RaDec	Type	PrimaryID	T	U	Magn	Size	Class	Con
001300.98+723119.3	pn	n40	1	3	10.7 11.61m*	60"x40"	2b	Cep
Observation on Fri 1985/08/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Barely visible at 49 power magnification without Lumicon UHC filter. Lumicon UHC filter hurts - just darkens. Central star shows with 122 power magnification without Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Wed 1985/09/11 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The center "star" of 3 stars in a line. Observation on Sun 1986/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint PlanetaryNebula at 49 power magnification. Its off the 3 star line. Central star is easy at 122 power magnification without Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 Pale blue. Its the 2nd "star" from the following (or finder chart) in a zig-zag line of 4 star 60°. Its on the south preceeding side of the best-fit-straight-line. 11 magnitude star at center with a 50 arcseconds by 45 arcseconds preceeding following glow surrounding. Lumicon UHC filter hurts.
0029.9+6013	oc	n129	1	35	6.5 8.57m*	21	IV 2 p/III 2 m	Cas
Observation on Tue 1984/12/25 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Immediate asterism is a 15 arcminutes west-shape made of 2 half C-shapes. faint. 14 stars. Sketched. My sketch does not match Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 at all but nothing else is in the area. The double shown in A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets is 25 arcminutes preceeding 150 arcminutes south, and is 4 arcminutes in position angle 350°. Observation on Sun 1985/01/06 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This is way too far. Must not be the right double. Observation on Sun 1985/12/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Its the preceeding (or picture) part of a larger group. The OpenCluster itself matches Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 exactly. All Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars seen. west-shape is really not a good description at all. Observation on Fri 1986/09/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed 19851215 observation. Its a 5 arcminutes triangle of 3 9 magnitude stars filled in with fainter ones. Many faint stars north preceeding. The very bright star 20 arcminutes south is shown as a double in Sky Atlas 2000.0 even though I can't resolve it at 272 power magnification. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is perfect. Observation on Sun 1987/10/25 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed, except I see more stars than Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 on meridian. Observation on Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Pretty loose 30 arcminutes by 20 arcminutes in position angle 150°. The 9 magnitude triangle is at the south edge and that area is only part of the OpenCluster according to Uranometria 2000.0 chart. At least 50 stars were seen. south edge is well detached from field but north edge is not. No central condensation. No colorful stars. Observation on Sat 2005/10/29 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Hard to define the boundary of this OpenCluster at the north edge, but I'd say its 20 arcminutes by 15 arcminutes in position angle 150°. bright equilateral triangle of 10 magnitude stars at the south edge, and that south edge is what's drawn in the Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch, but I believe the OpenCluster extends to the north as well. At 131 power magnification, the small part in the Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch, which is 7 arcminutes in size, contains 25 stars, including the 3 10 magnitude stars and a couple of 11 magnitude stars, but is mainly 12 to 13 magnitude stars. When I extend it to 20 arcminutes by 15 arcminutes, I count an additional 25 stars. Located in a rich field. Stands out pretty well from the field, except the north edge is hard to define. Not compressed. 5 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 165° of the triangle. 3 bright stars in a 3 arcminutes arc are 15 arcminutes in position angle 75°. No colorful stars in the OpenCluster. No conspicuous pairs.
0031.6+6131	oc	n136	1	15	vFT 13pm*	1.2	II 2 p/II 1 p	Cas
Observation on Fri 1986/09/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. I can't see 13 to 18 magnitude stars. Observation on Thu 1986/11/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 1 arcminutes fuzzy patch at 61 power magnification, 98 power magnification, and 122 power magnification. Cannot see in 272 power magnification. A couple of stars barely resolved with averted vision at 98 power magnification and 122 power magnification. 12 to 13 magnitude stars are south preceeding, preceeding (or picture), and north preceeding. No stars immediately following (or finder chart). Very difficult OpenCluster. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 About 5-10 very faint (14 magnitude?) stars resolved over a 1 arcminutes glow at 272 power magnification. Those nearby 13 magnitude stars mentioned above are about 2 arcminutes away from the cluster. Nearest star following (or finder chart) is a 13 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 95°. 9 magnitude star 7 arcminutes in position angle 220°. Located 90 arcminutes south from CHI Cas.
003446.5-082348	eg	n157	10	261	10.41:11.00	4.17x2.69 40°	SAB(rs)bc I	Cet
Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Observation on Tue 1990/10/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 10° glow. No brighter nucleus was seen, nor was any mottling. Extremely soft edges. 13 magnitude star on north edge. 8 magnitude star 5 arcminutes north preceeding. 9 magnitude star 4 arcminutes south preceeding. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 20° glow. No brightness increase toward the center. 13 magnitude star on north edge. Observation on Mon 1995/10/16 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 very large 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 30° pretty bright Galaxy which is extremely mottled and just slightly brighter in the middle. It was well worth the extreme trouble it gave me finding it. There's a 12 magnitude star superimposed just barely inside the glow near the north following edge. The north following end appears to curve slightly toward the following (or finder chart) and south following. The south preceeding end curves a little toward the preceeding (or picture) and north preceeding. This makes it appear like a barred spiral where what I'm seeing is the bar and the beginning of the arms, but comparing to picture (later at desk) that isn't the morphology at all. Difficult to find, but fairly bright and easy to see once found. 8 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 345°. 9 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 195°.
003858.0+482018	eg	n185	4	60	9.18:10.10	11.75x10.00 35°	dE0/E3P	Cas
Observation on Thu 1986/11/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1987/10/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint and large glow. Need Sky Atlas 2000.0 + patience to find. Field was sketched. Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 6 arcminutes glow. Easiest in 49 power magnification+Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter or 61 power magnification+Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter. My sketch is worthless. Uranometria 2000.0 is better. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 6 arcminutes extremely faint circular glow location south following the midpoint between the 2 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0stars. Easiest at 61 power magnification alone. No mottling, nucleus, or any other features. Very homogeneous glow. No brightness increase toward the nucleus -- its kind of like the crab nebula -- constant glow that fades quickly to background sky. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter doesn't help from here. Observation on Sat 1994/09/03 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint 4 arcminutes glow brighter in the middle. Forms an isosceles triangle with 2 9 magnitude stars at 8 arcminutes in position angle 255° and 7 arcminutes in position angle 45°. !The Carnegie Atlas of Galaxies page 1-15 identifies a GlobularCluster, which was noted on the picture on Deep Sky Magazine, September, 1991, page 14. From comparison to skymap stars, I think it should be about 14 magnitude. Give it a try.
004022.5+414111	eg	M110	4	60	8.07:8.92	21.88x10.96 170°	E5P	And
Observation on Wed 1985/10/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint shapeless glow was seen. Located 40 arcminutes north preceeding M31. Observation on Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Observation on Sun 1986/12/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Using Catalog of the Universe plate 2 I tried to see arms but nothing in the glow stands out as a nucleus at all. I'm probably just seeing nucleus. Observation on Wed 1987/11/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 7 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 175° glow surrounding a 3 arcminutes nucleus. Note that I don't think this is elliptical -- it looks like a spiral. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 7 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 175° glow. No stellar nucleus. Very gradual brightness increase from edge to center. No structure, mottling, or dust lanes show. Observation on Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 725 PM EST. Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1994/08/05 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 8 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 160° halo with a 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes brighter core and a stellar dot 12 magnitude nucleus. The following (or finder chart) side of the core was sharply cut off as if by a dust lane, but I could not see any black sky there, but instead only a lighter gray of the halo. A 12 magnitude star lies within the halo near the south edge, and a 13 magnitude star is near the north edge. Observation on Fri 1994/09/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Saw G73 as a 14 magnitude stars. !Try to observe the dust patch.
0043.5+6147	oc	n225	1	16	7.0 9m*	12	III 1 p n	Cas
Observation on Mon 1984/11/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 49 power magnification field is rich but faint. Observation on Mon 1984/12/10 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Poor seeing. 49 power magnification field is very sparse. 122 power magnification is rich. 98 power magnification sketched. All but a couple of the stars sketched in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 were seen but Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 is sketched with north on bottom and Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 says brightest stars are at south edge and I say preceeding (or picture) edge. Observation on Sun 1985/11/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I see more stars than Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. Shape is duplicated like this - write a double capitol Y. Turn it upside down and write a small y to the upper-left. Don't know what the note about bright stars in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 is all about. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture looks right (those notes were written 2 weeks after telescope bought). Observation on Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 west south sketch is either poor or old or indicates rapid motion. Need to make my own sketch. Observation on Fri 1986/10/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sketched. Observation on Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 10 arcminutes equilateral triangle pointing preceeding (or picture). Made of a higher percentage of bright stars than the average OpenCluster. A north south chain of 5 9 magnitude stars 5 arcminutes following. Well detached from the field. No colorful stars. No central condensation. No star chains. A pretty evenly-distributed equilateral triangle. Counted 10 10 magnitude stars, 6 11 magnitude stars, and 9 12 magnitude and fainter stars. Observation on Mon 1995/10/16 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 I agree with the prior descriptions of the cluster, and Felicity doesn't really add much to this cluster.
004703.32-115219.3	pn	n246	10	261	8.0 11.94m*	225"x210"	3b	Cet
Observation on Wed 1985/10/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Too far south for a PlanetaryNebula from here. Observation on Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1987/10/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 3 arcminutes glow with 49 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. Used Sky Atlas 2000.0 to find -- many nearby bright stars. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint 4 arcminutes glow with 61 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. Glow does not show without Lumicon UHC filter. Without Lumicon UHC filter, I see 5 11 magnitude and fainter stars over the glow which I can see with Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Same observation except I can see the stars at 61 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter, too. 61 power magnification is best power -- very difficult at 122 power magnification. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketched stars perfectly but whereas Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sees a very partial annular glow, I see a more complete circular 4 arcminutes glow. X122+UHC shows a hole in the middle. 6 stars involved within 8 arcminutes. The 3 brightest are the north-most 3 of those 6 stars. They form a triangle with 75°-75°-30° vertexes. The 30° vertex points 330°. The PlanetaryNebula surrounds the 2 75° vertexes of that triangle. Observation on Mon 1995/10/16 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 very large 3 arcminutes perfectly round glow just slightly darker in the middle, with 3 superimposed stars and 2 stars just south. One of the superimposed stars is centered, one is near the north edge at pa 330°, another is near the preceeding (or picture) edge at pa 240°. PlanetaryNebula is best viewed at 131 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. Lumicon UHC filter enhances it quite a bit, and its barely visible at 131 power magnification alone. The entire preceeding (or picture) side all the way from north to south is brighter and sharper-edged than the following (or finder chart) side. very faint 13 magnitude star near the 120° edge of the PlanetaryNebula. Very nice PlanetaryNebula.
004708.7-204538	eg	n247	18	306	9.11:9.67	21.38x6.92 174°	SAB(s)d IV	Cet
Observation on Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Skyglow. Observation on Sun 1988/01/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed with or without Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter. Skyglow. Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 20 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes north south glow seen only in 49 power magnification+Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter. Ends on the south with a 9 magnitude star. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 15 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes north south glow seen easiest with 61 power magnification. Invisible at 122 power magnification. No details at all were seen. No brighter nucleus region, no mottling, etc. The only detail seen was that its wider at the center and tapers off towards the north and south. 9 magnitude star at south edge. Observation on Thu 1994/09/29 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 very faint very extremely large 15 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 165° glow with a 10 magnitude star at south tip. Very low surface brightness. Very gradually very little brighter in the middle to a 2 arcminutes round core. No stellar nucleus. No dust lanes, but slightly mottled.
004733.1-251718	eg	n253	18	306	7.07:8.04	27.54x6.76 52°	SAB(s)cP	Scl
Observation on Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Skyglow. Observation on Sun 1988/01/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed with or without Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter. Skyglow. Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 very faint 15 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. Easiest at 49 power magnification+Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter. Center is about 10 arcminutes south an 8 magnitude 8 magnitude star 5 arcminutes following pair. Still seeable in 122 power magnification+Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter but no details added. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 very bright 25 arcminutes by 6 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. A couple of 12 magnitude stars are superimposed on this Galaxy. Very slight brightness increase towards the center. No stellar nucleus but nuclear area is brighter than the surrounding glow. north edge is rather hard. Probably a dust lane cuts it off. Entire surface is slightly mottled. Observation on Thu 1994/09/29 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 An absolutely stunning sight in Felicity. 25 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 30° glow gradually brighter in the middle. 3 superimposed 12 magnitude stars, 2 are north following center, 1 is south following center. 2 9 magnitude stars about 10 arcminutes south the core. 11 magnitude star just 5 arcminutes preceeding the nucleus. north following extension ends on a 14 magnitude star. A dust lane encircles the south preceeding edge of the core and the center of that lane (that is, the part due south preceeding the core) runs straight out into the halo to the south preceeding, cutting the south preceeding halo in half and dividing it into a loop. The halo fades rapidly and suddenly on the north following edge of the core, and maintains a constant faint glow as it extends north preceeding till it reaches the edge of the halo. The dust lane continues along major axis north preceeding of core all the way across the core to the north following side, then seems to wrap weakly around that side of the core. A truly fantastic sight. Possibly the 5th best Galaxy in the sky, after M51, M31, M33, and M82. Observation on Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 I have a really nice view of this Galaxy from here tonight. I see a 25 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 60° pretty bright glow much brighter in the middle in the core. There's a 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes central core that is much brighter than the rest of the Galaxy. 12 magnitude star on the north following edge of the core, but its hard to judge the magnitude because its superimposed, and because this object is so far south. 12 magnitude star just at the edge of the glow on the 60° end of the core. 13 magnitude star just outside of the core within the spiral arms. Its is due south of the center. The whole face of the Galaxy is mottled. There are bright field stars south preceeding the Galaxy, and one 9 magnitude star north following. An obvious dark lane begins in the north preceeding quadrant of the core and runs in pa 240° toward the outer spiral arms. As I look at it here, the arms and the dark lane are going clockwise. The center of the core is brighter and there's a stellar pip which is just slightly brighter than the rest of the core. At higher powers, the arms fade pretty rapidly outside the core. They're often nearly invisible but once in a while they are still glimpsed.
005204.6+473300	eg	n278	4	60	10.83:11.47	2.09x2.00	SAB(rs)b	Cas
Observation on Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint circular 2 arcminutes blob. Not too hard to see at either 49 power magnification or 122 power magnification. Found via bright star above the n278 label in Sky Atlas 2000.0. Observation on Mon 1988/10/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Easily seen at 122 power magnification. 2 arcminutes featureless glow. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 2 arcminutes circular featureless glow. 9 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north. No mottling, stellar nucleus, or other details. Easiest at 122 power magnification.
005248-2635.4	gc	n288	18	307	8.10 12.6m*	13.8 oval	X	Scl
Observation on Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Skyglow. Observation on Sun 1988/01/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed with or without Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter. Skyglow. Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 5 arcminutes glow found with 49 power magnification+Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter+tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible. Won't take 122 power magnification. No resolution. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Very nice, large, 8 arcminutes, pretty faint GlobularCluster. Easily resolved at 122 power magnification into at least 30 stars over a very faint remaining glow. Observation on Thu 1994/09/29 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Very nice beautiful very loose 6 arcminutes GlobularCluster easily resolved to the center at only 131 power magnification. bright 11 magnitude star at north edge. Streamers come out the south edge, both south preceeding, due south, and south following, and they make this GlobularCluster triangle-shaped.
0108.3+6135	oc	n381	1	16	9.3 10pm*	6	III 2 p/III 1 m	Cas
Observation on Fri 1985/10/11 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 20 faint members at 122 power magnification + averted vision. bright handle stars. Easily identified with Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 field. At 49 power magnification its just a line of stars (handle) with a few very faint members. Observation on Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed easily. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is perfect. Observation on Fri 1986/09/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 30 stars in 7 arcminutes circular area with a curved handle coming out to the north. Observation on Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Nebulous smudge in 30 power magnification becomes a well-detached, 6 arcminutes, round group of 11 magnitude and fainter stars in 122 power magnification. The "handle" mentioned before is a 12 arcminutes chain of 5 11 magnitude stars which begins just north of the OpenCluster'south center and runs north. No central condensation or colorful stars were noted. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 30 11 to 13 magnitude stars in a 6 arcminutes round group with a handle coming out to the north. I see no yellow or orange-red coloring in any of the stars. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 8 arcminutes in position angle 95°.
010927.0+354304	eg	n404	4	91	10.27:11.21	3.47x3.47	SA(s)0-:	And
Observation on Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 arcminutes glow just north preceeding BETA And. Must put BETA just out of field and then Galaxy is barely in field. Seeable at zenith at both 122 power magnification and 49 power magnification. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 Same observation. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 2 arcminutes glow which becomes brighter in the middle, but has no stellar nucleus. Easiest at 272 power magnification since that power lets me get BETA And well out of the field with n404 centered. Located 7 arcminutes in position angle 350° from BETA And. Observation on Fri 1994/12/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 very bright and easy 2 arcminutes round glow much brighter in the middle to a 20 arcseconds core and a slightly brighter stellar nucleus. BETA And is just out of the field with Galaxy is almost centered in 136 power magnification, so Galaxy is about 6 arcminutes from BETA And. bright and easy to see even at 131 power magnification with BETA And in field. Observation on Mon 1995/10/16 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 1.5 arcminutes round glow gradually brighter in the middle with a suddenly bright 12 magnitude stellar nucleus.
0115.7+5849	oc	n436	1	36	8.8 11m*	6 i	I 3 m/I 2 m	Cas
Observation on Mon 1984/11/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 15 arcminutes field sketched. Not sure if this is it. 8 minutes of time following (or finder chart) is a white, blue double and a blue, yellow, white triple. Observation on Fri 1985/08/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy to find off n457. Just follow 2 bright stars thru long axis of OpenCluster for 1 more 49 power magnification field. The nebulous area in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 is a 6 star circlet pointing away from the OpenCluster. A faint nebulous glow of too-FT** surrounds the circlet. Observation on Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 west south sketch is poor and mine is even worse. The OpenCluster is the circlet mentioned before, and its' immediate surroundings. The circlet is 3 arcminutes in diameter and opens to 285°. The 3 brightest cluster members are in the cirlet, and 1 of them is a close 122 power magnification pair. Those 4 stars are all 11 magnitude stars. The 2 other 11 magnitude stars in the OpenCluster are 5 arcminutes south south following and 5 arcminutes north north following the cirlet. I count 20 stars total in this 6 arcminutes OpenCluster at 122 power magnification. Slight central concentration (the circlet). Overall shape is round. No star colors were noted. 8 magnitude star 14 arcminutes preceeding. Easiest at 122 power magnification or higher. Easy to find at 50 arcminutes in position angle 300° from the owl OpenCluster (n457), can easily be in same 30 power magnification field. Averted vision not needed. Pretty well detached from the field. 2 10 magnitude stars following (or finder chart) the south edge by 5 arcminutes and 10 arcminutes. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Nice salt-and-pepper cluster from here. Observation on Sat 2005/10/29 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 The tiniest thumbprint in 43 power magnification. Easy to find off n457; they can be in the same field of view at 43 power magnification. At 252 power magnification, there are 30 9 to 13 magnitude stars in 6 arcminutes. There's a bright C-shape of 11 magnitude stars at the center, and the north-most of those stars is an equilater triple, composed of a bright double and a faint third stars. The brightest star in the cluster is at the pa 105° edge. A bit compressed. Well detached from the field. Really made of two rings - the C forms an inner ring, and there's a surroundng outer ring, with few stars in between. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch looks like the 43 power magnification field; again he sketches the field with a misty patch, but really the cluster is the misty patch.
