Robstargazer15]

The best of the 16 objects i found for the first time.

M46 was a large but faint star group, with many fainter members. I have observed M46 before, but i never saw what i saw next before.

NGC 2438 resides as a foreground object in M46, and a Olll filter makes the stellar donut obviouse in the cluster.

M67 was a lot better than M46 because of the bright red orange star to the the lower left of the clusters center.

NGC 2841 was nice looking at low power, with more power, the galaxy shows a bright oval nucleus, mottling is seen at the upper right of the core. Looks like a small version of the Andromeda Galaxy.

NGC 1907 is overlooked because it resides to the left of brighter M38. At first i thought it was a comet, but more power reveals more stars and shows that it really is a cluster.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice report with some less-known objects in there. I only spotted the planetary nebula in M46 last year. NGC 2841 is quite a nice one in UMa, but it is often overlooked.

[Double Kick Drum]

A nice collection of objects there.

Not managed the planetary nebula inset in M46. My latitude means this never gets very high in the winter sky.

Clear skies!

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I am at 53 north, and it was still manageable. I did need to go to a spot with a clear southern horizon. It was visible even without filter, but better with UHC (did not have O-III at the time).