cotterless45 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Wow, lovely crisp evening , clouds came at midnight , but a glorious full sky. Kicked off with some carbon stars for colour . Then a tour of highlights . Something kept niggling , that lone star straight out from Leo's front legs. Eventually twigged , it was Alphard at the head of Hydra. Some new to me views of binaries. These two are well worth finding , Σ 1474 gives an amazing low power sight of triple clear stars in a line . Σ1348 together with Σ1355 give two identical binaries , that's magnitude and separation. Split these pairs at x92 with a 13mm Nagler. Some carbon star views. I used an aperture mask to close down and get colour. W Orionis (SAO 112406) was bright orange. Orionis RT (05h34.3 +07 10') was dim. Y Tauri (SAO 77516) was dim. Tu Gem.(SAO 78066) gave a glowing bright coal. RCMi (SAO 96548) dim. X Cancri (SAO 98230) gave a glowing bright coal and VY UMa(SAO 15274) was very bright. A tour . Wonderful cone of " Hubble's variable Nebula" NGC 2261, brighter at x92. Always worth a shot from town , as is the lovely dragon of NGC 2301. Followed by M3, M51 also giving the core of NGC 5195 and a bright M94 all in Canes Venatici. Over to Coma Berenices, galaxies aren't great from here. Usually there's a blackbird singing under the light sky most nights.M64("Blackeye") by averted.M63 gave a bright core ("sunflower galaxy). NGC 4565 is a bright side on streak. M85 is the brightest in the Virgo cluster, nice ! Over to the Leo groups. Hardly a sign of M65 , but M66 was brighter.No M95 , but a brighter M96. A low power view of Porrima split this apart very easily , really opened out. Wound up with 24 Com.Berenices (SAO 100160) , another colourful winter Albireo.32/33 com.Berenices (SAO 100311) gave a lovely orange primary.Finished with 36 Com.Berenices (Σ1687) giving a lovely triple. Rare night , lovely to be out under , clear skies ! Nick. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookie1965 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Some great targets there Nick I will have to write them down.Clear here 7.30pm got tripod out levelled it went in the house get the mount come out clouds rolling in very frustrating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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