0119.1+5820	oc	n457	1	36	6.4 8.59m*	13	I 3 r/II 3 r	Cas
Observation on Fri 1984/11/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very bright and richer than average. 2 bright stars in the middle of the base of a teepee. Observation on Tue 1984/12/04 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 61 power magnification field sketched. Observation on Tue 1984/12/25 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 PHI Cas is at 0121+582 and the triple shown in A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets is at 0124+578. Observation on Wed 1990/09/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 122 power magnification is best power. The main concentration is a 10 arcminutes by 6 arcminutes in position angle 135° bar of 33 stars. The bar begin at PHI Cas (the bright wide double) at the south following edge and runs north preceeding to 2/3 of the way from PHI Cas to 2 9 magnitude stars which are separated from each other by the same amount as PHI Cas and oriented in almost the same direction. The bar contains a red star centered on the north preceeding edge, and several tight pairs of stars. A chain of 9 to 10 magnitude stars runs along the south following edge of the major axis of the bar. A subgroup of 6 13 magnitude stars is at the north following corner of the bar. Coming off the bar to the south preceeding are 4 stars in a nearly-rectangular-shape. A chain of bright stars runs off to the fnf, beginning with the red star mentioned before. Easy to find -- PHI Cas is naked eye. It is well detached from the field. My original impression of the OpenCluster was a teepee-shape, which is formed by viewing it with PHI Cas at the top of the field. The stars which come off the bar to the south preceeding and fnf form the sides of the teepee. Observation on Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Detailed cmap completed. Observation on Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint misty patch of light with no stars resolved. Located just preceeding (or picture) PHI Cas. Observation on Sat 2005/10/29 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Wow, this is really transformed by 14 arcseconds of aperture. At 131 power magnification it appears as a pretty densely packed round 13 arcminutes grouping of 88 stars. 2 bright stars are at the south south following edge pa 150°. bright red star in the following (or finder chart) half of the cluster. Magnitudes range down from EPSILON to a bunch of 10 magnitude stars, down to 14 magnitude when I count 88 stars. This is really a great cluster in 131 power magnification. In 43 power magnification, the cluster looks just like the familiar owl without all the 14 magnitude stars.
012147.1+051517	eg	n488	10	218	10.28:11.15	5.25x3.89 15°	SA(r)ab I	Psc
Observation on Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1987/10/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 1.5 arcminutes round glow with very soft edges, possible elongated very slightly north south. 13 magnitude stellar nucleus shows easily at 122 power magnification. 10 arcminutes past the Uranometria 2000.0star is a 12 magnitude star. 13 arcminutes past the Uranometria 2000.0star is a 10 magnitude star. The Galaxy is 2 arcminutes in position angle 30° the 12 magnitude star. Very easy to find, pretty easy to see, even with direct vision. Smooth surface except for the stellar nucleus. Very gradual brightness increase toward the center until the stellar nucleus is reached.
012447.8+093221	eg	n524	10	173	10.25:11.3	2.75x2.75	SA(rs)0+	Psc
Observation on Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1987/10/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes pretty bright round glow with no discernable details except a 13 magnitude stellar nucleus. Very soft edges and very even brightness increase toward the center. 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes south. 13 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north. 13 magnitude star 5 arcminutes north following. Easy to find and see, even with direct vision. Stellar nucleus shows at 122 power magnification with averted vision. No mottling noted. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter does not improve.
0129.5+6319	oc	n559	1	16	9.5 11.4m*	4.4	II 2 m/I 1 m	Cas
Observation on Thu 1984/12/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I don't resolve nearly as many stars as the Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch. Observation on Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 small glow at proper location in 49 power magnification. 122 power magnification resolves only a few. bright central star. On meridian during observation -- I guess this is as good as it'll get for me. Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 A rich but very faint 5 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes north south OpenCluster located at the following (or finder chart) end of an elontated 100° chain of 4 11 magnitude stars. An 11 magnitude star 12 magnitude star pair is at the south following edge. Another 11 magnitude star is 2 arcminutes north preceeding those 2 stars, at the OpenCluster center, and is reddish. The remaining 20 stars are all 13 magnitude. The description in "Observe the Herschel Objects" is for the 30 arcminutes field surrounding the OpenCluster, which does indeed appear clusterish and detached. But I believe the true OpenCluster is at the following (or finder chart) edge of this group, and is really quite difficult. Best power is 122 power magnification or 272 power magnification. Definitely requires averted vision for all those 13 magnitude stars. Pretty well detached (once you see whats really the OpenCluster), but this one can fool you and is invisible at all powers 61 power magnification and below, except for the few 11 to 12 magnitude stars. Easy find off EPSILON Cas.
013120.9-065206	eg	n584	10	263	10.48:11.44	4.17x2.29 120°	E4	Cet
Observation on Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow. Only found due to close surrounding stars. Observation on Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow easiest at 49 power magnification+Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter. Located slightly preceeding (or picture) an imaginary line connecting the 2 nearby stars and slightly closer to the south-more of those 2 stars. Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 1.5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow with a pretty bright 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. Very soft edges. Best at 122 power magnification. Easy to find but a bit difficult to see since its faint. 13 magnitude star comes and goes at the north edge.
013252.1-070157	eg	n596	10	263	10.94:11.84	3.24x2.09 140°	E2P	Cet
Observation on Fri 1987/10/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes glow was seen with 49 power magnification+Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter. Easy nearby guide stars. Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow with a pretty faint 13 magnitude stellar nucleus. No other details at all. Easiest at 122 power magnification. Invisible at 30 power magnification. Easy to find - very difficult to see. Requires averted vision. Forms an equilateral triangle with a 9 magnitude star and a 7 magnitude star (both Uranometria 2000.0stars). Barely seeable in 61 power magnification as a 12 magnitude "star" + very extremely faint fuzz.
013350.9+303937	eg	M33	4	91	5.72:6.27	70.79x41.69 23°	SA(s)cd II-III	Tri
Observation on Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 5-10' circular glow about as bright as the crab nebula. Located 55 minutes of time following (or finder chart) DELTA And. Observation on Fri 1986/10/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 How did I ever miss it so many times?? (I have tried to find again with no luck from locations m and u several times before and since the 19860108 observation). Easy moon-sized glow when 25° from meridian. Using Sky and Telescope Magazine, October, 1986, page 422 (align with the bright stars following (or finder chart)) I saw n604, the nucleus, i133 (barely), and i132 (barely). Observation on Wed 1987/11/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I don't think I saw i133 or i132 this time but n604 is really easy with Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 M33 is actually quite bright from here. I see a pretty bright 30 arcminutes by 20 arcminutes north south glow. This glow gets brighter from the edges toward the nucleus, which is off-center to the north preceeding. At 30 power magnification, this nucleus is non-stellar. 122 power magnification shows the nucleus to be a round 5 arcminutes bright glow, with several stars atop it, the brightest of which is 12 magnitude on the north following edge. All of these stars are assumed to be foreground stars. Panning outward from the nucleus, the brighter arm leaves the 30 arcminutes by 20 arcminutes glow from the south preceeding, then curves to the preceeding (or picture), then to the north. The preceeding (or picture)-most edge of the glow is at the edge of the 30 power magnification field when the glow is centered, making it 40 arcminutes from the center of the glow. The arm becomes fainter and patchier as you follow it outward. The other arm leaves the 30 arcminutes by 20 arcminutes glow at the south following edge, bends following (or finder chart), then bends north. Its not as bright as the previously described arm. The arms run counter-clockwise. N604 is easy with 61 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Sat 1995/08/19 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 large amorphous 1° subtle glow slightly brighter in the middle. Observation on Mon 1995/10/16 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Observing right on the meridian. Gorgeous open-armed Galaxy. Arms show very well tonight. Observing with 68 power magnification. bright 2 arcminutes central core with a 5 arcminutes fainter core surrounding it. More-obvious arm comes out the north preceeding side of the core, wraps toward the north, with a slight curl toward north following on the end. Coming out the south side of the core is a much thicker arm that runs south for quite a while and then curls a little bit toward the south preceeding. Then I lose it, but after a short distance I see a bright emission region. There are several nonstellar glows strewn across the face of the Galaxy, and the subtle glow of the Galaxy almost fills the 37 arcminutes 68 power magnification field. The glowing region is 30 arcminutes by 25 arcminutes in position angle 30°. At 262 power magnification, I can see an 11 magnitude star superimposed at 2 arcminutes in position angle 30° from the core. Several other stars are superimposed but that is the brightest of the stars superimposed on the core. n604 is on the north end. There's a 12 magnitude star right next to it. It stands out well at 68 power magnification alone, and 68 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter makes it the brightest thing in the Galaxy. Its clearly nonstellar at 131 power magnification, elongated in pa 120°. A85, A87, and A66 were not seen. A75 is easily seen at 131 power magnification alone as a 13 magnitude stellar dot with a general round brightening of 1 arcminutes surrounding it. This was seen before I tried to identify anything from a picture. A14 is an easily-seen very bright nonstellar glow much brighter in the middle.
013417.5-292458	eg	n613	18	352	10.05:10.73	5.50x4.17 120°	SAB(rs)bc I-II	Scl
Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes round featureless glow. 9 magnitude star 2 arcminutes north preceeding. Observation on Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 very extremely faint 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 120° glow very slightly brighter towards the middle with a 1 arcminutes nonstellar brighter (but still faint) nucleus. No stellar nucleus was seen. 9 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north following, not 2 arcminutes north preceeding. 9 magnitude star 7 arcminutes north preceeding. Observation on Thu 1994/09/29 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 105° glow brighter in the middle to a very bright 1 arcminutes by 30 arcseconds in position angle 105° core. 8 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north following.
013505.8-072027	eg	n615	10	263	11.61:12.47	3.63x1.45 25°	SA(rs)b II-III	Cet
Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Barely seeable in 61 power magnification as very extremely faint 2 arcminutes fuzz. At 122 power magnification becomes a very difficult 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 170° glow with a very faint 13 magnitude stellar nucleus, seeable only with averted vision + tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible. 9 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 240°. Observation on Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation, except 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star is 6 arcminutes in position angle 250°.
014219.7+513435	pn	M76	1	37	8.0 12m*	65"	3+6	Per
Observation on Sun 1985/02/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nothing seen without Lumicon UHC filter. With Lumicon UHC filter a haze was seen at all powers. Confirmed with star at same declination 4 minutes of time following (or finder chart). No distinguishable shape--just a smear. Observation on Thu 1985/11/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Hourglass-shape evident at 122 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. very faint. Observation on Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Easily seen at 49 power magnification alone or with Lumicon UHC filter or Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter. Filters increase definition a lot. Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 1.5 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 45° bar-shape, pinched in the middle. very faint glow surrounds the whole thing at 122 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 730 PM EST. Not found, or not observed. I have the Sky Atlas 2000.0star right next to it, but see no PlanetaryNebula. Observation on Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed.
0143.0+6400	oc	n637	1	16	8.3 10m*	3.5	I 3 p/I 2 m	Cas
Observation on Fri 1984/11/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 smaller than M103 (at 0132). To find it get my n663 (my diamond at 0144) and move 30 arcminutes preceeding 175 arcminutes north. Observation on Sun 1984/12/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About the same shape as M103 (except no dipper). Observation on Fri 1986/09/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 In 49 power magnification this OpenCluster is a 5 star north south chain with a double following (or finder chart). 122 power magnification shows more stars. Sketched. Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 The OpenCluster stands out easily at 30 power magnification, but only the brightest stars show at that power. At 122 power magnification the OpenCluster turns into a 10 arcminutes north south chain of 9 12 magnitude and brighter stars with a tight 10 magnitude pair 5 arcminutes following. The center of the north south chain contains a 2 arcminutes triangle of 11 magnitude stars, and that triangle marks the OpenCluster. The preceeding (or picture) vertex of the triangle is a tight pretty double, and 2 arcminutes north following the north following vertex is a 12 magnitude star. When I use averted vision on the 4 arcminutes surrounding the triangle, I see 11 13 magnitude stars. No star colors stand out. Pair of 8 magnitude stars 10 arcminutes south.
0144.1+6153	oc	n654	1	16	6.5 7.4m*	5 i	II 3 m/II 2 r	Cas
Observation on Thu 1984/12/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Many Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars were resolved, but many more are not. 122 power magnification is best field. There is a slightly nebulous haze at the tightest area. Its possible to just barely get this in same 49 power magnification field as n663 (my diamond). Observation on Sat 1984/12/22 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 To find this get n663 (my diamond). This OpenCluster is the hazy patch 40 arcminutes north preceeding. Observation on Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 In ortonville this is a gorgeous 49 power magnification salt-and-pepper OpenCluster. Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Observation on Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 18 11 magnitude and fainter stars + nebulousity in 5 arcminutes. 8 magnitude star 150°. Really a nice salt-and-pepper OpenCluster at 30 power magnification. No star colors. Well detached from the field. No central condensation. The whole OpenCluster is a dense knot.
0144.2+6042	oc	n659	1	37	7.9 10m*	5	III 1 p/I 2 m	Cas
Observation on Sat 1984/12/22 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very similar to OpenCluster n654 but south of OpenCluster n663 (instead of north) by same amount. Get n663 (my diamond). This OpenCluster is the hazy patch 40 arcminutes south preceeding. Observation on Wed 1985/01/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This is much harder than n654. Needs 122 power magnification to see the component stars. Find the 3 bright stars that point towards my diamond and this OpenCluster is towards my diamond from the brightest star (the star in the center). Observation on Wed 1985/09/11 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not all of the knot in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 was seen, but all other stars were seen. Observation on Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 In ortonville this is a gorgeous 49 power magnification salt-and-pepper OpenCluster. Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Observation on Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 4 arcminutes half-circle of 4 12 magnitude stars which opens toward north following and is surrounded by about 15 13 magnitude stars + nebulousity. Medium detachment from the field. No colorful stars.
0146.1+6115	oc	n663	1	16	7.1 8.4m*	16	III 2 m/II 3 r	Cas
Observation on Fri 1984/11/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I found this OpenCluster near M103 a few nights ago and now know what it is. Very beautiful. Lots of doubles. Several pairs within this OpenCluster are oriented such that they form diamond-shapes, which leads me to my name for this OpenCluster. Observation on Fri 1986/09/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I see a couple of magnitudes fainter than my reticle sketch. See separate database entries for the 3 doubles. Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Observation on Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Football-shaped 15 arcminutes by 7 arcminutes in position angle 135° group of 9 magnitude and fainter stars with a 10 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes lens-shaped dark area running along the center of the major axis. Medium detachment from the field. No central condensation. 2 of the 9 magnitude stars are orange. Diamond-shapes are at the north preceeding, south preceeding, and south following edges. north following section is the richest part of the OpenCluster. Observation on Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 950 PM EST. very faint pretty large glow with no resolution guarded from DELTA Cas by an arc if 3 7 magnitude stars.
015300.4-134421	eg	n720	10	264	10.18:11.16	4.68x2.40 135°	E5	Cet
Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 1.5 arcminutes circular gradual glow with a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. The stellar nucleus is off-center to the south preceeding. Unsure whether its really a stellar nucleus or a superimposed star. No elongated noted. Easiest at 98 power magnification. 13 magnitude star 4 arcminutes south preceeding. 12 magnitude star 7 arcminutes following. Observation on Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 faint 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 160° glow with a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus (which appears centered tonight).
0157.8+3741	oc	n752	4	92	5.7 9m*	50	III 1 m	And
Observation on Mon 1984/11/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very large and beautiful. There's a pair of bright stars separated by 9 arcminutes located 50 arcminutes south of OpenCluster center. Observation on Tue 1985/01/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Pretty loose - really spread out. White, blue, red triple is towards south of OpenCluster center. Observation on Wed 1985/02/27 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 bright red star in middle. larger than 49 power magnification field. All but the faintest stars on Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System page 151 seen. For example, 2 of 4 stars in the part between stars #8 and #11 were seen. The Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System page 152 picture is about 4 49 power magnification fields. Observation on Wed 1990/09/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 At 30 power magnification its a 45 arcminutes pretty round group of about 75 stars. 1 orangish 7 magnitude star is about 10 arcminutes south south following the cluster center and is part of a orange 7 magnitude / blue 9 magnitude / red 10 magnitude triplet which I called white, blue, red on 19850115. The 2 5 magnitude stars are 40 arcminutes south south preceeding of cluster center. There is 1 9 magnitude star at the following (or finder chart) edge and several at the preceeding (or picture) edge. The rest are 10 magnitude and fainter stars. The OpenCluster is an easy find south of GAMMA And, and very easy to see once found. Although class says its not condensed I see a 15 arcminutes by 8 arcminutes in position angle 15° football-shaped central knot of 20 stars. Just south preceeding this central knot is a 15 arcminutes round area with no stars except 1 11 magnitude in the center of it. At south preceeding edge of the void is a nice chain of 5 stars. Cluster is well detached from the field in that the general vicinity does not contain nearly the concentration of 11 to 12 magnitude stars that the OpenCluster does. Observation on Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Detailed cmap completed. Observation on Sat 1992/02/01 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Looked from Imlay City, trying to see A262 which is mentioned on Deep Sky Magazine, September, 1991, page 46, but could not see any of these egs for sure. Just a few very extremely faint possible glows. Observation on Sat 1995/08/19 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 Oval 45 arcminutes by 30 arcminutes in position angle 90° glow with a few resolved stars. brightest star is a 9 magnitude star near the south following edge. A bright J-shape of stars is south preceeding.
015920.3+190022	eg	n772	10	129	10.31:11.09	7.24x4.27 130°	SA(s)b I	Ari
Observation on Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 extremely faint glow 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following. Found using sketch The Universe from Your Backyard page 13. The 2 stars are 10 arcminutes south of the Galaxy. The Galaxy is 50 arcminutes north of the Sky Atlas 2000.0star. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes preceeding following glow surrounding a bright stellar nucleus. 13 magnitude star at preceeding (or picture) edge. Very soft edges on this Galaxy'south glow.
015942.6-055753	eg	n779	10	264	11.16:11.95	3.98x1.17 20°	SAB(r)ab II-III	Cet
Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 165°. This is a very pretty classical near-edge on Galaxy. Very thin extensions to the north and south around a thicker and brighter nuclear bulge. Very occasional 13 magnitude stellar nucleus appears on south preceeding edge of nuclear bulge at 98 power magnification. Sometimes the entire nuclear region looks mottled. Not too hard of a find, but fairly difficult to see. Well worth it, though, since its really a pretty good example of an edge-on spiral. 9 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 150° (shown in Uranometria 2000.0). Best power is 98 power magnification. All observations except simply seeing that it was there required averted vision.
