Scooot Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I had a nice couple of hours last night between about 9.30 and 11.30. The seeing wasn't particularly good but it was nice and clear. Unusually I actually planned ahead and looked at some new targets. I was quite taken by this star cluster in Cygnus. I was viewing it at 120x with my 10mm and as it was so high I had the benefit of seeing it in the darkest part of the sky, contrast was great so the stars sparkled against a very black background. I was also quite comfortable for a change as I was using my new ironing stool to observe. It's worth a look if you get a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotterless45 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 The lovely "rocking horse " or "Y" cluster. Really neat target,Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estwing Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Often seen this and didn't know it had a name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooot Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 I read a bit about it last night on here after my post and didn't know it had a name either. I don't remember the yellow stars standing out much either and I didn't see the rocking horse shape either. I can't have looked very hard after all - . I'ts going to be my first target next time I go out for another look.http://www.starobserver.eu/openclusters/ngc6910.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotterless45 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Try it under dark sky or bung up the mag to get more contrast. There are lots of smaller stars that fill in the shape, http://deepskypedia.com/wiki/NGC_6910Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooot Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Just had another look. It took me a while to get the right orientation but got the shape eventually. Once you've got it you can't help seeing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotterless45 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 This is from my observations on the 6th of June this year. Some lovely targets here,Cygnus and a few planetary nebulae , including the bright blinking NGC 6826. pk64+5.1 was mid arc at 19h 34.8m +30 31" as bright as NGC 7027. All three took up to x100. The track of the Milky Way here provides many open clusters, I looked at 23 here, but the best were,NGC 6819 with a dense star cloud.NGC 6910 the upright "rocking horse " , lovely full fov at x150.NGC 6871 quite stunning with a double double of stars at x50NGC 7039 a bright outline of stars.NGC 7031 showed 4 stars and a star cloud.NGC 6997 was framed by four bright stars.NGC 6866 showed a dense star cloud.NGC 6883 was bright with a double to the centre.NGC 6991 again stunning with one bright star and jigsaw puzzle bits.M29 (NGC 6913) a lovely "power station" up to x150.M39 , just stunning, but not as good as,NGC 6910, a lovely asterism of the "Y" cluster , a really defined bright letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooot Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Thanks Nick,I'll have a look at these. I was also looking at the blinking planetary the other night, the first time for a while. It's fascinating, at the time I thought it unusual that I could see the central star but just read it's this that causes the blinking affect. I was looking at 120x but I think it would take more, although I don't know if more mag would affect the blinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooot Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 It was a lovely clear moonlight night yesterday and I went out with the intention of re-doing my NGC 2210 sketch but it was far too low and barely visible so I had a look for something else to have a go at. NGC 6510 was quite high and showing quite well so this is my effort.It's more of an impression than pinpoint accuracy but I'm quite pleased with it. Afterwards I thought I'd do an SGL search to see if anyone had posted anything about NGC 6510 and came across this thread. I was surprised to say the least when I realised I started it. You know you're getting old when .........- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulksy Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 nice one richard, great drawing, theres a few artists out there now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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