cotterless45 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Breeze and a touch of chill, we're getting there with extra darkness on the horizon. The seeing was just sublime, Saturn taking up to x300, more a tennis ball than a tangerine. Dark polar region and surface with shading outside Cassini. Note the square of Pegasus in the north east , view of M31 and a spectacular x200 view of the colourful fuzzy "blue snowball" NGC 7662 in Andromeda. Nicely placed for seated observing , here is Cepheus, with light skies and the moon coming up, time to grab some binaries, I picked these out as interesting , delta Cephei, nicely wide pulsating yellow with blue companion, SAO 34508. Kurhah (XI), brilliant warming view , SAO 19827. Omicron (34 Cephei), tighter at 3.4", SAO 20554, an orange giant and blue companion. Σ 2923 , a full field here ,SAO 10418. Noting how still the seeing was I tried some challenges which I had struggled with. The other struggle I had was with the bramble at the eyepiece ! Luckily . It's thornless and will be handy for autumn snack and go ! Now hold onto your socks ! Sub 1.0" separation ! This is the pair of Σ 2872 (SAO 34101), I'd noted the B split , but to see it at .9" was just stunning . Every time that I looked , the tiny clear gap was there . Chinese achromats can be performing acrobats of the sky . A superb challenge if you like to squeeze the last drop of observing from larger aperture. Fantastic night , couldn't even glance at the huge waning moon. Great a grip of Cepheus , under clear skies ! Hope you have enjoyed this as much I have ! Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Great session Nick and a fine report.... I was all set up last night but some high cloud rolled in around 10pm and halted proceedings ? tonight is forecast clear so fingers crossed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr niall Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Great report, will definitely be adding most of those to my list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookie1965 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 I was in Cepheus last night will report later got some pictures of the planets that were out. Great report Nick I think I got a couple of them but not the tight one have wait get the 5" try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark81 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Fantastic report. It's great to see such a variation in reports as it makes you realise that there is so many avenues to look down. The first set of notes look wonderful without even reading them ! Interesting stuff.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotterless45 Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 It seems a neat project to concentrate on one constellation then move the writing finger on, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdstuart Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 And NGC 2300 the visually easiest galaxy to see in the constellation. http://bristolweather.org.uk/galaxies/find.php?obj=NGC 2300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiltonstar Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 On 30/06/2018 at 07:27, cotterless45 said: Now hold onto your socks ! Sub 1.0" separation ! This is the pair of Σ 2872 (SAO 34101), I'd noted the B split , but to see it at .9" was just stunning . Every time that I looked , the tiny clear gap was there . Chinese achromats can be performing acrobats of the sky . A superb challenge if you like to squeeze the last drop of observing from larger aperture. Fantastic night , couldn't even glance at the huge waning moon. Great a grip of Cepheus , under clear skies ! Hope you have enjoyed this as much I have ! Nick. I had a look at this one last night as my notes show it's not one I've ever pointed a scope at. Took my non-computerised goto system (setting circles!) to find it though. The close pair were beautifully split at x270 with my 180 Mak and a Baader 10mm ortho EP. Some lovely nearby doubles as well. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastman Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Great session Nick, really like your sketches too. Very usefull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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