0219.1+5709	oc	n869	1	37	4.3 6.5m*	30	I 3 r	Per
Observation on Mon 1984/10/29 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Note the red star in the center. To find, begin between ALPHA Cas and ETA Cas and move following (or finder chart). Observation on Mon 1990/01/01 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Detailed cmap was begun in fall 1989 but not yet completed. Observation on Wed 1990/09/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 OpenCluster n869 is the preceeding (or picture)-more of the 2 ocs in the double OpenCluster. It is by far the richer, more condensed, and prettier of the 2. It is a 30 arcminutes by 20 arcminutes in position angle 135° group of over 100 stars. Dominated by 2 orangish 8 magnitude stars -- 1 is near the center of the OpenCluster, and the other is 4 arcminutes in position angle 30°. The 1 near the center is flanked to the preceeding (or picture) by a gorgeous arrowhead of 4 8 magnitude stars and 1 11 magnitude star. 3 arcminutes following the bright center star is the condensed core of 20 11 magnitude and fainter stars in a 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 15° oval. The remainder of the cluster is a not-especially-dense background of 11 magnitude and fainter stars with only a few brighter. Easy to find -- it's naked eye. Well detached from the field because its so rich and so dense in the center. Observation on Sat 1995/08/19 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 2 fuzzy patches aligned in pa 90° from each other. preceeding (or picture)-more (n869) has 2 close 9 magnitude stars at its center with no other resolved stars. following (or finder chart)-more (n884) is brighter and larger with more stars. A very large loop of 8 magnitude stars extends north preceeding from these clusters. Observation on Wed 2005/11/02 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 This is the preceeding (or picture)-more of the double cluster. It is the more compressed of the two, and is in fact one of the more compressed ocs I can recall. It has the pretty mushroom-shape in the center that I've always liked. The central knot is a human figure, with the mushroom forming the head. To the preceeding (or picture) of the mushroom are two legs that point downward, and two arms that go outward. The bright star that's the stalk of the mushroom becomes the nose of the man. south of the central knot is a line of 3 equidistant 13 magnitude stars. Well detached from the field. n869 has more multiple stars than n884.
0222.5+5707	oc	n884	1	37	4.4 8m*	30	I 3 r	Per
Observation on Wed 1990/09/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 This is the poorer and sparser of the 2 ocs in the double OpenCluster. Most of the stars are in a 30 arcminutes equilateral triangle. The center of the equilateral triangle is very sparse. The preceeding (or picture)-most vertex of the equilateral triangle is the richest knot of the OpenCluster, containing about 20 stars in a 6 arcminutes circular area. 10 arcminutes preceeding this vertex (about 1/3 of the way from OpenCluster n884 to OpenCluster n869) is a red star. Running south following from the knot is a 25 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes group, which is the sparsest leg of the equilateral triangle. Running south preceeding from the knot is a 30 arcminutes by 10 arcminutes richer and bright leg. north of this equilateral triangle are 2 6 magnitude stars and a sparse smattering of fainter ones. The cluster is an easy find -- its naked eye. Its pretty well detached from the field, but not nearly as detached as 869. Observation on Sat 1995/08/19 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 2 fuzzy patches aligned in pa 90° from each other. preceeding (or picture)-more (n869) has 2 close 9 magnitude stars at its center with no other resolved stars. following (or finder chart)-more (n884) is brighter and larger with more stars. A very large loop of 8 magnitude stars extends north preceeding from these clusters. Observation on Wed 2005/11/02 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 This is the following (or finder chart)-more of the double cluster. This is not nearly as compressed as n869, but has more fainter stars than n869, yielding a higher star count than the brighter n869. I think n884 gains from this higher aperture more than n869. Well detached from the field.
022233.1+422048	eg	n891	4	62	9.93:10.81	13.49x2.51 22°	SA(s)b?sp	And
Observation on Thu 1986/10/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1986/10/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Wed 1987/11/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 30° glow. Just barely glimpsed with averted vision. Used Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture to locate field and align on Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 122 picture. Confirmed other Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors stars. The bright star south following should be just barely on the edge of the 49 power magnification field. To find, get GAMMA And (a double) and let drift for 19 minutes of time. Observation on Tue 1990/01/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=3/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 10 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 10° pretty bright glow. 12 magnitude star at both ends. 11 magnitude star about 1/2 way from center to north edge near preceeding (or picture) edge. Dust lane is difficult but seeable in south half, not noticed in north half. Central 1/3 is wider than the rest of the Galaxy. Observation on Fri 1991/08/09 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 15 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 20° glow. Wider in middle. brighter in south half. 10 magnitude star on north preceeding edge of nucleus. 12 magnitude star at south preceeding end. brightest part is just south following the 10 magnitude star. Dust lane was not seen. Observation on Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation. Dust lane was still not seen. Observation on Fri 1994/12/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 13 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 20° glow with a thin equatorial dark lane that shows easily at 131 power magnification with averted vision. Comparing to picture Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 122 I'm seeing almost the entire Galaxy, except much fainter than picture. No sign of the companion shown in picture just opposite the bright star at the edge of the bulge. Galaxy is slightly brighter in the wide ellipse-shaped core. The north half of the Galaxy is brighter and wider than the south half, but the equatorial dark lane is easier to see in the south half. Several stars are nearby, a few touching the Galaxy, and 2 are superimposed just following (or finder chart) the dust lane near the south end.
022304.6-211400	eg	n908	18	309	10.18:10.83	6.03x2.63 75°	SA(s)c I	Cet
Observation on Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 85° homogenous glow. No brightness increase toward the center. No stellar nucleus. Difficult find -- needed to use Uranometria 2000.0. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0stars 10 arcminutes south following and 5 arcminutes north preceeding. 11 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north. Observation on Sat 1994/10/01 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 80° mottled glow. Pretty homogenous glow. Only very very slightly brighter in the middle. No stellar nucleus. The core is 30 arcseconds by 10 arcseconds and is off-center to the preceeding (or picture). On the following (or finder chart) half of the Galaxy, there is more mottling and a possible dark lane. 14 magnitude star in contact at south following edge. Many stars in the 15 arcminutes which is north of the Galaxy, then very few stars are preceeding (or picture), following (or finder chart), south, or further north. Cannot trace any definite arms, but I can certainly see how they match up with the The Color Atlas of Galaxies picture on this off-center spiral.
022737.6-010917	eg	n936	10	220	10.15:11.12	4.68x4.07 135°	SB(rs)0a	Cet
Observation on Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty bright 4 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 100° glow brighter toward the center with a stellar nucleus. Located at south end of a chain of stars. Easy find off 75 Cet using Sky Atlas 2000.0 alone. 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 30 arcminutes north. Beginning at that Sky Atlas 2000.0star and moving toward the Galaxy is a 10 magnitude 11 magnitude 11 magnitude 5 arcminutes equilateral triangle of stars, then an 11 magnitude star, then the Galaxy.
023832.8-064041	eg	n1022	10	265	11.34:12.09	2.40x2.00	(R')SB(s)a	Cet
Observation on Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint 2 arcminutes round glow which becomes much brighter in the middle, which is still non-stellar. Easiest at 122 power magnification. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 18 arcminutes preceeding. 10 magnitude star 12 arcminutes north following. 11 magnitude star 7 arcminutes following. Observation on Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 1.5 arcminutes by 1.25 arcminutes in position angle 75° slightly elongated glow gradually brighter in the middle, then suddenly brighter in the middle to a 13 magnitude nucleus. No other details show. 13 magnitude star 2 arcminutes in position angle 60°. 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 105°.
024024.1+390346	eg	n1023	4	62	9.35:10.35	8.71x2.95 87°	SB(rs)0-P	Per
Observation on Fri 1986/10/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1 arcminutes glow is 3rd "star" of 3 in a row. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 80° glow with a bright stellar nucleus. Its the south following most "star" of 3 in a row. Very soft edges. Glow builds very slowly toward the center until the very much brighter stellar nucleus is reached. The glow is very even and soft -- no mottling.
024104.9-081522	eg	n1052	10	265	10.47:11.41	3.02x2.09 120°	E4	Cet
Observation on Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty bright 2 arcminutes round glow with a much brighter middle and a stellar dot in the center. Easy with direct vision, but stellar nucleus requires averted vision / direct vision blinking. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 25 arcminutes in position angle 140°. 10 magnitude star 22 arcminutes in position angle 50°. 11 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 10°. 11 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 270°. 12 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 250°. Observation on Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 bright concentrated 1 arcminutes round glow brighter in the middle to a core with a superimposed 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. This is the brightest Galaxy I see in the area. n1042 15 arcminutes in position angle 225° is much fainter and larger. 13 magnitude star 2 arcminutes in position angle 255°. 13 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 240°. 14 magnitude star 2 arcminutes in position angle 210°.
024144.7+002631	eg	n1055	10	220	10.59:11.40	7.59x2.69 105°	SBb:sp II-III	Cet
Observation on Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Easy bright star nearby allowed me to see this while looking for n1068. Observation on Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 very extremely faint 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 120° homogenous glow. Very slight brightness increase toward the middle. No stellar nucleus was seen. Invisible at 30 power magnification. Seeble at 61 power magnification. Best at 122 power magnification + averted vision. 10 magnitude star superimposed near preceeding (or picture) edge. 2 12 magnitude stars just preceeding (or picture) the preceeding (or picture) edge. 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 7 arcminutes in position angle 20°. 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 7 arcminutes in position angle 310°. Observation on Sat 1993/10/23 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint glow.
0242.7+6133	oc	n1027	1	17	6.7 9.3m*	20	III 2 p n/III 3 m	Cas
Observation on Tue 1984/12/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint and sparse. 1 bright star and many faint doubles. Try again in good seeing. Observation on Sun 1985/02/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not so sparse. At least 40 stars were seen in the field. Observation on Fri 1986/09/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sparse OpenCluster centered on a 7 magnitude star. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture is good. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 No, Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is not that good. Its a 60 arcminutes field, not 30 arcminutes as stated, and is missing many stars. I count 47 7 to 13 magnitude stars in a 20 arcminutes circle here. bright 7 magnitude star near center. Its hard to define a boundary since the OpenCluster is not very well detached, but I'm using the catalogued size of 20 arcminutes as a guide. This 20 arcminutes size makes the boundaries be 5 10 magnitude stars in a line at the following (or finder chart) edge, 2 10 magnitude stars at the south edge, a 4 arcminutes triangle of 3 12 magnitude stars at the preceeding (or picture) edge, and a 2 arcminutes triangle of 11 to 12 magnitude stars at the north edge. There is a sprinkling of 13 magnitude stars throughout, richest in the condensed north following region, and sparsest in the preceeding (or picture) region. An unusual 25 arcminutes arc of 6 evenly-spaced 10 magnitude stars surrounds the cluster from the north edge around the preceeding (or picture) side to the south edge. It forms an eyebrow over the cluster in the field orientation I happen to have right now.
024559.8-073442	eg	n1084	10	265	10.73:11.31	3.24x1.82 115°	SA(s)c I-II	Eri
Observation on Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 faint 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 30° glow. Very little brighter in the middle. No stellar nucleus shows. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 30 arcminutes in position angle 190°. 2 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0stars and 1 10 magnitude star in a preceeding following line are 17 arcminutes north. Observation on Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 very bright pretty large 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 30° glow slightly brighter in the middle. Its a pretty bright elongated core with a narrow halo surrounding it. Fades off very rapidly to background sky. When I first looked, I thought I saw a dark notch cutting into the edge at pa 135°. I occasionally think I see it, but its still uncertain. The Galaxy is not mottled at 135 power magnification nor at 270 power magnification. Pretty smooth glow with no superimposed stars. No really close stars to it either. The closest stars I can see are a 12 magnitude star 7 arcminutes in position angle 300° and a 13 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 105°. There are a few other stars in that pa 105° area.
0314.7+4715	oc	n1245	4	63	8.4 11.16m*	10 round i	III 1 r/II 2 r	Per
Observation on Wed 1985/04/03 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 15 stars glimpsed with averted vision at 272 power magnification. faint field in 49 power magnification. To find, get Sky Atlas 2000.0 chart 4, Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, volume 3 entry# 187 and Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System page 1452. Find ALPHA Per and set coordinates 0324+499. Move to IOTA to unnamed. Then use coordinates 0313+471. An easier find is after IOTA, go back to unnamed towards ALPHA Per. south to red, red 40 arcminutes double. south preceeding to unnamed star. north to OpenCluster. Observation on Fri 1988/03/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Not hard to find using Sky Atlas 2000.0. Not nearly as many stars as Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture but a few faint ones are seen in the OpenCluster proper. Definitely not a binocular object. Easy to find. Difficult to see. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 west south sketch is really quite good. 20 12 to 14 magnitude stars counted at 122 power magnification in a 7 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes in position angle 60° oval. Zig-zag line of 5 12 magnitude star lines the north edge, and the rest of the stars in the cluster are 13 magnitude and fainter small condensation of about 6 stars in 2 arcminutes is located 6 arcminutes north the main cluster body, and may be part of the cluster. Sky Atlas 2000.0 draws the cluster too large. Very condensed. Well detached. I think the Observe: the Herschel Objects description is for the surrounding field, not the OpenCluster. 9 magnitude star 9 arcminutes following. 8 magnitude star 7 arcminutes south. Observation on Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1995/12/16 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Round 8 arcminutes cluster without any bright stars but with many faint stars. brightest star is 11 magnitude. At 262 power magnification, there are 2 11 magnitude stars, at the north following and at pa 105°, 2 12 magnitude stars are between those 2, and the rest of the stars are 13 magnitude and fainter stars. Cluster is not concentrated, in fact there's a hole in the center. Uranometria 2000.0star is about 6 arcminutes in position angle 165°. I don't see any colorful stars. The north following edge has a 1.5 arcminutes condensation which is the richest part of the cluster that I see.
0331.7+3720	oc	n1342	4	94	6.7 8.7m*	14	III 3 p/III 2 m	Per
Observation on Tue 1984/12/04 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 south-shaped. 61 power magnification field sketched. Observation on Tue 1985/12/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. My picture looks good. Observation on Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Very detached 15 arcminutes by 12 arcminutes preceeding following oval of 9 to 13 magnitude stars in 122 power magnification. brightest stars form an south-shape with the top of the south-shape missing. Bottom of the south-shape is at the preceeding (or picture) edge of the cluster. Pretty loose cluster. No colorful stars were noticed. Not condensed. 10 magnitude pair 25 arcminutes preceeding.
034012.4-183452	eg	n1407	11	312	9.67:10.7	4.57x4.27 35°	E+0	Eri
Observation on Fri 1986/10/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Skyglow. Observation on Sat 1988/03/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 faint 2 arcminutes glow with a pretty bright central region and a stellar dot in the center. 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 15 arcminutes in position angle 310°. Arrowhead made of 3 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0stars 70 arcminutes south points right to the Galaxy.
0349.4+5240	oc	n1444	1	39	6.6 6.7m*	4.0	IV 1 p	Per
Observation on Fri 1985/08/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Found the double star but no more. Observation on Thu 1986/02/27 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The double star is 6 arcseconds in position angle 250° in 61 power magnification. very faint companion. No other stars seen. Observation on Thu 1986/10/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Double star is yellow, blue 6 arcseconds in position angle 250° 122 power magnification. 122 power magnification + averted vision shows 5-10 other very faint stars surround. Observation on Fri 1986/10/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 A couple of other faint stars were seen on the preceeding (or picture) side of the double star at 122 power magnification + averted vision. Observation on Fri 1991/08/09 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 The double is green, blue 10 arcseconds in position angle 270°. 8 12 to 13 magnitude stars within 3 arcminutes north preceeding of that double. 5 arcminutes south preceeding the double is another 3 arcminutes group of 6 12 to 13 magnitude stars.
040659.41+605514.5	pn	n1501	1	39	13.3 14.39m*	56"x48"	3	Cam
Observation on Mon 1985/03/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Barely seen using Lumicon UHC filter + averted vision. Takes 122 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. bright star following (or finder chart). Observation on Thu 1986/10/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. very faint. Observation on Fri 1991/08/09 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 1 arcminutes round mottled glow seen easily with direct vision at any power. Lumicon UHC filter enhances slightly. No central star was seen at any power. Looks like a water spot. 8 magnitude star 12 arcminutes in position angle 110°. 9 magnitude star 9 arcminutes in position angle 340°.
0407.7+6220	oc	n1502	1	18	5.7 6.9m*	8 i	II 3 p/I 3 m	Cam
Observation on Tue 1984/12/04 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Striking in its compactness and brightness. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketched with north on bottom. Observation on Mon 1985/03/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Resketched much better. Variable SZ Cam is inside, but its only 7.0-7.29 in 2.7 days. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 30 6 to 13 magnitude stars in an 8 arcminutes arrowhead-shaped grouping. Arrowhead points north preceeding. 9 magnitude star at forward tip of the arrowhead. Rear end of the arrowhead is a V-shape pointing preceeding (or picture), which contains the brightest 10 stars in the cluster. The point star of that V-shape is the double STRUVE485, which is 6 magnitude 6 magnitude star 18 arcseconds in position angle 300°. One of those stars is SZ Cam. 13 magnitude stars are most concentrated between the V and the tip of the arrowhead. Extremely well isolated. 7 magnitude star 20 arcminutes in position angle 210°. Pretty yellow-blue wide 2 arcminutes in position angle 210° pair is 10 arcminutes preceeding the SZ Cam double. Observation on Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Detailed cmap completed.
0410.0+4931	oc	n1513	5	64	8.4 11m*	9	II 1 m	Per
Observation on Wed 1985/02/27 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very difficult. 6 of brightest stars form an empty ring. 49 power magnification field shows a spiral of stars around the OpenCluster. To find, from ALPHA Per, find the 0.7 arcseconds double star south following, then move following (or finder chart) to the nebulous patch. Observation on Mon 1987/03/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 20 stars counted at 122 power magnification. Not that hard to find at all. Observation on Sat 1991/10/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 10 arcminutes comma-shaped group of 35 11 to 13 magnitude stars. Seeable at 30 power magnification but best at 122 power magnification. 3 subgroups for the comma shape. (1) the round 5 arcminutes area described 19850227, with 12 stars. At preceeding (or picture) end of the circle is (2), a 4 arcminutes by 8 arcminutes north south group of 10 13 magnitude stars. The north end of that bar curves into (3), a 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes preceeding following bar of 10 12 to 13 magnitude stars, which ends on the following (or finder chart) edge with a 10 magnitude star. That bright star is the 1st of 2 running north, which lead into a chain of bright stars which curve following (or finder chart), then south, then preceeding (or picture) in the surrounding field. The whole field looks like a human ear, with the cluster being the hole in the ear.
041415.78-124421.6	pn	n1535	11	268	9.6 12.24m*	18"/44" round	4+2c	Eri
Observation on Tue 1986/01/07 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not very difficult from here. Probably would be almost impossible at home. Distinguishable from a star at all powers. Lumicon UHC filter enhances a little. No detail seen. To find, use GAMMA Eri north to star, then following (or finder chart). Observation on Fri 1988/03/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Easy blue featureless 0.5 arcminutes glow. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Very nice PlanetaryNebula. 11 magnitude or 12 magnitude central star easily seeable at 272 power magnification, seen marginally at 122 power magnification. Surrounding this is a round bright shell, then a fainter one which is slightly elongated north south. 10 magnitude star 9 arcminutes south preceeding. 10 magnitude star 15 arcminutes south preceeding. 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 40 arcminutes north north preceeding.
