A Happy Dog...

[Ciaran Meier]

Out with the 15x70's to chase down the Davis's Dog asterism between the racing clouds.  First time seeing this one and its a lovely view in the bino 4° fov.   Why does finding a random pattern of stars make me grin from ear to ear 😀.

Thanks to Binocular Sky Newsletter. 

 

Edited January 31, 2020 by Ciaran Meier
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[PeterW]

Where’s this one?

 

Peter

[Ciaran Meier]

Ooops ...

It's quite near the Hyades Cluster in the direction of the Pleiades.  Screen grab from DSO Planner. 

 

[BinocularSky]

On 01/02/2020 at 08:49, PeterW said:

Where’s this one?

Finder charts, etc:
http://binocularsky.com/binoc_object_file.php?object_id=DavisDog&aperture=50

[Nyctimene]

Besides Canis maior, the most distinctive of the five celestial dogs (C. maior, C. minor, C. venatici).. Always nice to spot it as a winter harbinger between Pleiades and Hyades - once you have seen it, you cannot make it "unseen" any longer. Easy to find with any type of binoculars. Here's a graph (SilverAstro's avatar) to illustrate it's form more clearly:

Happy hunting!

Stephan