My Messier Catalog

[Kronos831]

Here will be all the messier objects i have observed.

Everytime i observe an object i will include it in the list.:

Blue will stand for observed

Grey will stand for not yet observed

These observations will be with either 20$ 8x50 binos, A skywatcher heritage 130p from a Bortle 5-4 or a Skywatcher Skyliner 200p From a bortle 7. First Observation of any deep sky objects in this list is on Feb 18 2019

M1

M2

M3

M4

M5

M6

M7

M8

M9

M10

M11

M12

M13

M14

M15

M16

M17

M18

M19

M20

M21

M22

M23

M24

M25

M26

M27

M28

M29

M30

M31

M32

M32

M34

M35

M36

M37

M38

M39

M40

M41

M42

M43

M44

M45

M46

M47

M48

M49

M50

M51

M52

M53

M54

M55

M56

M57

M58

M59

M60

M61

M62

M63

M64

M65

M66

M67

M68

M69

M70

M71

M72

M73

M74

M75

M76

M77

M78

M79

M80

M81

M82

M83

M84

M85

M86

M87

M88

M89

M90

M91

M92

M93

M94

M95

M96

M97

M98

M99

M100

M101

M102

M103

M104

M105

M106

M107

M108

M109

M110

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 1, 2020 by Kronos831
+ observed m46, m32

[MimasDeathStar]

Good work! Especially with M51, I've just about managed M33 but I just cant seem to separate M32 from M31 so not sure whether I can count it as it is definitely there!

I've been using the following list to help with my little 70mm telescope; 

http://www.messier.seds.org/dataMag.html

Working down this list I've got about as far as M56 (in terms of magnitude there's many brighter one's I have not been able to see yet as they aren't positioned well and I've only been going a few months! Really looking forward to "galaxy season" which I hope is as exciting as it sounds!!).

But... M56 was sooo faint it took me nearly half an hour to be sure I'd spotted it so I don't think I'll get them all from my back garden with my little scope. Although I think if I had a 130mm telescope like you it would be much easier! With a 200mm scope I can only imagine how much fun it would be!

What have you enjoyed the most so far? I think M92 may be my favourite (its a shame you've missed it I think it is only a little bit above M13 - but I'm sure he'll be back 😉!!)

M29 was quite good fun though. Only a tiny smattering of stars but the first one I found by myself so maybe I'm biased.

Edited January 18, 2020 by MimasDeathStar

[Kronos831]

Whoops! I Have definetly seen m92 and seem to have forgotten to put it in my observed list! Thanks for pointing that out, a 70mm scope?(i suppose its a refractor) Holy molly, it must be way harder to get nice views with an instrument of such aperature. My back yards light pollution is pretty bad, so bad in fact i can rarely split any stars in globular clusters such as m13 and andromeda appears as just the core all with my 8". I spotted m51 at a star party i went to and i didnt try to tease out any detail at all, just appeared as 2 fuzzy spots. Tried many times in my backyard but constantly failed.They recently added new LED street lamps too now...so even worse.I can say some of my best views were as follows: M42:when you have a clear night and the neighbors finally decide to close their lights and the sky becomes just a tiny bit better , orion comes to life.After observing m42 for days on end i could just make out the outline of its 2 wings with my 8" dob(that was last year). After getting a lot better at observing, as my heritage 130p arrived(2 weeks ago) , i decided i could go to a darker sky. There i could make out almost all the nebulosity in the left wing and some on the right with the 5". It looked almost like this(sent a sketch). Dark skies do wonders...

Another fantastic observation had to be Plotemy's cluster, M7: I went to my fathers home island, Symi, JUST 2000 Residents!! an island with very small levels of light pollution. We drove 30 minutes into a mountain top with a small house there. I believe it was a bortle 2-3. It was amazing. The milky way looked just like the pictures, i couldnt believe my eyes. i could see M6,M7,M8,M24,M17,M31 naked eye easily. There, i had my cheap 20$ 8x50 binos and i turned my eye to M7 and what i saw was amazing. A huge star cluster filled with endless stars  filled my field of view. it was like a huge globular cluster you could split into stars. with m6 in the view , it was spectacular.

There are a lot of honorable mentions like the time i saw a bright glob through a bortle 3 with an 8" but thats a story for another day.

 

if you want to talk about observations i m all ears. i am curious to see what an eager observer can do with such a small instrument.

 

Sencirely, Kronos

Edited January 18, 2020 by Kronos831
Pic added

[Kronos831]

+ Just bagged M78

[Kronos831]

+observed m33 and m77