0415.4+5114	oc	n1528	1	39	6.4 8.7m*	24	II 2 m	Per
Observation on Mon 1984/11/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 First sighting-named it the mushroom because of the mushroom-like shape of the stars which make up the main part of the OpenCluster. Observation on Tue 1984/11/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed ngc#. faint but medium rich. Did a real close comparison with Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch. It is a lot more accurate than my sketch but mine looks more like the object. The central quadruple in the Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is barely resolved at 122 power magnification + averted vision. The south-shape is hidden at 49 power magnification but becomes obvious at higher powers. Observation on Fri 1991/08/09 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 15 arcminutes round cluster of 70 9 to 13 magnitude stars. Well detached. Not condensed. The mushroom shape is at the preceeding (or picture) end, and the staulk points south preceeding. brighter stars are at the preceeding (or picture) end, and form the mushroom. The following (or finder chart) half of the cluster is almost all fainter stars. Easy find off LAMBDA Per. Observation on Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Detailed cmap completed. Observation on Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint thumbprint of a glow with no stars resolved. Observation on Thu 1995/12/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 Unconcentrated 15 arcminutes triangular cluster with the base running north-south along the preceeding (or picture) edge. About 40 12 magnitude and brighter stars. brightest stars are at preceeding (or picture) end, except for one of equal brightness at south following end. No colorful stars were seen. Two mushroom-shapes are present. The brighter is really just an arc of bright stars with faint stars for the stem. The base of the stem is toward the south. The fainter mushroom has the base of its stem pointing following (or finder chart).
0420.9+5015	oc	n1545	1	39	6.2 7.13m*	18	II 2 p/IV 2 p	Per
Observation on Wed 1984/11/21 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Triangle of 3 bright stars with 1 other bright star at 49 power magnification. 122 power magnification barely shows the other stars in the Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch. Observation on Fri 1986/10/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Observation on Sun 1986/12/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 west south sketch looks real good. Observation on Fri 1991/08/09 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 38 stars in a 25 arcminutes round cluster. Most stars are 11 to 13 magnitude except for the bright 5 arcminutes triangle of 3 10 magnitude stars in the middle. Those 3 stars are all colorful - the south following-most is yellow, the north following-most is greenish, and the preceeding (or picture)-most is deep blue. There is a double on the north edge. 2 6 magnitude stars 30 arcminutes preceeding. Observation on Thu 1992/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 Central star is double s445. Observation on Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed.
0446.0+1905	oc	n1647	11	134	6.4 8.61m*	45	II 2 m/II 2 r	Tau
Observation on Wed 1984/11/21 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Seems sparse to me. All 13 magnitude and fainter stars except for a 9 magnitude star and a 11 magnitude star on north side and a few scattered 12 magnitude stars. Located 20 minutes almost due following (or finder chart) the north-most bright star of the Hyades. Observation on Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 50 loose but pretty bright stars in 35 arcminutes. Make all of the magnitudes in prior observation 2 brighter. Observation on Thu 1987/02/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sketched. Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 bright splash of 80 stars in a 50 arcminutes by 35 arcminutes in position angle 60° oval. 6 magnitude star 8 magnitude star pair 30 arcminutes south of OpenCluster center. The 6 magnitude star is yellow. 6 OpenCluster member stars are 9 magnitude, including a tight double in the center. The remaining stars are pretty evenly distributed, 10 to 13 magnitude. Well detached from the field. Chain of bright stars aligned 120° runs through center. Central half of cluster is condensed, but there's no small central knot. Easy to find and see. Stands out well.
0451.1+4342	oc	n1664	5	65	7.6 10.56m*	18	III 1 p	Aur
Observation on Tue 1984/12/04 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint and hard to find. 49 power magnification field sketched. 122 power magnification also sketched. Asterism also sketched. The Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is upside down and has stars added onto the top of my large sketch. Located exactly 2° preceeding (or picture) EPSILON Aur. Observation on Wed 1987/02/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed, except its extremely easy (on the meridian at least). Observation on Sat 1991/10/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Umbrella-shaped 15 arcminutes group of 40 11 to 13 magnitude stars. bright 9 magnitude star at the south edge. Just preceeding (or picture) that star begins a chain of 5 11 magnitude stars which run north and lead to the main condensation of the OpenCluster. Those 5 form the stem of the umbrella, and the fainter OpenCluster stars at the north edge form the canopy. The edge of the OpenCluster is very well-defined on the north, north preceeding, and north following edges by arcs of 12 magnitude stars filled in with fainter ones. Several parts of the OpenCluster show an very extremely faint glow at 122 power magnification, suggesting stars beyond the light grasp of my scope/eye system. The brightest of these glows is on the following (or finder chart) edge. At 30 power magnification, the OpenCluster is seeable but faint. Its really better detached at 30 power magnification than at 120 power magnification.
0503.9+2339	oc	n1750	5	134	8pm*			Tau
Observation on Tue 1987/03/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I guess its the south preceeding part of OpenCluster n1746. Observation on Sun 1988/01/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 OpenCluster n1746 is rather clumpy and I guess part of it could be a separate OpenCluster but nothing stands out as obviously detached and nothing is south preceeding the whole thing. Observation on Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 n1750 is in the south-central part of n1746. At 30 power magnification it looks like a 15 arcminutes minor entry on Sky Atlas 2000.0shape of 11 magnitude stars. Its located 1/2 of the way between the 11 magnitude star 12 magnitude star pair at the south preceeding edge of n1746 and the 10 arcminutes equilateral triangle of 10 magnitude star 10 magnitude star 12 magnitude star at the south following corner. At 122 power magnification I count 15 11 to 13 magnitude stars. The vertical line of the minor entry on Sky Atlas 2000.0shape runs 150° and contains a 11 magnitude star 11 magnitude star 12 magnitude star triangle of bright stars. The south south following corner of that triangle is a tight 122 power magnification double. The minor entry on Sky Atlas 2000.0shape's crossbar runs 60° along the north north preceeding edge of the upright.
0506.9-0320	gn	n1788	11	225	BT 10.12m*	8x5	R	Ori
Observation on Sat 1988/03/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 Slightly nebulous glow in the area with 49 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes north south glow. north end has a 10 magnitude star in it. A 2 arcminutes brighter glow located 3 arcminutes in position angle 165° that star is the brightest part of the nebula. A 13 magnitude star is possibly within that brighter glow. Nebula is located 4 arcminutes in position angle 300° the center of a 20 arcminutes-per-side square of 9 magnitude stars. Lumicon UHC filter hurts. Best at 122 power magnification alone. Observation on Sat 1995/12/16 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Just a little round glow. 11 magnitude star 2 arcminutes in position angle 315°. Lumicon UHC filter nakes it disappear. Easiest at 68 power magnification and 131 power magnification alone.
0512.1+1641	oc	n1817	11	180	7.7 11.17m*	16	III 1 m/IV 2 r	Tau
Observation on Sun 1984/12/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not at all sure I have it. The field does not match Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 as far as I can tell. Try this again. Observation on Tue 1985/01/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sketched. Looks like a few separate ocs - not just one. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is far better but I didnt see nearly all of those stars. It fills the 49 power magnification field. For identification, there is a bright star on the south edge. Observation on Thu 1985/12/19 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed at home. The Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is 75 arcminutes. Observation on Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Extremely loose OpenCluster. Tough to match to Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. The preceeding (or picture) edge of this OpenCluster is OpenCluster n1807. Observation on Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 20 arcminutes round OpenCluster with brightest star being an 8 magnitude member on the north preceeding edge. The area sketched in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 contains 2 clusters - n1817 and n1807. n1807 is the south preceeding-more 15 arcminutes cross-shape of 9 magnitude stars. n1817 is much richer in faint stars. There seem to be 2 populations of stars in n1817. 10 8 to 9 magnitude stars run along the preceeding (or picture) and south edge of the OpenCluster, then 60 12 magnitude and fainter stars fill in the rest. Very slight central compression. Central 5 arcminutes appears richer and slightly nebulous. bright star 35 arcminutes south preceeding. Easy find off Aldebaran. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is poor -- too large a scale and is missing most of the stars.
0520.2+3921	oc	n1857	5	66	7.0 7.4m*	6	II 2 m/I 3 m	Aur
Observation on Sun 1985/02/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Used Capella to find the orange star but only 1 or 2 faint stars were within the OpenCluster radius. Observation on Mon 1985/03/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Requires 122 power magnification + averted vision. Pretty rich and tight. About 10-15 stars centered on a bright orange star are obvious. To find it, follow Capella star chain south. Observation on Wed 1987/02/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not nearly as hard from here. Averted vision not required and some of the stars are even seen in 49 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1991/10/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 faint glow + speckling around an orange 7 magnitude star at 60 power magnification turns into a 10 arcminutes round group of 3 10 to 11 magnitude stars and 30 12 to 13 magnitude stars at 122 power magnification. Very condensed core surrounds the orange star and I'm sure the glare of that star blocks out more stars which are probably there. OpenCluster south surrounded all the way around except for north following by a 10 arcminutes wide dark ring. The 30 arcminutes field is 10 arcminutes dark, 10 arcminutes cluster, 10 arcminutes dark.
0528.0+3519	oc	n1907	5	97	8.2 11.26m*	7 round	II 1 m n/I 1 m	Aur
Observation on Fri 1984/11/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 At 49 power magnification this is a very small nebulous area in a rich star field. 272 power magnification doesn't help much due to the loss of brightness, but does resolve a few more stars. Observation on Thu 1984/11/22 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Red, blue double star south. Observation on Tue 1985/01/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint nebulousity 30 arcminutes south M38. Its near a double star. 30 arcminutes more south is a pretty field with 2 greater-than-signs. They are made of blue and white stars with 1 bright red star in the greater-than-sign farthest from M38. Observation on Fri 1985/10/25 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed easily. Observation on Sun 1986/12/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Almost looks like a GlobularCluster except no glow under the resolved stars. At least 30 uncountable stars seen with 122 power magnification + averted vision + hood. Gorgeous salt-and-pepper OpenCluster. Observation on Thu 1988/01/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 A gorgeous salt-and-pepper GlobularCluster lookalike on meridian. Observation on Sun 1990/01/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 About 30 stars in a 5 arcminutes area. Observation on Sat 1991/10/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Very well-detached 5 arcminutes jewel of 30 stars. Very compressed. Stands out extremely easily from here. No averted vision required. 2 9 magnitude or 10 magnitude stars just outside the OpenCluster to the south following. The red, blue double star mentioned on 19841122 is probably the wide pair 30 arcminutes south. Located 40 arcminutes in position angle 190° from M38.
0531.4+3415	oc	n1931	5	97	11.3 11.49m*	1.0 round	I 3 p n	Aur
Observation on Thu 1987/02/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 At 49 power magnification it is a very small 1 arcminutes area of nebulousity within a larger group of faint stars. This larger group is a 20 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 105° oval. The OpenCluster is the 2nd star from the preceeding (or picture) point along the north edge. At 272 power magnification it shows as a still-very-nebulous area with 3 stars (presumably the triple aids 4112) showing. 2 of these are bright and easy, 3rd requires averted vision. Field sketched. Observation on Thu 1988/01/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. Nebulousity seeable at all powers/filters. Observation on Sat 1991/10/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 At 272 power magnification I can resolve a tight double star 9 magnitude 10 magnitude 7 arcseconds in position angle 250°. pretty bright 2 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow surrounds.
053125.5+341638	gn	n1931	5	97		3x3	E+R	Aur
Observation on Thu 1988/01/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 small 2 arcminutes soft glow seeable in all powers with or without filters. Easy find off PSI Aur using Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 59. Observation on Mon 1990/01/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 bright nebula at all powers. very bright center with fainter glow surrounding. Observation on Sat 1991/10/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 2 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow with a very bright 9 magnitude center (which resolves into stars. See OpenCluster observation). Lumicon UHC filter does not enhance at all.
053321.1-215651	eg	n1964	19	315	10.81:11.58	5.62x2.14 32°	SAB(s)b	Lep
Observation on Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 very extremely faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow with a much brighter nonstellar 1 arcminutes round nucleus. Nucleus is seeable with direct vision. Surrounding glow requires averted vision and tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible. 9 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 300°. That 9 magnitude star has another 9 magnitude star 4 arcminutes north and a 10 magnitude star 6 arcminutes south preceeding.
0535.2-0555	gn	n1980	11	270	2.77m*	14x14	E	Ori
Observation on Wed 1985/01/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No nebulousity, but the 2 double stars are nice. Observation on Tue 1985/02/19 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nebulousity was seen at 122 power magnification with or without Lumicon UHC filter. The double star is a faint 15 arcseconds in position angle 245°. The other nearby double star is wide bright 60 arcseconds in position angle 200°. Observation on Thu 1985/11/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy at 49 power magnification alone. Observation on Sat 1988/03/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 No nebulousity was seen with any Lumicon UHC filter/Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter/power combination. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 5 arcminutes nebula around 2 magnitude IOTA Ori was seen at 122 power magnification alone. Slightly better with Lumicon UHC filter. I'm not experienced at estimating the magnitude of extended objects, but this nebula is slightly brighter in surface brightness than Galaxy n1961. Located 40 arcminutes due south M42. Not difficult from here. Direct vision was used.
0535.3-0555	oc	n1980	11	270	vFT 2.4m*	14x14	III 3 m n	Ori
Observation on Wed 1987/02/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Central 3 magnitude star is ads4193. In addition to the its companions I see only 5 stars within 10 arcminutes. If this is the OpenCluster then its poor. A much nicer group is 10 arcminutes south following surrounding the bright double star which is shown in Sky Atlas 2000.0 outside of BrightNebula n1980. Observation on Sat 1988/03/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 Very wide OpenCluster. Size here is wrong -- its 30 arcminutes. Ads4193 is on north edge. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Sparse and scattered 20 arcminutes group of 20 2 to 13 magnitude stars. brightest star is a 2 magnitude 7 magnitude star 11 arcseconds in position angle 140° double (IOTA Ori = ads4193). bright 6 magnitude 6 magnitude star 1 arcminutes in position angle 30° pair near south edge. south edge of OpenCluster has a preceeding following line of bright stars. An arc of 4 bright stars guards IOTA Ori on the preceeding (or picture) side. 5 arcminutes nebula around IOTA Ori is slightly enhanced by Lumicon UHC filter. Located 40 arcminutes due south M42.
0536.5-0643	gn	n1999	11	270	9.3m*	16x12	E+R	Ori
Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 2 arcminutes round glow surrounding a 10 magnitude star. Looks like a PlanetaryNebula to me. 272 power magnification still shows only one star. Lumicon UHC filter makes it fainter. I do not see a 16 arcminutes by 12 arcminutes nebula, only a 2 arcminutes glow at any power using averted vision and tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Agreed. Only 2 arcminutes glow at 61 power magnification and 122 power magnification with or without Lumicon UHC filter.
054043.7-022650	gn	n2024	11	226	BT 2.05m*	30x30 i	E	Ori
Observation on Wed 1988/02/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed using picture Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 67 with any power or Lumicon UHC filter or Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 faint 30 arcminutes glow cut into 2 parts by a wide (about 8 arcminutes) north south dark lane. Located 50 arcminutes following ZETA Ori. 11 magnitude star at south end of both halves. 11 magnitude star near north end of following (or finder chart)-more half. Best at 122 power magnification alone. Lumicon UHC filter erases the nebula. Must take ZETA Ori out of field to see. Observation on Fri 1996/02/16 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Still a pretty faint nebula. Surprised I could see it in the 8 arcseconds. Division is obvious. 2 nebulous glows running approximately north-south.
054204.4+692246	eg	n1961	1	20	10.99:11.73	4.57x2.95 85°	SAB(rs)bcP I	Cam
Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 very extremely faint 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes preceeding following glow with a nonstellar 1 arcminutes nuclear ball and some mottling across the entire surface. 11 magnitude star at preceeding (or picture) end. Many stars in field. 13 magnitude star on south following edge of nucleus. 9 magnitude star 25 arcminutes in position angle 260°. 10 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 240°. Triangle of 9 magnitude stars 25 arcminutes preceeding.
054206.18+090510.3	pn	n2022	11	181	12.4 15.20m*	28"x27"	4+2	Ori
Observation on Sun 1988/03/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=5/9 very extremely faint glow was seen at 122 power magnification without Lumicon UHC filter using location from picture Astronomy Magazine, March, 1988, page 94. Not seeable in 49 power magnification or 49 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. Couldn't find without picture at any power. Located 90 arcminutes following the Sky Atlas 2000.0stars PSI Ori (just south of LAMBDA Ori). Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pretty small 0.5 arcminutes round green glow at all powers. No central star or other details show. Blinking the UHC in and out of view to make a nebula more easily visiblesouth easily. Best at 272 power magnification alone. Located just south of the 11 magnitude star which is pointed to b 2 stars from the preceeding (or picture).
0601.0+2318	oc	n2129	5	136	6.7 7.36m*	7	III 3 p/I 3 m	Gem
Observation on Fri 1985/02/08 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Poor and faint. Most Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars seen at 122 power magnification. To find, use viewfinder along Gem's north toe from MU Gem to ETA Gem to unnamed. Move 50 arcminutes to the 3 arcminutes double star. Switch to 122 power magnification. Observation on Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 All Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars seen - Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is perfect. 2 bright stars and about 10 faint stars in 5 arcminutes. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Poor faint 5 arcminutes triangle-shaped cluster of 2 11 magnitude stars and 12 12 to 13 magnitude stars. Not condensed at all. Not a pretty cluster. 10 magnitude star 7 arcminutes south. Located 1°n of 1 Gem, not 1°p, as stated in Observe: the Herschel Objects description. Observation on Sat 1996/01/06 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 It really is 1°p, not 1°n. Need to reobserve and clear this up.
0603.0+4954	oc	n2126	5	67	10.2p 13pm*	6	II 1 p/III 2 m	Aur
Observation on Thu 1985/05/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3 7 magnitude stars and a sparse scattering of faint stars, located between 2 bright stars. 3/8 moon. Located north of BETA Aur. Observation on Thu 1987/03/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 That wasn't it. Its really about 20 very faint stars surrounding the following (or finder chart)-more of those stars. Requires averted vision. Pretty sight. Observation on Mon 1988/03/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 At least 15 stars in the 15 arcminutes surrounding the star with most of them towards the preceeding (or picture). To reduce it down to 6.6 arcminutes I'd have to call it the 6 arcminutes group south preceeding the star. brightest stars are 12 magnitude, not 13 magnitude. Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 6 arcminutes south preceeding the 6 magnitude star plotted in Sky Atlas 2000.0 and Uranometria 2000.0 is a 6 arcminutes round ball of 15-20 12 magnitude and fainter stars which is the true OpenCluster. brightest is a 12 magnitude star on the north preceeding edge of the ball, next is a 12 magnitude star 13 magnitude star wide pair on the following (or finder chart) edge. This is embedded within a larger grouping, (what I saw before), which is about 15 11 to 12 magnitude stars surrounding the 6 magnitude star -- mainly to the south south preceeding of that star.
0607.4+2405	oc	n2158	5	136	8.6 12.4m*	5	II 3 r	Gem
Observation on Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The field matches Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 exactly but no members were seen. Observation on Thu 1987/03/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3 stars were seen at 122 power magnification + averted vision. No nebulousity. Matches Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 exactly except Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sees more stars. Try on meridian. Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same results on meridian. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Gorgeous 5 arcminutes angelfish-shaped cluster of at least 100 stars. Very compressed. Very rich. Direct vision shows a glow, but averted vision resolves this glow into myriad stars. Nose of the angelfish points north. Rear of angelfish has a 10 magnitude star near the center. First class salt-and-pepper cluster, but requires dark skies to see. Observation on Sun 1995/10/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 Triangular 4 arcminutes cloud of stars. Line of 12 magnitude stars running in pa 30° along the preceeding (or picture) edge. A few other scattered 12 to 13 magnitude stars show at 170 power magnification, but mainly its still an unresolved mass of fainter stars. At 478 power magnification I count about 30 resolved stars. The cluster is definitely concentrated. There's a brighter unresolved spot near the middle of the rest of the unresolved glow. 10 magnitude star just off the south following edge. From M35 to here is 30 arcminutes south preceeding.
0608.5+1357	oc	n2169	12	181	5.9 6.94m*	7	I 3 p n/III 3 m	Ori
Observation on Sun 1984/12/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This is in a field with many bright stars. The OpenCluster itself is off to one side. It is very bright and striking. Reminds me a lot of n1502 (at 0405). Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is very accurate (note that its at high power). Lots of varied star colors. Saw red green and blue stars. Observation on Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Mine is not a very good sketch. Observation on Wed 1987/02/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Resketched. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Very pretty 7 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 70° cluster of 17 colorful stars divided into 2 parts. 11 stars in the south preceeding-more part which is 4x3, shaped like a bow-tie. following (or finder chart) this is a 2.5 arcminutes gap with no stars. The north following-part has 6 stars in a Y-shape with the base of the Y pointing south south preceeding. Easy find off Orion's club stars. Very well detached. Pretty cluster due to star colors.
0611.1-0612	gn	n2185	12	272	12m*	3x3	R	Mon
Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 very extremely faint 2 arcminutes round glow with 3 stars inside. Requires averted vision to see nebula. More faint stars preceeding (or picture). star chain points to nebula from north. 7 magnitude star 40 arcminutes south.
0612.2+0527	oc	n2186	12	227	8.7 9.82m*	4.0	II 2 p/II 2 m	Ori
Observation on Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3 arcminutes smear in an extended group that runs preceeding following. Sketched. Observation on Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. Good sketch. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 About 20 13 magnitude stars in a 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes preceeding following group with a 9 magnitude star centered at the north edge and an 11 magnitude star at the south edge a bit following (or finder chart) of center. Located within a 20 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes preceeding following cigar-shape of 6 9 magnitude stars. The cluster is NOT a loose and scattered group, but rather a small and tightly-packed jewel of 13 magnitude stars.
0613.8+1248	oc	n2194	12	182	8.5 12.07m*	10	III 1 r/II 2 r	Ori
Observation on Tue 1986/01/07 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Fairly rich field but no trace of OpenCluster. Observation on Fri 1987/02/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint glow but easily found via location relative to bright pointer stars nearby. 12 stars were counted at 122 power magnification. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture is accurate but missing many faint field stars and a few faint cluster stars. Observation on Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 west south sketch is poor. I see at least 15 stars in 4 arcminutes at 122 power magnification. very faint -- requires long study. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 30 13 magnitude stars in 10 arcminutes by 6 arcminutes preceeding following over an unresolved glow. Gorgeous cluster from here. Rating changed from 7-5 to 2-3. Extremely rich and compressed. Well detached from the field. If it was round rather than elongated, I could mistake it for a GlobularCluster. Trail of stars runs off to the finder chartand sketchand finder chart from the OpenCluster. Observation on Sat 1995/12/16 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Looks like a 7 arcminutes thumbprint at 68 power magnification. Still shows unresolved underlying glow at 170 power magnification, but its pretty much resolved into stars. Overall, the shape is round, but the brighter stars form an X shape. Pretty well detached from the field. brightest star is on the following (or finder chart) edge. Not compressed.
0615.7-1838	oc	n2204	12	317	8.6 12.2m*	13	III 3 m/II 2 r	CMa
Observation on Tue 1986/01/07 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I definitely have the star at the preceeding (or picture) edge - its easy to find off BETA CMa, but no trace of an OpenCluster at any power. Observation on Thu 1987/02/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Precisely the same observation. Sure of location but no other stars at all. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Extremely difficult cluster. The 6 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star is part of a 2 arcminutes parallelogram. 20 arcminutes south is a triangle of 9 magnitude star 5 arcminutes by 15 arcminutes north south. The OpenCluster is about 20 13.5 magnitude stars scattered inside that triangle. Requires 122 power magnification and averted vision. Does not look extremely rich or tight, but I suspect I'm only seeing the tip of the iceburg.
0621.0-0717	oc	n2215	12	272	8.4 10.52m*	11	II 2 p n/II 2 m	Mon
Observation on Thu 1985/12/19 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 At 122 power magnification counted 13 stars in 10 arcminutes. Roughly circular. Judging from Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 I'm only seeing the brighter ones. Requires 122 power magnification. To find, BETA Mon to south preceeding double to double by n2215. Observation on Fri 1987/02/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 20 stars counted at 122 power magnification. Thats a few more than Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Loose triangle-shaped 10 arcminutes group of 11 to 12 magnitude stars. Not condensed at all. Fairly well detached. 8 magnitude star 20 arcminutes preceeding.
0626.5-0444	oc	n2232	12	227	3.9 5.03m*	30	IV 3 p/III 2 p	Mon
Observation on Tue 1984/12/25 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sparse. 1 very bright star. 3 bright stars. 12 faint stars. Observation on Wed 1985/02/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Most Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars seen. Observation on Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Still only most Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars were seen -- not all. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 west south and Uranometria 2000.0 apparently disagree about what the OpenCluster is, and I'd have to agree with Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. This matches the Observe: the Herschel Objects description, too. Its a 30 arcminutes by 10 arcminutes north south Andromeda-shaped triangular grouping of 25 5 to 13 magnitude stars. brightest star is at the point of the triangle, where Andromeda connects to Pegasus, and this area is also the richest part of the cluster, with 5 faint stars surrounding that bright star within 2 arcminutes. The rest of the cluster runs south from here. Apparently misplotted in Uranometria 2000.0.
0630.3+0503	gn	n2237	12	227	5.5	80x60	E	Mon
Observation on Tue 1986/01/07 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No trace of nebulousity with or without Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Sat 1986/11/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Tried to see nebulousity using sketch The Universe from Your Backyard page 129 but couldn't see any. Good transparent night. Observation on Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 See OpenCluster observations for this night. The nebula is huge compared to the OpenCluster. Its about 80 arcminutes (one 30 power magnification field). Entire 80 arcminutes field is aglow -- this is not obvious until I move to look at any of the surrounding fields. Then the glow around the cluster is obvious. north-edge arc is especially bright. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter is slightly better than no filter at all, and Lumicon UHC filter is best view of all. 30 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter is best view. Nebula is seeable without any filter at all, though. Observation on Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 940 PM EST. pretty bright group of 3 stars surrounded by about 1° of nebulousity.
0632.4+0452	oc	n2244	12	227	4.8 5.84m*	24	II 3 p n/II 3 r	Mon
Observation on Wed 1985/01/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 bright circular 20 arcminutes OpenCluster. In a very rich star field but it stands out due to about 6 bright member stars. Easily found by beginning at GAMMA Ori (lower shoulder). OpenCluster is 25 arcminutes south and 1 hour following (or finder chart). About 75 arcminutes north following the OpenCluster is a small equilateral triangle triple. Observation on Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No nebulousity seen with Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 west south sketch is poor. Observation on Wed 1987/02/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Resketched. Observation on Wed 1988/02/17 at Utica, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Shows up well in binoculars too. Observation on Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 25 arcminutes cluster of about 50 6 magnitude and fainter stars. If all stars are included, the OpenCluster is round, but the 6 bright stars are in a 20 arcminutes by 10 arcminutes in position angle 150° bar-shape in the center. brightest star is yellowish at south following corner of the bar. The 6 stars are evenly spread on the outside edges of a 20 arcminutes by 10 arcminutes rectangle. The central star of the following (or finder chart) edge is a 10 magnitude 30 power magnification double. The center of the preceeding (or picture) edge is a 7 magnitude star 11 magnitude star green, blue 30 power magnification double. Cluster is best in 61 power magnification. Nebulousity was also seen tonight. See BrightNebula 2237 entry.
0634.7+0822	oc	n2251	12	182	7.3 9.1m*	10 oval	III 2 p/III 2 m	Mon
Observation on Tue 1986/01/07 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find. Well detached. Every Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 star was seen. Looks like another OpenCluster 20 arcminutes south and 2 minutes of time preceeding (or picture). Observation on Fri 1987/02/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Extremely easy. Observation on Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Extremely easy. Perfect match to Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. Observation on Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 30 stars in a 20 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes in position angle 135° group. 5 arcminutes wide in the middle tapering off to the north preceeding and south following. Slightly compressed. Pretty well detached. south preceeding half has a slight glow behind the resolved stars. 5 arcminutes V-shape in the south preceeding quadrant of the center contains the brightest star. That brightest star has a faint companion at 5 arcseconds in position angle 270°. There is a bright star 35 arcminutes in position angle 210° and 35 arcminutes in position angle 150° the cluster. Observation on Sat 1995/12/16 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 At 68 power magnification, I count about 25 stars in this very bright very elongated 18 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 315° cluster. Seems to be composed of mainly bright stars, and these bright stars are somewhat detached from the rich-in-FTr stars field. On the south edge is a bright blue star, just north of it is a red star, and to the south preceeding is a very close companion.
064048.5+095429	gn	n2264	12	183	4.66vm*	60x30	E	Mon
Observation on Fri 1988/01/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=5/9 Not found, or not observed using 49 power magnification alone or +Lumicon UHC filter or +Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter using Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System page 1201-11 or Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 76-7 or Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, volume 3 entry# 121 (no picture in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7). Observation on Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Slight glow around south Mon and the V-shape of bright stars 10 arcminutes south preceeding. Easiest at 61 power magnification alone. Aversion helps. Lumicon UHC filter does not enhance the nebulousity, and darkens everything too much. Observation on Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 740 PM EST. pretty small group of a few pretty bright stars and several much fainter ones at the following (or finder chart) edge of the very extremely large very faint nebula n2261.
0641.0+0953	oc	n2264	12	183	3.9 5pm*	20	IV 3 p n/III 3 m	Mon
Observation on Wed 1985/01/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 bright. Many doubles. Especially pretty asterism is on north end with a very bright star surrounded by 3 close doubles. The sketch in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 is extremely accurate and is a good representation of the appearance of this OpenCluster. Observation on Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No nebulousity seen with Lumicon UHC filter at any power. Observation on Tue 1987/04/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No nebulousity was seen using Lumicon UHC filter + Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System page 1207-11. Observation on Fri 1988/01/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=5/9 No nebulousity was seen with 49 power magnification alone or +Lumicon UHC filter or +Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter using Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System page 1207-11 or Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 76-7. Observation on Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 50 stars in a 20 arcminutes by 15 arcminutes a xmas-tree-shaped area. Extremely well detached. bright south Mon at center of base is surrounded by 11 stars in 5 arcminutes, one of which is a tight 61 power magnification double of about 10 arcseconds in position angle 110°. The bright star at the top of the xmas tree also has a faint 11 magnitude star 15 arcseconds in position angle 170° companion. Nebulousity was finally seen tonight as described in BrightNebula 2264 entry.
0643.2+2658	oc	n2266	5	138	9.5p 11pm*	7	II 2 m	Gem
Observation on Tue 1985/05/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Used EPSILON Gem to the one bright Sky Atlas 2000.0star due north to find. Put these 2 stars at opposite edges of viewfinder and OpenCluster is 25 arcminutes preceeding. 3 members were seen. Sure of field stars. Try again higher in sky. Observation on Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint glow at 49 power magnification resolved into about 30 faint stars at 122 power magnification + averted vision. 1 bright star and 2 faint stars seen on south edge of 49 power magnification field. Added finder directions. Observation on Mon 1987/03/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Observation on Fri 1990/03/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 About 15-20 faint stars in 5 arcminutes circle at 122 power magnification + averted vision. One 9 magnitude star on south edge. 2 11 magnitude stars just north of it. Rest are 12 magnitude and fainter stars. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Another fine cluster. At least 40 stars resolved with 122 power magnification and averted vision, mainly on the north side of the 9 magnitude star. 7 arcminutes round cluster. An unresolved 3 arcminutes ball remains, making this appear GlobularCluster-like. Running north following from the 9 magnitude star is an unusual chain of 11 magnitude stars, and it is really out of place in this cluster of 13 magnitude stars.
0647.6-0309	oc	n2286	12	228	7.5 9.71m*	15	IV 3 m/III 2 m	Mon
Observation on Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very large and loose. Full 49 power magnification field sketched. Observation on Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint but easy find. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture looks good. Its larger than 50 arcminutes. My sketch is not as good as Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 -- its out of perspective near the center of the OpenCluster. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 is slightly wrong near the edges. Observation on Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 west south is a very good low power field sketch but misses the OpenCluster entirely. The OpenCluster is really a 15 arcminutes ball of very faint stars on the preceeding (or picture) edge of the stars sketched in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 30 12 to 13 magnitude stars in a 15 arcminutes by 8 arcminutes in position angle 120° rectangle. bright outliners along north and south edge. south edge has a bright pair in the middle and another at the south following corner. I don't think the cluster is the scattered group which surrounds this tight faint group, which is the identification in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 and the Observe: the Herschel Objects guide.
0649.3+4104	oc	n2281	5	68	5.4 7.3m*	15	I 3 p/I 3 m	Aur
Observation on Wed 1985/01/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This small OpenCluster stands out well because of the degree of concentration. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is accurate but doesn't do justice to the richness or delicateness of the telescopic view. Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 15 arcminutes by 8 arcminutes in position angle 135° oval of 33 stars. Well detached. south following part is much richer and brighter. Focal point is a trapezium of bright stars on the south preceeding edge. following (or finder chart)-most of those 4 is a 10 arcseconds in position angle 300° double star, and south-most is a 15 arcseconds in position angle 220° double star. At south following-most edge is a faint 15 arcseconds in position angle 31°0 pair. 7 magnitude star 2 arcminutes south the trapezium. 7 magnitude star 25 arcminutes preceeding the trapezium. Best at 61 power magnification for overall cluster view, but best detailed view is at 122 power magnification.
0651.8+0029	oc	n2301	12	228	6.0 8.01m*	12 i	I 3 m/I 3 r	Mon
Observation on Wed 1985/01/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Rich with faint stars. I mainly saw the preceeding (or picture) edge but could see other Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars when I looked for them. Observation on Tue 1985/01/08 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Gorgeous in clear seeing. Need to look a while to see the faint ones. Runs north south. Observation on Mon 1990/01/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Situated in a 30 arcminutes in position angle 0° line of stars with a projection out to the following (or finder chart) from the center. Vaguely similar to the coathanger OpenCluster but very much smaller and denser. Center of the line and the projection to the preceeding (or picture) is the OpenCluster n2301. Its a gorgeous group of 30 stars with a red star in the center.
0655.0+1801	oc	n2304	12	138	10.0p	5	II 1 p/II 1 m	Gem
Observation on Fri 1987/02/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 At 122 power magnification + averted vision I can barely see the glow of the OpenCluster. Perfect Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch. I added field info to the sketch. Observation on Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Perfect match to Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. At 122 power magnification + averted vision I see about 10-15 stars. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint nebulous glow in 61 power magnification turns into about 25 resolved stars + underlying glow at 122 power magnification. stars are fainter than 13 magnitude. Very condensed. Well detached. Required Uranometria 2000.0 to find. I'm quite sure the Observe: the Herschel Objects description is for the field, not the actual OpenCluster. 10 magnitude star 8 arcminutes following and 10 arcminutes preceeding. 11 magnitude stars 5 arcminutes north and 9 arcminutes north. Observation on Sat 1997/02/08 23:00:00 EST at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Misty wedge-shaped 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 90° patch of about 25 13 magnitude and fainter stars. Best at 262 power magnification.
0657.8-0434	oc	n2311	12	228	9.6 12m*	7	III 2 p/III 2 m	Mon
Observation on Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not visible at 49 power magnification. Barely visible at 122 power magnification. 10 stars counted. Found by finding the field stars in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 especially the 3 bright ones in an arc. Observation on Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 10 stars in 4 arcminutes at 122 power magnification + averted vision. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture is excellent. At 49 power magnification this shows as a barely visible nebulous patch. Observation on Fri 1990/03/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Confirmed via location on Uranometria 2000.0 page 228. At 122 power magnification + averted vision I counted 15 stars in a 7 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 135° area. Its very faint even at 122 power magnification with no members brighter than 12 magnitude. Observation on Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 15 12 to 13 magnitude stars in a 6 arcminutes ball. Located 15 arcminutes in position angle 260° from the preceeding (or picture)-most of 3 9 to 10 magnitude stars in a line which are separated by 4 arcminutes each and aligned 100°.
0704.2+0103	oc	n2324	12	228	8.4 10.35m*	8	II 2 r	Mon
Observation on Tue 1985/01/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 All Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars were seen except the rich part. The OpenCluster is 20 arcminutes south a bright white, white double with 2 arcminutes separation. Observation on Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Rich part partially seen. See Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch to find this. The 2 bright stars added are the most prominent stars in the field. In the rich area, 5 stars are prominent, and 15 more come and go with averted vision. Trapezium of 1 bright and 3 faint stars at north following edge. faint star at north center of the rich area. Observation on Wed 1987/02/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 15 rich-area stars were seen at 122 power magnification pretty steadily including the easy ones mentioned above. Its nowhere near what I'd call salt-and-pepper though, and not as rich as Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture either. Observation on Fri 1990/03/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 About 15 members at 122 power magnification + averted vision. brightest stars are at the north following corner. The 49 power magnification view of the bright asterism to the north following looks like dots painted on a ball. Both lines curve in an arc that looks like the surface of a bubble. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 12 arcminutes by 6 arcminutes in position angle 30° eyeball-shaped group of about 45 12 to 13 magnitude stars with 2 10 magnitude stars - one at the north following corner of the eyeball and one centered on the north preceeding arc edge. I don't see a compressed core, but this OpenCluster is very rich and well detached. The dots-on-the-ball asterism is 15 arcminutes north north following. 9 magnitude star 12 arcminutes in position angle 80°. Again, I think the Observe: the Herschel Objects description is for the field stars, not the true OpenCluster.
0706.6-1003	oc	n2335	12	273	7.2 9.5m*	12	III 3 m n/III 2 m	Mon
Observation on Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint and loose. Only field stars show at 49 power magnification. 122 power magnification required to see members. Almost all Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars were seen. Found via Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 field stars. Observation on Wed 1987/02/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation except slightly visible at 49 power magnification. Observation on Wed 1988/02/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Matches Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 pretty well at 122 power magnification. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 12 arcminutes circular group of 25 scattered 11 to 13 magnitude stars. Slightly compressed. Not very well detached from the field. Easy to miss. 5 arcminutes core with an empty ring surrounding, then outliners.
0708.3-1038	oc	n2343	12	273	6.7 8.39m*	7	III 3 p n/II 2 p	Mon
Observation on Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 All Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars seen. Very sparse OpenCluster. Observation on Wed 1987/02/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Observation on Wed 1988/02/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 I wouldn't call it sparse at all. About 15 stars in 6 arcminutes at 122 power magnification. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 10 arcminutes by 6 arcminutes in position angle 150° half-circle of 22 10 to 13 magnitude stars. Flat line runs 150° on psp edge. One of the 3 10 magnitude stars is centered on that edge, and the other 2 are on the fnf curved edge. Not compressed. Well detached. 9 magnitude star 15 arcminutes south. 2 9 magnitude stars 25 arcminutes north.
0714.3-2543	oc	n2354	19	319	6.5 9.13m*	20	III 2 m/III 2 r	CMa
Observation on Thu 1987/02/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very sparse large group of faint stars. Too much skyglow. Observation on Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Unfortunate there's so much south skyglow. Observation on Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 20 arcminutes cluster of faint stars. About 40 11 magnitude and fainter stars in a triangle shape with about 10 brighter stars. Easy find off DELTA CMa. brightest stars form a 20 arcminutes by 10 arcminutes preceeding following band. 5 10 magnitude stars are 10 arcminutes-20 arcminutes following. I'm sure the prior observations are way off base and that this is my first sighting of this cluster.
0714.6-1018	oc	n2353	12	274	7.1 9.19m*	20	II 2 p/III 3 p	Mon
Observation on Tue 1985/01/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Saw and confirmed, but many stars are missing. It looks like decent seeing but south horizon has a glow. Observation on Thu 1985/02/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1 very bright star surrounded by about 20 pretty bright stars including a close 49 power magnification pair. Speckling of fainter stars was barely seen. Observation on Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Almost all Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars seen at 122 power magnification after a while of looking. 2 of the members are obvious in viewfinder. Observation on Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 All Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars were seen. I'd call it medium-rich, not poor. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Round 10 arcminutes knot of 26 10 to 13 magnitude stars, mainly to the north following of a 6 magnitude star. Continuing north is a 5 arcminutes nearly-empty band, then a 25 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes crescent of about 20 10 to 13 magnitude stars. Horns of the crescent point south preceeding and south following. 15 arcminutes north that crescent is another 6 magnitude star.
0716.9+1346	oc	n2355	12	184	9.7p 13pm*	9	II 2 p/II 2 m	Gem
Observation on Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Tried too late in the year. Observation on Thu 1988/03/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 faint glow at 49 power magnification matches Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 perfectly at 122 power magnification. About 15 stars in 10 arcminutes at 122 power magnification. Tightest knot is along the preceeding (or picture) edge. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 5 arcminutes round group of about 40 12 to 13 magnitude stars. A 7 arcminutes line of 13 magnitude stars shoots out to the south, and an extremely interesting 7 arcminutes arc of stars shoots out to the north, which ends on an 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star. 10 magnitude star at south following edge of cluster. Observation on Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 10 arcminutes round OpenCluster with one 10 magnitude star and about 25 12 magnitude stars and 25 more 13 to 14 magnitude stars. Not really isolated from the field, but much richer than the field, so it stands out well. A bit concentrated just preceeding (or picture) the 10 magnitude star. No outstanding star colors, but the 10 magnitude star appears a bit yellow. Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects defines the boundary of this cluster a bit differently, so comes up with a different size, shape, and orientation. Pretty easy to find. 8 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 15° from center.
0717.7-1537	oc	n2360	12	274	7.2 10.36m*	13	II 2 m/I 3 r	CMa
Observation on Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very salt-and-peppery. Like winter salt-and-pepper only smaller. One bright star is at the preceeding (or picture) end of several lines that extend about 15 arcminutes. About 5 minutes of time away from that star they all blend into salt-and-pepper which then has arms that wrap back toward the star only north and south of it. 1 very bright star about 40 arcminutes following (not in OpenCluster). Observation on Sat 1988/02/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Gorgeous OpenCluster. Easy find off ALPHA CMa to GAMMA CMa then following (or finder chart) to bright star. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 12 arcminutes circle of 50 11 to 13 magnitude stars. Another beauty of a cluster. No condensation was seen but this is a gorgeous, rich, and well detached OpenCluster. 9 magnitude star at following (or finder chart) edge. 7 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 30 arcminutes preceeding.
0718.8-2456	oc	n2362	19	319	4.1 4.39m*	8	I 3 p n/I 3 r	CMa
Observation on Tue 1985/01/08 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 20 stars in a 5 arcminutes triangle. 1 very bright star in the center. I don't see 16 arcminutes at all--very compact and dense. The central star can be seen in the viewfinder. Observation on Wed 1985/02/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 25 stars in 15 arcminutes. Pretty tight OpenCluster. The central star (TAU CMa) looks like a double 6 arcseconds in position angle 80°. Observation on Wed 1987/02/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Observation on Sat 1988/02/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Gorgeous OpenCluster. Observation on Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Gorgeous 15 arcminutes triangle of 30 11 magnitude and brighter stars and about 15 12 magnitude and fainter stars. Vertices are at north, south, and following (or finder chart) corners. very bright triple TAU CMa (10 arcseconds in position angle 90° and 20 arcseconds in position angle 80°) at center. Not condensed. Well detached. All stars appear blueish. 7 magnitude star 20 arcminutes following center. 7 magnitude star 20 arcminutes north north preceeding center. Best view was in 122 power magnification. Finding cannot be simpler -- just center on TAU CMa.
072534.71+292926.3	pn	n2371	5	100	13.0 15.5m*	74"x54"	3a+6	Gem
Observation on Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No trace with or without Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Not found, or not observed with or without Lumicon UHC filter. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture is no help. Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 2 2 arcminutes blobs in contact. Aligned 265°. Each blob has a brighter nucleus, but the preceeding (or picture)-more's nucleus is brighter and smaller. Located 10 arcminutes north north following a 10 magnitude star and in the center of a triangle-shaped group of 11 magnitude and fainter stars. very faint. Does not look like sketch Astronomy Magazine, March, 1988, page 95 to me. Looks more like Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 or sketch Astronomy Magazine, March, 1988, page 94 or sketch Deep Sky Magazine, December, 1990, page 24.
072534.71+292926.3	pn	n2372	5	100	13.0 15.5m*	74"x54"	3a+4	Gem
Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 See 19910416 observation of n2371.
0727.1+1335	oc	n2395	12	184	8.0 9.96m*	12	III 1 p/IV 2 m	Gem
Observation on Thu 1988/03/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 15 arcminutes group faint stars seeable in 49 power magnification pretty easily. Matches sketch Deep Sky Magazine, June, 1987, page 33 well. That sketch has north on top. About 20 stars at 122 power magnification. Center contains a 10 magnitude 4 arcminutes triangle aligned the same way as a 6 arcminutes 9 magnitude-9 magnitude-11 magnitude triangle 8 arcminutes north. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 15 arcminutes triangular group of 30 stars. Triangle has empty center. A couple of condensed areas are in the cluster - one is at the south following vertex of the triangle, and the other is at the north following vertex. 3 10 magnitude stars, and the rest are 12 to 13 magnitude. Not rich. Pretty well detached. Observation on Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Slightly nebulous haze in finder. 25 arcminutes by 15 arcminutes in position angle 150° triangular grouping of many stars. Fairly rich. Triangle is flat -- 30° 30° 120°, with the flat side on the psp edge. brightest stars is almost centered along the psp edge. Next brightest is near the south corner. A slightly fainter stars is right at the south corner, and those 2 stars form the "tail" mentioned in Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects. 43 10 to 14 magnitude stars counted. Sketch Deep Sky Magazine, June, 1987, page 33 is missing many stars, including the entire detached part at the south corner. No outstanding stars colors. Fairly well detached. Located in a pretty rich field. A bit compressed at the north following corner. Chain of 3 11 magnitude stars separated by about 1 arcminutes each, running in pa 0° at north preceeding corner. I disagree with Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects'south stated orientation, but this is obviously simply a difference in the boundaries he chose. He apparently didn't count the tail of stars as part of the cluster, but that tail has many faint stars in it so I do count it.
072910.77+205442.9	pn	n2392	5	139	9.9 10.47m*	13" round	3b+3b	Gem
Observation on Thu 1985/02/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 small blue-green fuzzy glow at 49 power magnification and 122 power magnification. 122 power magnification shows a point of light at the center. 122 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter shows a larger and brighter nebula but the center star is gone. 7 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north. Observation on Tue 1985/03/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1 arcminutes glow shows clearly at all power/UHC combinations including 272 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. Central star clearly seen at all powers. Easiest to find with 49 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 1 arcminutes bright blue glow surrounding a very bright 10 magnitude stellar nucleus at 122 power magnification alone. Lumicon UHC filter loses the star and adds nothing. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter dims the central star somewhat and adds nothing. 272 power magnification shows same features, only a little better. 272 power magnification best. Gradually brighter toward the center, then very suddenly bright cental star. Observation on Sat 1995/12/16 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Observing at 400 power magnification unfiltered, there's really quite a bit of detail here. I see the very bright 11 magnitude central star, and the surrounding 1.5 arcminutes glow is blueish. That glow seems to be divided into two regions. The bright inner-more disk is about 0.5 arcminutes, round, and mottled. I think the face of the eskimo is embedded here, but I can't make out a definite image here. That inner disk seems to be bounded on the outside by a very thin dark ring, but its quite late and my brain might be making things up. Its probably just an abrupt change in the brightness profile. Outside of that ring is a definitely fainter, (but still easily seen), and much smoother glow which fades gradually as the eye scans outward, until it cuts-off abruptly at the 1.5 arcminutes diameter. This is one excellent planetary.
0736.3-2036	oc	n2421	19	319	8.3 10.45m*	10	I 2 m/I 2 r	Pup
Observation on Wed 1987/02/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 30 stars in 7 arcminutes at 122 power magnification. Only 6 stars show easily at 49 power magnification. Easiest 3 at 49 power magnification are a 2 arcminutes triangle pointing south (one of these is a double). These are at the north edge of the OpenCluster which is a triangle pointing to the north. Field sketched. Several bright stars in the area to aid in finding. Observation on Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Matches my picture well. Observation on Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 10 arcminutes round cluster of about 30 10 magnitude and fainter stars located at the north point of a 20 arcminutes equilateral triangle of 10 magnitude stars. Well detached. Not condensed. Seeable in 30 power magnification but best at 122 power magnification. Fairly densely packed.
0736.6-1429	oc	M47	12	274	4.4 5.68m*	30	III 2 m/I 3 m	Pup
Observation on Tue 1985/01/08 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very bright and large. 60 stars in a 30 arcminutes area. Double stars ads6208 and ads6216 were seen clearly. Observation on Sun 1985/03/10 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 brightest stars sketched. Both doubles seen at 49 power magnification. Both orange stars in Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System page 1512 seen. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Easy bright 30 arcminutes group of about 70 5 to 13 magnitude stars. Central star is a tight double in 61 power magnification. Just north of that double is a greenish star. The star chains here are amazing. Just north of those central stars is a V-shape of 9 stars very nearly in straight lines. south following the central stars is a nearly perfect half-circle of 6 stars. Observation on Sat 1994/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using Sears Dosciver 7x50 Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 850 pm EST. 3 unequally spaced bright stars in a preceeding following line with about 10 fainter ones surrounding the preceeding (or picture)-more 2 of those, mainly toward the south of those 2 stars.
073654.5+653558	eg	n2403	1	21	8.46:8.93	21.88x12.30 127°	SAB(s)cd III	Cam
Observation on Thu 1986/02/27 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Oval glow with a 10 magnitude star at both edges. Observation on Fri 1986/05/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes glow with a 10 magnitude star at both ends. Observation on Thu 1987/02/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Exact same observation. Observation on Sun 1988/03/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=5/9 Exact same observation. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 very bright 6 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes preceeding following glow. The 10 magnitude stars are not quite at the edges. A 13 magnitude star is at the preceeding (or picture) edge. A 12 magnitude star is near the south preceeding edge of the bright 2 arcminutes ball-like nucleus. Rating changed from 2-5 to 4-3. Kidney-shaped, with the missing part of the oval being the south-central part. 2 9 magnitude stars 15 arcminutes preceeding. Observation on Sat 1996/02/24 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 5 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 105° oval with a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. 9 magnitude star near preceeding (or picture) edge in pa 240°, another on the following (or finder chart) edge at pa 90°. Except for the stellar nucleus, its a soft faint glow with some mottling apparent. The 12 magnitude stellar nucleus is just slightly north of the line connecting the 2 9 magnitude stars mentioned, and a little closer to the preceeding (or picture)-more of them. bright 0.5 arcminutes round nonstellar patch on the north following edge of the Galaxy appears to be a disconnected HII region. The Lumicon UHC filter makes this patch slightly more prominent, and surprisingly it doesn't block out the Galaxy completely. There's also a hint of a spiral arm coming out of the south edge of the core and arcing toward the preceeding (or picture), then slightly north. 14 magnitude star 2 arcminutes in position angle 165° from the nucleus. 13 magnitude star just 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 240° from the 9 magnitude star on the following (or finder chart) edge. 9 magnitude star on the preceeding (or picture) edge has a 13 magnitude star 2 arcminutes in position angle 255°. Observation on Sat 1996/03/16 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 What I saw as a stellar nucleus is a superimposed star, not even on center. That star is on the south edge of the 2 arcminutes round core. HII region is in the south following quadrant and it shows as a fuzzy star on The Universe from Your Backyard page 25. With the Lumicon UHC filter, that HII region is the most prominent feature of the Galaxy. A short disconnected arm segment extends toward the preceeding (or picture) from near the south edge of the core. At 239 power magnification, there are a lot of 13 to 14 magnitude stars strewn ato the Galaxy, especially over the south edge of the core. There is still no stellar nucleus which shows at this power.
0737.1-1351	oc	n2423	12	274	6.7 9.02m*	19	IV 2 m/II 2 m	Pup
Observation on Tue 1985/01/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 nebulous areas spotted at 49 power magnification. 30 arcminutes and 36 arcminutes south of OpenCluster n2422. Neither showed more at 122 power magnification. Observation on Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The rich part is not quite as rich as Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture but its still nice and rich. M47 @195°. Observation on Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 bright star in the center. About 30 others at 122 power magnification. Easy find off M47. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 20 arcminutes round group of 35 11 to 13 magnitude stars surrounds a 10 magnitude star. M47 1° south south preceeding.
073809+3852.9	gc	n2419	5	100	10.3 17.3m*	4.1 oval 90°	II	Lyn
Observation on Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very extremely faint glow in 49 power magnification. Resolved into 4 stars at 122 power magnification with averted vision. Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 I'm quite sure of an extremely faint glow at 49 power magnification. Easy find with nearby Sky Atlas 2000.0stars but quite difficult to see. 122 power magnification shows about 6 stars but the glow is gone completely. I can't see anything in 272 power magnification. Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint 4 arcminutes round glow. Seeable in 61 power magnification and 122 power magnification and barely in 272 power magnification. Best at 122 power magnification. A couple of very extremely faint stars resolved on the outskirts, but they're probably foreground stars. Easy find off a 3 star preceeding following 13 arcminutes line. Last 2 of that line point right at the GlobularCluster. Center of those 3 is a 25 arcseconds in position angle 350° double. No bite out of the GlobularCluster, like on picture Astronomy Magazine, February, 1985, page 38, was seen.
0738.5+2134	oc	n2420	5	139	8.3 11.06m*	10	I 2 r/I 1 r	Gem
Observation on Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I have a glow similar to n2266 only slightly brighter. Resolved into 30 stars at 122 power magnification. Not as difficult as n2266. Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 A gorgeous salt-and-pepper OpenCluster. Nebulous patch under a few faint stars at 49 power magnification. 20 stars in 5 arcminutes at 122 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1988/02/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Confirmed. Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 7 arcminutes round cluster of 20 11 magnitude and fainter stars. brightest star is on preceeding (or picture) edge. 9 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 195°. 9 magnitude star 11 arcminutes north. 9 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 30°. Easy find off KAPPA Gem.
074150.59-144407.1	pn	n2438	12	274	10.1 17.7m*	73"x68"	4+2	Pup
Observation on Wed 1985/03/13 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Requires Lumicon UHC filter. Takes 122 power magnification nicely. The 2 brightest stars in OpenCluster n2437 point directly to the PlanetaryNebula. A pretty bright star is preceeding (or picture) the PlanetaryNebula and the PlanetaryNebula is slightly triangle-shaped pointing preceeding (or picture) away from the preceeding (or picture) star. Observation on Thu 1988/03/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 I see no ring structure at 49 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter or 122 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. Instead I see a solid circle at both powers. Without Lumicon UHC filter I can't see it at all. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 very large PlanetaryNebula (over 1 arcminutes). Very slight darkening in the middle at 122 power magnification + Lumicon UHC filter. Easy to see with 122 power magnification alone. No central star was seen.
074155.37-181231.4	pn	n2440	12	319	10.8 14.24m*	74"x42"	5+3	Pup
Observation on Thu 1988/03/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 very bright blue-green PlanetaryNebula easy at all power/UHC combinations -- even 122 power magnification alone. Observation on Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Easy fuzzy blue star in 61 power magnification. Blinking the UHC in and out of view to make a nebula more easily visiblesouth easily. 15 arcseconds blue glow at 272 power magnification with a much brighter but still nonstellar center. No central star was seen.
0754.9-2417	oc	n2482	19	320	7.3 10.04m*	12	III 1 m/IV 1 m	Pup
Observation on Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 bright 10 magnitude triangle within a fainter triangle. Observation on Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 10 arcminutes triangle of 30 10 magnitude and fainter stars. Vertices are south following, south preceeding, and north. I'm sure I didn't see it before. That triangle of stars is located 25 arcminutes following south following the OpenCluster. 9 magnitude star 10 arcminutes preceeding. OpenCluster is not compressed. Best view is in 122 power magnification.
0755.1-1742	oc	n2479	12	320	9.6p	7	III 1 m	Pup
Observation on Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Thu 1988/03/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 I have a poor group that fits the Deep Sky Magazine, December, 1986, page 7 description at the location plotted in Sky Atlas 2000.0. Its located exactly 50 arcminutes north the 2 Sky Atlas 2000.0stars and right in line with the Sky Atlas 2000.0star 10 minutes following (or finder chart). Observation on Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 15 arcminutes group of all 11 to 12 magnitude stars. The preceeding (or picture) half is a fairly even distribution of stars but the following (or finder chart) part is a nearly-empty 7 arcminutes ring of star with only one star inside that ring. faint cluster. 122 power magnification required to see. I'm sure I missed it before. Its way too faint for at home. 9 magnitude star 10 arcminutes north preceeding center. 8 magnitude star 10 arcminutes south preceeding center.
0756.2-3003	oc	n2489	19	362	7.9 11.11m*	8	II 2 m/I 2 m	Pup
Observation on Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 20 11 magnitude and fainter stars in a 10 arcminutes circular area. Not visible at 30 power magnification. 122 power magnification is best view. 7 magnitude star 20 arcminutes south. Richer in the middle. Stands out well from the field. Easy find by running due south from EPSILON CMa. An arc of 11 magnitude stars is 5 arcminutes past the following (or finder chart) edge of the cluster, forming a fence to keep the cluster stars in.
0800.2-1047	oc	n2506	12	275	7.6 10.76m*	7	I 2 r	Mon
Observation on Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 25 members seen in 122 power magnification. Very sparse. Invisible at 49 power magnification. Very difficult to find. This is the faintest field in the area. Observation on Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I'm missing the bottom couple of magnitudes. 10 arcminutes nebulous patch at 49 power magnification. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Very elusive 5 arcminutes glow at 30 power magnification. 122 power magnification shows a 5 arcminutes glow which is usually unresolved, but occasionally snaps into perhaps 50 very extremely faint stars. Scattered 11 to 12 magnitude stars surround the glow but I doubt they're members. 2 11 magnitude stars at preceeding (or picture) edge. Observation on Sat 1992/02/01 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 brightest stars are in a 0° chain of 3 stars near the center.
0800.8-1903	oc	n2509	12	320	9.3p	8	II 1 p/I 1 r	Pup
Observation on Mon 1985/03/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Many faint stars in a 5 arcminutes area. Nebulous at 49 power magnification. Resolved at 122 power magnification. Observation on Thu 1988/03/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Confirmed. Much effort required to see the many seeable OpenCluster stars at 122 power magnification + averted vision. Observation on Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 west south sketch is excellent. More than 25 stars plus nebulousity in a 5 arcminutes area. very faint. Averted vision required. Very rich, tight, and compressed cluster. 9 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 150°.
0805.3-2808	oc	n2527	20	362	6.5 8.59m*	22	III 1 p/II 2 m	Pup
Observation on Tue 1987/04/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find. Good match to Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. Just about 10 11 magnitude and brighter stars and the rest are very faint. I don't see all Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 magnitudes. Not a bad OpenCluster at all for the declination. Looks roughly circular with the brightest stars at the north following edge. Observation on Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed easily. Observation on Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 Easy bright 15 arcminutes group of 15 8 to 10 magnitude stars sprinkled with fainter ones. Circular. Slightly compressed. Little detached from the field. Best at 49 power magnification or 122 power magnification.
0810.8-1249	oc	n2539	12	275	6.5 9.15m*	22	II 1 m/III 2 m	Pup
Observation on Sun 1985/03/10 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 75 stars 30 arcminutes. 4.5 magnitude star 19 Pup is preceeding (or picture). No central knot noted but there are a few 1 arcminutes areas with more than 3 stars. Observation on Mon 1985/03/25 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 A meduim rich salt-and-pepper OpenCluster. Easy to identify using the multiple to the following (or finder chart). Several strong hints of fainter stars - just beyond by seeing limit. Observation on Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I see more stars than Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 here. Medium rich with no central knot. large OpenCluster fills 122 power magnification. bright star ads6647 following (or finder chart). Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 30 arcminutes by 10 arcminutes preceeding following group of 75 10 to 13 magnitude stars. Very well detached. Not compressed but pretty rich. 5 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star (19 Pup) is 15 arcminutes following south following the center of the OpenCluster.
0813.7-0547	oc	M48	12	275	5.8 8.2m*	54.0	I 2 m/I 3 r	Hya
Observation on Sun 1984/12/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 40-50 pretty bright stars and many more faint ones in 50 arcminutes. Observation on Mon 1985/03/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sketched. Best viewed in 49 power magnification. Observation on Thu 1987/03/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 There's an south-shape in the middle. Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Central knot is pronounced. brightest stars are in central knot and on north edge. Surrounding the central knot is a ring of almost no stars at all then the outliners. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 large 50 arcminutes cluster of about 70 10 to 13 magnitude stars. Slightly compressed. Well detached. Many 10 magnitude stars in this cluster. Observation on Sat 1994/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using Sears Dosciver 7x50 Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 920 pm EST. very faint pretty small glow which makes a perfect equilateral triangle with 2 stars at the following (or finder chart) edge of Mon (29 and 30 Mon). smaller than M50. No stars resolved.
0818.6-3038	oc	n2567	20	362	7.4 10.1m*	10 round i	III 2 m	Pup
Observation on Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 10 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes in position angle 80° group of 20 10 magnitude and fainter stars. An unusual north south line of 7 12 magnitude stars cuts the OpenCluster in the middle. The preceeding (or picture) half is richer and made of brighter stars. 9 magnitude star 8 arcminutes south preceeding the preceeding (or picture)-more half of the OpenCluster.
0819.0-2944	oc	n2571	20	362	7.0 8.82m*	13	IV 1 p/II 3 m	Pup
Observation on Tue 1987/04/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 An 49 power magnification double (9 magnitude 9 magnitude star 25 arcseconds in position angle 50°) surrounded by 10 10 magnitude and fainter stars + lots of skyglow in 10 arcminutes. Easy find due to bright stars to the preceeding (or picture). Observation on Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Observation on Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 Loose 25 arcminutes by 10 arcminutes in position angle 30° oval of stars. Has a 10 arcminutes concentration of stars in the north half. That condensation is 25 9 magnitude and fainter stars with about 15 of them in a 5 arcminutes area. Compressed. Center contains 2 9 magnitude stars aligned 30°. Best at 122 power magnification. 7 magnitude star 25 arcminutes north preceeding. 7 magnitude star 25 arcminutes south preceeding.
083322.6-225824	eg	n2613	20	321	10.25:11.16	7.24x1.78 113°	SA(s)b II	Pyx
Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow with a stellar 12 magnitude nucleus. 9 magnitude star 6 arcminutes north preceeding. 9 magnitude star 9 arcminutes following north following. Very uncertain observation. Galaxy was 30°p meridian and was just barely seen with aversion at 122 power magnification with tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible. Observation on Wed 1992/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=9/9 Same observation, except its an very extremely faint glow, and there are lots of very extremely faint stars superimposed across the whole glow.
0837.3-2956	oc	n2627	20	363	8.4p 11pm*	11	III 2 m/II 2 r	Pyx
Observation on Tue 1987/04/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location according to nearby Sky Atlas 2000.0stars. I have several 11 magnitude stars here but none fainter because of the skyglow. Observation on Wed 1987/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sure of location. No OpenCluster seen -- just a few stars. Observation on Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed at 49 power magnification and 122 power magnification. Sure of location. Observation on Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 10 arcminutes by 7 arcminutes preceeding following group of 20 stars. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 8 arcminutes in position angle 80°. 10 magnitude star 7 arcminutes north. I'm sure more stars would show if OpenCluster was closer to the meridian. Now it's 25°p meridian. Observation on Wed 1992/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=9/9 Unfortunately, the cluster appeared the same on the meridian. I didn't gain anything.
085241.0+332503	eg	n2683	6	102	9.75:10.64	9.33x2.19 44°	SA(rs)ab II-III	Lyn
Observation on Tue 1987/03/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. Many easy guide stars are nearby. Observation on Thu 1987/03/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Observation on Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 45°. No details show at 49 power magnification or 122 power magnification. Non-stellar nucleus just slightly brighter than the overall glow. Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 6 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 30° streak. Central 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes brighter. 12 magnitude star just preceeding (or picture) the north arm. 11 magnitude star 3 arcminutes following the nucleus. Galaxy is widest at nucleus and tapers off to the south south preceeding and north north following. Lumicon UHC filter and Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter filters do not help.
085333.1+511853	eg	n2681	2	44	10.29:11.09	3.63x3.31	(R')SAB(rs)0a	UMa
Observation on Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. No nearby guide stars to assist in location. Observation on Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 2 arcminutes faint glow with a 11 magnitude stellar nucleus. Field sketched. Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes round very faint and very soft glow with a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus which shows at 122 power magnification. 9 magnitude stars 7 arcminutes north following. 9 magnitude star 9 arcminutes south following. 11 magnitude star 5 arcminutes preceeding. 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes north north following.
085538.7+781328	eg	n2655	2	7	10.10:10.96	4.90x4.07 90°	SAB(s)0a	Cam
Observation on Thu 1987/03/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 arcminutes faint glow. Looks like a bright stellar nucleus that really stands out over the fuzz. Observation on Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Fairly easy Galaxy to find because its pretty bright. I see about a 3 arcminutes glow surrounding a 1 arcminutes brighter non-stellar nucleus. The nucleus is not extremely bright. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 pretty bright stellar nucleus with a 2 arcminutes faint fuzzy glow surrounding. Observation on Sat 1996/02/24 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 At 131 power magnification, a 1.5 arcminutes round glow with a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. 8 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 240°.
090734.1+602846	eg	n2742	2	44	11.44:12.03	3.02x1.55 87°	SA(s)c: II	UMa
Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 80° glow. Central 1 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes is very faint but seeable with direct vision. preceeding (or picture) and following (or finder chart) extensions require aversion and tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible. 12 magnitude star 4 arcminutes south preceeding. 8 magnitude star 7 arcminutes north preceeding.
091020.5+070219	eg	n2775	13	187	10.13:11.03	4.27x3.31 155°	SA(r)ab	Cnc
Observation on Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint 2 arcminutes glow 125 arcminutes following the north south Sky Atlas 2000.0 pair. Takes 122 power magnification but no details. Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. very faint. Needed tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible to find it. Very difficult find. Observation on Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Need a darker site. Observation on Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 very faint 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 165° glow. Very soft outer glow. Mottled toward the center with 2 bright points which come-and-go fairly often in the nuclear region when averted vision is used. The bright points are aligned with the overall glow of the Galaxy. Observation on Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 very faint 3 arcminutes by 2.5 arcminutes in position angle 165° halo at 95 power magnification which very gradually becomes brighter as you move inward, until it hits about a 1 arcminutes diameter 12 magnitude core which jumps pretty suddenly in brightness. Inward still, the core has a fairly gradual brightness increase until a very bright 11 magnitude stellar nucleus is reached. The faint haze is indicative of a face-on spiral Galaxy, but shows no details or markings at all. Higher powers still do not show any details. The halo is of very even surface brightness with no evidence of mottling, dark lanes, or superimposed stars. 9 magnitude star 10 arcminutes south. 11 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 60°. 12 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 105°. 13 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 135°. Observation on Sat 1995/03/25 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The picture in The Color Atlas of Galaxies shows only a bright core with a broad ring of star formation regions but no global spiral structure, and is really quite close to the view I had of this Galaxy last night.
091137.7+600222	eg	n2768	2	44	9.87:10.84	8.13x4.27 95°	E6:	UMa
Observation on Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint 2 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes preceeding following glow. 49 power magnification double star 15 arcminutes north preceeding. Makes a 4 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes near-right triangle with 2 stars. Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes preceeding following glow. bright nucleus is 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following and is slightly mottled. fainter extensions fill out the fainter glow to 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes. The double mentioned on 19870424 is a blue, yellow 90 arcseconds pair 15 arcminutes north preceeding. Several 11 magnitude stars are in the vicinity of the Galaxy. The closest 2 are 4 arcminutes preceeding north preceeding and 6 arcminutes north.
091405.5+400652	eg	n2782	6	71	11.63:12.30	3.47x2.57	SAB(rs)abP	Lyn
Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint 2 arcminutes glow slightly brighter in the middle. Easiest at 122 power magnification. Barely suspected at 30 power magnification and 61 power magnification. 12 magnitude 1.5 arcseconds in position angle 90° pair @4'n. 9 magnitude star 12 arcminutes in position angle 15°.
091611.3-161847	eg	n2811	13	277	11.27:12.23	2.51x0.87 20°	Sbc II-III/SB(rs)a	Hya
Observation on Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Need a darker site. Observation on Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 extremely faint soft 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. brighter in the non-stellar middle. 9 magnitude star 5 arcminutes north north following.
091918.9+691211	eg	n2787	2	23	10.76:11.82	3.16x2.04 117°	SB(r)0aP	UMa
Observation on Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 arcminutes very faint glow. 7 magnitude star 8 arcminutes preceeding following. 7 magnitude star 8 arcminutes south preceeding. When this Galaxy is centered the guide star just north following is at the edge of the 49 power magnification field. Observation on Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Good finder directions. Very smooth glow -- no nucleus noted. 122 power magnification shows nothing north east west. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 very faint 2 arcminutes extremely soft glow with a weak stellar nucleus. Best at 122 power magnification. 10 magnitude star 6 arcminutes preceeding.
092201.8+505831	eg	n2841	2	44	9.22:10.09	8.13x3.55 147°	SA(r)ab: I	UMa
Observation on Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. 8 magnitude star 5 arcminutes following. 37 Lyn is at the north preceeding edge of the 49 power magnification field when Galaxy is centered. 34 Lyn is a wide 49 power magnification double green, blue 240 arcseconds in position angle 135° with a very faint 5 arcseconds in position angle 30° c star in 272 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Identical observation except it runs 135°. Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 135° bright glow with a very bright stellar nucleus. Gradually brighter toward the middle till the stellar nucleus is reached. Looks very much like a mini M31. From this site, the glow of the Galaxy just barely reaches an 11 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north preceeding the nucleus. 8 magnitude star 5 arcminutes north following. Easy find off THETA UMa. Good view at either 61 power magnification or 122 power magnification.
092418.9+343046	eg	n2859	6	103	10.90:11.83	4.27x3.80 85°	(R)SB(r)0a	LMi
Observation on Fri 1986/05/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint 2 arcminutes glow was spotted surrounding a stellar nucleus. Easy find even though its faint because of nearby bright stars. 122 power magnification gave the best view. I couldn't see any bar. Observation on Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Observation on Mon 1988/03/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation -- still seeable at 272 power magnification but best definition is at 122 power magnification. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter makes it less visible. Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 2 arcminutes round glow with a bright stellar nucleus which shows at 122 power magnification. Extremely easy find off ALPHA Lyn.
093209.7+213002	eg	n2903	6	143	9.01:9.68	12.59x6.03 17°	SAB(rs)bc I-II	Leo
Observation on Tue 1985/03/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint smeary haze barely seen in great seeing near meridian. Too faint for Lumicon UHC filter or 122 power magnification. Seen best with 49 power magnification alone. Observation on Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find. north south glow. Observation on Fri 1986/05/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint 4 arcminutes circular glow. Observation on Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 30°. Observation on Sat 1988/02/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Easy 3 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes glow. Observation on Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 30° glow. Very slight and very gradual brightness increase toward the center. Central 1/2' is brightest but is neither stellar nor that much brighter than the surrounding glow. Seems to be a pretty mottled surface. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter improves slightly. Lumicon UHC filter shows no embedded nebulousity. All these observations at 122 power magnification. At 272 power magnification I couldn't hold the image. Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 6 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 5° pretty bright glow with a very bright mottled 1 arcminutes nucleus. Observation on Wed 1992/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=9/9 Exvellent 6 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 10° bright glow. Gradually brighter in the middle to a core, then a bright 12 magnitude stellar nucleus which is off-center toward the preceeding (or picture). Entire disk is slightly mottled. Forms a triangle with an 11 magnitude star 5 arcminutes south south following and a 10 magnitude star 7 arcminutes south south preceeding. 9 magnitude star 13 arcminutes north north following. 8 magnitude star 25 arcminutes north.
094233.3-034159	eg	n2974	13	233	10.87:11.87	3.47x2.04 42°	Sa/E4	Sex
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. (30° following (or finder chart) meridian). Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Observation on Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Observation on Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Need a darker site. Observation on Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 120° faint glow. Non-stellar brighter ball-nucleus in the center. 9 magnitude star 2 arcminutes preceeding south preceeding. Best at 122 power magnification. Found only with Uranometria 2000.0 -- couldn't find it with Sky Atlas 2000.0 alone.
094236.4+585108	eg	n2950	2	45	10.94:11.84	2.69x1.78 145°	(R)SB(r)0aP	UMa
Observation on Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint 1 arcminutes glow easily found via 2 guide stars south preceeding. Its 25 arcminutes north following the following (or finder chart)-more of them. 9 magnitude star is 30 arcminutes north following that star and 5 arcminutes following n2950. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 very extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow with a 11 magnitude stellar nucleus. 12 magnitude star 4 arcminutes following north following. Easy find off NU UMa and 2 other nearby stars.
094253.9+315051	eg	n2964	6	104	11.31:11.99	2.88x1.58 97°	SAB(r)bc: II	Leo
Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Very soft very faint 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes preceeding following glow. No stellar nucleus -- extremely gradually brighter in the middle. 11 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 165°. 2 9 magnitude stars a bit further south. Found off ALPHA Lyn using only Sky Atlas 2000.0.
094715.6+675450	eg	n2976	2	23	10.16:10.82	5.89x2.69 143°	SAcP	UMa
Observation on Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. Very difficult to see. Barren field. Located 7 arcminutes north preceeding a 7 arcminutes equilateral triangle of 10 magnitude stars. Observation on Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Confirmed. Difficult to find -- even using picture Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 101 from M81. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 very extremely faint 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. 13 magnitude star or nucleus on south preceeding edge. A superbly large but very extremely faint glow. Best in 122 power magnification.
095020.9+721645	eg	n2985	2	23	10.44:11.18	4.57x3.63 0°	(R')SA(rs)ab I	UMa
Observation on Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint 1 arcminutes glow 35 arcminutes following 27 UMa. Observation on Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 very faint 2 arcminutes glow located 35 arcminutes following 27 UMa. Located in the exact center of a 20 arcminutes near-square of 10 magnitude stars. Its a very soft glow -- no nucleus stands out at 122 power magnification or 49 power magnification. 12 magnitude star 2 arcminutes south following. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes preceeding following glow with a nuclear ball and a centered stellar nucleus at 122 power magnification. 12 magnitude star on following (or finder chart) edge. Galaxy fattens-up quicker than the average Galaxy -- its a full 2 arcminutes wide for about 2.5 arcminutes out of the 3 arcminutes total size seen. 10 magnitude stars 12 arcminutes north and 12 arcminutes south.
095554.0+694057	eg	M82	2	23	8.41:9.30	11.22x4.27 65°	I0spP	UMa
Observation on Wed 1985/02/27 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Long thin 15 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 70° smear. Observation on Mon 1988/03/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Hydrogen filaments were not seen with Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter or Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Very mottled surface at 122 power magnification. About 3 arcminutes following the center is a north south dark lane that cuts the Galaxy. The part of the Galaxy just following (or finder chart) that lane is brighter than the rest of the Galaxy. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 8 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 10° very extremely bright glow. Very mottled. Dark lanes cut north south near following (or finder chart) edge and also just following (or finder chart) the center. Between the dark lanes is the brightest part of the Galaxy. Observation on Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 1010 PM EST. 10 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes cigar-shaped streak of glow located 1° due north of M81. Observation on Mon 1994/05/02 at Utica, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 First light night for Felicity. Easily visible, with prominent perpendicular dust lanes. Observation on Fri 1994/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 First dark-site night for Felicity. Looks like I can touch it. Dark lanes are no work at all. They're easy direct vision features. The bright spot between the 2 major dark lanes has a stellar dot in the center. The Galaxy is slightly curved. Its very mottled, with several bright stellar spots superimposed all along the central axis. Observation on Fri 1994/05/13 at Fish Lake, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Beginning from the south end and working toward the north end, the Galaxy begins with a diffuse edge which gradually becomes brighter and thicker for about 1/3 of the Galaxy'south length. Then a very weak dust lane cuts the Galaxy in pa 20°. The north side of this dust lane is slightly brighter than the south side, and both are diffuse edges. The Galaxy then becomes very rapidly brighter to another dust lane cutting in pa 0°. There's a very bright core just south of the lane, with a stellar dot in it. The north side of the lane is even brighter, and has a bright dot within it, too. Then the Galaxy fades rapidly as I move north. Observation on Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed.
100158.2+554043	eg	n3079	2	45	10.86:11.54	7.94x1.45 165°	SB(s)bcsp II	UMa
Observation on Sun 1987/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Wed 1987/05/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 extremely faint 5 arcminutes north south streak. 50 arcminutes preceeding the Sky Atlas 2000.0star is a 10 arcminutes triangle of stars. The Galaxy is near the center of the north leg of that triangle. See Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture and picture Astronomy Magazine, April, 1988, page 95. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 6 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 175° very extremely faint glow. The following (or finder chart) edge seems just a bit sharper than the preceeding (or picture) edge.
100321.1+684402	eg	n3077	2	23	9.85:10.61	5.37x4.47 45°	I0P	UMa
Observation on Sun 1987/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint 1 arcminutes glow under fair conditions. Difficult due to nearby bright star. Observation on Wed 1987/05/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Poor conditions. Observation on Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Easy find using picture Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 101. 2 arcminutes or 3 arcminutes glow. Very difficult to study due to bright star nearby. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 2 arcminutes medium-BT glow with the central 1 arcminutes slightly brighter. No stellar nucleus. Easy find off M81. 7 magnitude star 5 arcminutes south south preceeding. 7 magnitude star 12 arcminutes following. Possibly slightly mottled.
100514.1-074307	eg	n3115	13	279	8.90:9.87	7.24x2.45 43°	S0-sp	Sex
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint 2 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes glow found pretty easily relative to Sky Atlas 2000.0stars. Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. Very easy find due to the following (or finder chart) double on Sky Atlas 2000.0. Observation on Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. Most of that area is a faint glow but the central 0.5 arcminutes is brighter and there's an obvious bright stellar nucleus at 272 power magnification. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter harms. Observation on Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 bright easy 4 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. Much brighter in the oval-shaped 1 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes (nonstellar) nucleus. That nuclear glow just becomes brighter and brighter towards the middle till west east reach a stellar dot nucleus. south following edge of Galaxy seems a bit sharper than the north preceeding edge. 11 magnitude star 5 arcminutes south. 2 10 magnitude stars 10 arcminutes following. 2 6 magnitude stars 40 arcminutes following.
101345.0+032531	eg	n3166	13	234	10.39:11.32	4.79x2.34 87°	SAB(rs)0a	Sex
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes glow not too hard. 2 Sky Atlas 2000.0stars nearby. Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 1 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes preceeding following glow. Observation on Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation at 122 power magnification. 272 power magnification shows a weak but seeable stellar nucleus. Observation on Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 2 arcminutes glow possibly elongated slightly preceeding following. Little brighter in the middle, but no stellar nucleus was seen, even at 272 power magnification. 12 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 255°.
101414.4+032808	eg	n3169	13	234	10.23:11.08	4.37x2.75 45°	SA(s)abP	Sex
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Just north following Galaxy n3166. Looks fainter than n3166 to me. 1 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes glow. Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 About 15 arcminutes following n3166. 1 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. 11 magnitude star just following (or finder chart). Observation on Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Exact same observation at 122 power magnification. 272 power magnification still shows no brighter nucleus. Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow with a slightly brighter stellar nucleus at 122 power magnification. n3166 10 arcminutes in position angle 260°. 11 magnitude star 3 arcminutes following. 10 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 350°.
101653.2+732404	eg	n3147	2	8	10.61:11.43	3.89x3.47 155°	SA(rs)bc I-II	Dra
Observation on Sun 1987/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint glow glimpsed with averted vision and sweeping. Observation on Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Very soft 2 arcminutes glow located 20 arcminutes north north preceeding the Sky Atlas 2000.0star. No nucleus discernable at 49 power magnification or 122 power magnification. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 3 arcminutes very soft glow with a 13 magnitude stellar nucleus. 12 magnitude star 4 arcminutes north. 10 magnitude star 10 arcminutes north. More like 25 arcminutes north north preceeding the Sky Atlas 2000.0star mentioned on 19880416.
101805.7+214959	eg	n3190	6	144	11.15:12.12	4.37x1.55 125°	SA(s)abPsp II-III	Leo
Observation on Fri 1986/05/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I have the 2 stars that should be north of this Galaxy but see no glow for any of the 4 egs here. Observation on Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pretty faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following smudge located due south of the following (or finder chart)-more of the 2 Sky Atlas 2000.0stars by about 3/5 of the separation of those 2 stars. Sketched. Observation on Mon 1988/03/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Same observation. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow. Thicker and brighter in the middle, with a nonstellar nucleus. brighter than nearby n3193 6 arcminutes north following. Easy find off GAMMA or ZETA Leo. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 10 arcminutes in position angle 350°. Observation on Sat 1996/03/16 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 brighter than n3193. 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 105° glow, much brighter in the middle to an elongated core. The glow seems to be more sharply cutoff on the north edge. The preceeding (or picture) tip is more rounded and blunter than the following (or finder chart) tip, which comes to a point.
101817.3+412526	eg	n3184	6	72	9.78:10.36	7.41x6.92 135°	SAB(rs)cd II	UMa
Observation on Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 arcminutes faint glow -- the sky is still aglow from recent sunset. Try later at night. Observation on Fri 1986/05/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 (later)-Nope. Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 4 arcminutes glow surrounding a bright stellar nucleus. Observation on Thu 1987/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Observation on Mon 1988/03/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed at zenith. Observation on Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 A star with an extremely faint glow around it. Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 4 arcminutes round glow with a slightly brighter stellar nucleus and a 12 magnitude star superimposed right on the edge @350°. No elongation noted. Added finder directions. south-more of 2 7 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 12 arcminutes preceeding. Found by beginning at MU UMa, move 60 arcminutes preceeding to a wide 15 arcminutes pair of 7 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0stars. Move 12 arcminutes following the south-more of those.
101825.0+215342	eg	n3193	6	144	10.88:11.83	3.02x2.69	E2	Leo
Observation on Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 1/3 of the way from n3190 to the star and slightly following (or finder chart). very faint 1 arcminutes glow with a stellar nucleus. Sketched. Observation on Mon 1988/03/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Prior observation was a 12 magnitude star, not the Galaxy. The Galaxy is really a very faint smudge at 122 power magnification located 2 arcminutes south a star as shown on my sketch. Not visible at 49 power magnification. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty bright 1 arcminutes round glow slightly brighter in the middle. fainter than nearby n3190 6 arcminutes south preceeding. Easy find off GAMMA or ZETA Leo. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 2 arcminutes in position angle 5°. Observation on Sat 1996/03/16 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 fainter than n3190. Located just 2 arcminutes due south of a 7 magnitude star. 1.5 arcminutes round glow that looks like an elliptical Galaxy, becoming gradually brighter in the middle to a stellar nucleus.
101954.9+453309	eg	n3198	6	72	10.33:10.87	8.51x3.31 35°	SB(rs)c II	UMa
Observation on Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint pale ghostly 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 30° oval glow located 20 arcminutes following the 7 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star. Little brighter in the middle but no stellar nucleus was seen at 61 power magnification or 122 power magnification. Best at 61 power magnification. 12 magnitude star 5 arcminutes north. 9 magnitude star 13 arcminutes in position angle 30°. 10 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 70°. Chain of 8 9 to 10 magnitude stars 50 arcminutes long runs north from the 9 magnitude star mentioned.
102327.4+195355	eg	n3226	13	144	11.40:12.3	3.16x2.82 15°	E2:P	Leo
Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Found using picture Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, volume 4 page 174. I match the south (triangle) stars easily but not the north stars. In any event, get the south stars at the south south following edge of 122 power magnification and you'll see 2 extremely faint glows that are this Galaxy and n3227. Located 50 arcminutes following GAMMA Leo. Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 20° glow. north-more of n3226 n3227 pair. fainter than n3227. No nucleus shows at 122 power magnification. See n3227 for nearby stars.
102331.5+195148	eg	n3227	13	144	10.28:11.1	5.37x3.63 155°	SAB(s)abP	Leo
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Found using picture Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, volume 4 page 174. I match the south (triangle) stars easily but not the north stars. In any event, get the south stars at south south following edge of 122 power magnification and you'll see 2 extremely faint glows that are this Galaxy and n3226. Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint 4 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 165° glow with a faint stellar nucleus at 122 power magnification. south-more of 2 nearly twin egs with n3226. brighter than n3226. 10 magnitude star 12 arcminutes south. 2 11 magnitude stars 8 arcminutes south aligned preceeding following. These 3 stars make up the triangle in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture mentioned in 19880408 finder directions. Several 12 to 13 magnitude stars north.
102446.11-183832.6	pn	n3242	13	325	8.6 12.10m*	45"x36"147°	4+3b	Hya
Observation on Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 30 arcseconds very small and bright PlanetaryNebula. Can stand 272 power magnification but no details seen. Easiest to find at 49 power magnification alone - look for the bright star. Observation on Mon 1985/03/25 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Round fuzz. No markings. No central star. very bright. Takes higher powers easily. Best at 122 power magnification. Observation on Wed 1987/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy at all powers even with 5/8 moon. Very blue. Observation on Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 brighter at south preceeding and north following edges. No central star was seen. Elongation of brighter region is obvious at 272 power magnification. Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 122 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter is by far the best view. Shows a blue 1 arcminutes by 0.8 arcminutes in position angle 135° bright glow with a central star that is just barely brighter than the glow, and comes and goes with averted vision. This bright glow is surrounded by a very faint 1.5 arcminutes round gray glow.
102718.3+283029	eg	n3245	6	105	10.79:11.70	3.24x1.78 177°	SA(r)0°:?	LMi
Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 arcminutes pretty homogenous glow. Not much of a brightness increase towards the center. Observation on Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Slight brightness increase of nucleus noticed in 122 power magnification. Located on the north side of a chain of stars preceeding (or picture) the Sky Atlas 2000.0 double star, 3/4 of the way towards the preceeding (or picture)-most star of that chain. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes north south glow with a stellar nucleus. 40 arcminutes following the 8 magnitude/9 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0 double star. 9 magnitude star 13 arcminutes south following. 10 magnitude star 8 arcminutes south preceeding.
103255.4+283043	eg	n3277	6	105	11.68:12.50	1.95x1.74	SA(r)ab II	LMi
Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 1.5 arcminutes round glow with a very slightly brighter stellar nucleus that blinks on and off with averted / direct vision. Requires 122 power magnification + aversion to see. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 20 arcminutes in position angle 300°. 10 magnitude star 18 arcminutes following. 11 magnitude star 10 arcminutes south following. 12 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 255°.
103616.1+371928	eg	n3294	6	105	11.79:12.2	3.55x1.82 122°	SA(s)c I	LMi
Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 3 arcminutes glow was seen in 49 power magnification. Won't take higher powers. Begin at the Sky Atlas 2000.0star, to a fainter star north preceeding, to the Galaxy, south preceeding by 1/2 that separation. Another star is due preceeding (or picture). No brightness increase towards the nucleus. Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes preceeding following oval with a very slightly brighter middle. No other details at 61 power magnification or 122 power magnification. Barely seeable in 30 power magnification. Forms a triangle with an 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 13 arcminutes in position angle 120° and an 8 magnitude non-T* 6 arcminutes in position angle 80°. 10 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 280°.
103846.1+533008	eg	n3310	2	46	10.80:11.15	3.09x2.40	SAB(r)bcP	UMa
Observation on Sun 1987/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 arcminutes very faint glow. Maybe slightly elongated 45°. Observation on Wed 1987/05/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes glow. Observation on Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 2 arcminutes extremely faint circular glow. 6 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 15°. 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes north. Still seeable in 122 power magnification but no detail enhancement. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter does nothing. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 pretty faint 1 arcminutes round glow. No details at 61 power magnification or 122 power magnification. Looks like a PlanetaryNebula - very smooth round glow.
104330.8+245525	eg	n3344	6	145	9.86:10.45	7.08x6.46	(R)SAB(r)bc II	LMi
Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pretty faint 4 arcminutes glow surrounding a 9 magnitude double star. No brightness increase towards the nucleus. Just a 4 arcminutes faint featureless glow. Observation on Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Good description. Pix on Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, volume 4 page 174 shows that the brighter of the 'double' is a star and the fainter is the Galaxy nucleus. I suspected this while observing this Galaxy tonight before looking it up in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7.
104741.7+135900	eg	n3377	13	190	10.38:11.24	5.25x3.02 35°	E5.5	Leo
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint 1 arcminutes glow. Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 faint homogeneous 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes preceeding following glow. Slightly brighter stellar nucleus but not overpowering at all. Observation on Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow at 122 power magnification. Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes round glow with a pretty bright stellar nucleus. 10 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 120°. 5 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 30 arcminutes in position angle 300°. 9 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 15° is not in Uranometria 2000.0. Observation on Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 15° glow with pretty bright 11 magnitude stellar nucleus inside a bright core. Not especially close to any stars. 13 magnitude star 7 arcminutes in position angle 195°. 9 magnitude star 20 arcminutes in position angle 30°. n3367 25 arcminutes in position angle 210°.
104749.9+123457	eg	M105	13	190	9.28:10.24	5.37x4.79	E1	Leo
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 arcminutes pretty bright glow 30 arcminutes south following a bright Sky Atlas 2000.0star. Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 2.5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes north south glow. bright nucleus stands out above the rest of the egs glow. n3384 is about 10 arcminutes in position angle 105°. Observation on Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation. Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 3 arcminutes round glow which very linearly increases in brightness from the edge to the pretty bright nuclear area, until a suddenly much brighter nucleus is reached. 13 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 5° is the same star as the one mentioned in n3384 observation of this date. n3384 is 8 arcminutes in position angle 65°, not 105°. Triangle of bright stars 40 arcminutes in position angle 60°. Observation on Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 30° halo with a very bright 10 magnitude nonstellar core but no other details. Its a high surface brightness bland elliptical. 12 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 45°. Forms a bright easy isoceles triangle with n3384 and n3389, which all easily fit in 94 power magnification. north-south chain of 3 stars follows the triangle. n3384 10 arcminutes north following. n3389 15 arcminutes following.
104817.2+123749	eg	n3384	13	190	9.92:10.85	5.50x2.51 53°	SB(s)0-:	Leo
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1 arcminutes pretty bright glow. M105 10 arcminutes preceeding. Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 1 arcminutes pretty bright glow. M105 @285°. Observation on Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 1 arcminutes glow. I see no elongation coming out of that 1 arcminutes glow. Center of the glow has a stellar nucleus. Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 1.5 arcminutes round glow with a very bright stellar nucleus. Looks bright at first, but I think that's only because of the very bright nucleus. When I look objectively at the glow itself, ignoring the nucleus, its really pretty faint. 13 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 280° is the same star as the one mentioned in n3379 observation of this date. Triangle of bright stars 40 arcminutes in position angle 60°. Observation on Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 30° with bright 10 magnitude nonstellar core with a centered stellar nucleus. Forms a bright easy isoceles triangle with M105 and n3389, which all easily fit in 94 power magnification. north-south chain of 3 stars follows the triangle. M105 10 arcminutes south preceeding.
104949.5+325851	eg	n3395	6	105	12.07:12.4	2.09x1.23 50°	SAB(rs)cdP:	LMi
Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow with a slightly brighter nonstellar nucleus. preceeding (or picture)-more of 2 with n3396 2 arcminutes in position angle 45°, which is an very extremely faint 0.5 arcminutes glow slightly brighter in the nonstellar middle, too. Both are really easiest to detect at 61 power magnification but separated best and clearest to see at 122 power magnification + averted vision. Rating is so high because this is an unusually bright contact pair. Located 45 arcminutes preceeding the 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star, which is really a red blue 3 arcminutes in position angle 90° double star. 10 magnitude star 23 arcminutes in position angle 260°. 13 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 280°.
105053.2+132446	eg	n3412	13	190	10.54:11.45	3.63x2.04 155°	SB(s)0°	Leo
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint 1 arcminutes glow. Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. 8 magnitude stars 20 arcminutes north preceeding. 9 magnitude star 40 arcminutes south south preceeding. Observation on Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Exact same observation at 122 power magnification. No stellar nucleus shows. Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 160° glow with some mottling and a pretty bright stellar nucleus that looks a little off-center toward the preceeding (or picture). 2 13 magnitude stars 7 arcminutes south. 10 magnitude 11 magnitude pair 15 arcminutes in position angle 240°. 2 bright 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0stars 20 arcminutes in position angle 30°. Observation on Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint pretty small 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 150° very slightly brighter in the middle to a nonstellar core which is off-center toward the north preceeding, and an 11 magnitude stellar nucleus at the center of the core. 13 magnitude star superimposed at north preceeding end. Halo is a bit mottled, but I cannot make out any definite spiral pattern. The 2 6 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0stars are 20 arcminutes north following.
105116.3+275833	eg	n3414	6	145	10.99:11.96	3.55x2.57	SB0a/S0P	LMi
Observation on Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location but no glow spotted. Observation on Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint 2 arcminutes glow. Observation on Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Very difficult faint 49 power magnification glow easily confirmed with Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture. Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes north south glow with a stellar nucleus off-center to the north preceeding at 122 power magnification. 6 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 44 LMi 20 arcminutes preceeding. 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 24 arcminutes in position angle 100°.
105231.3+363708	eg	n3432	6	105	11.25:11.67	6.76x1.48 38°	SB(s)mspP	LMi
Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 40° glow with no brighter nucleus, but 3 stars superimposed. 2 of them (11 magnitude and 13 magnitude) are at the south preceeding edge, and the other (12 magnitude) is not almost at the north following edge of the Galaxy, along the south following edge. The Galaxy is slightly curved, with the top (south preceeding edge) and bottom (north following edge) pointing a little bit toward the north preceeding. I think this might just be because I'm really seeing 2 egs. My theory is that n3432 is really only about 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 30° and I'm seeing u5985 preceeding (or picture) of the south preceeding edge. I cannot say I really saw the companion, I'm just guessing that that may explain my observation of a curved Galaxy, which I've never seen before. 9 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 70°. 10 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 250°. 10 magnitude star 11 arcminutes in position angle 330°.
110018.2+135408	eg	n3489	13	191	10.29:11.12	3.55x2.04 70°	SAB(rs)0+	Leo
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. I have M105 and n3384 but no trace of 3489. (Oops--i was looking for 3389. Try again). Observation on Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 2 arcminutes very faint soft glow. Exactly 2 fields preceeding (or picture) the Sky Atlas 2000.0star. Confirmed in 122 power magnification to be nonstellar. 49 power magnification field was sketched. No nucleus shows in 122 power magnification - just a slight brightness increase towards the center. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 80° glow with a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus at 122 power magnification. 10 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 80°.
110023.6+285833	eg	n3486	6	105	10.53:11.05	7.08x5.25 80°	SAB(r)c II	LMi
Observation on Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint 3 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes glow. Not too hard to find off 43 UMa at 1050+280 north to 44 then following (or finder chart) 2 stars. This Galaxy has slight brightness increase to a 1 arcminutes nucleus -- its not bright but just brighter than the overall glow. Nearest star 25 arcminutes north and slightly following (or finder chart).
110310.8+275825	eg	n3504	6	146	10.92:11.67	2.69x2.09	(R)SAB(s)ab	LMi
Observation on Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 2 arcminutes round glow with a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. n3515 is also visible. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 18 arcminutes in position angle 260°. 11 magnitude star 11 arcminutes in position angle 260° is the nearest star to the Galaxy.
110548.9-000215	eg	n3521	13	236	9.02:9.83	10.96x5.13 163°	SAB(rs)bc II	Leo
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pretty bright 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 150° glow. Observation on Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. 9 magnitude star 10 arcminutes following. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Very soft 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow with a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. 9 magnitude star 12 arcminutes north following. Easy find off DELTA Leo.
111131.8+554015	eg	M108	2	46	10.03:10.69	8.71x2.24 80°	SB(s)cdsp	UMa
Observation on Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint 5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow. Easy find off nearby guide stars. Observation on Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 faint 5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 80° glow. bright stellar nucleus. 9 magnitude star 10 arcminutes following. 9 magnitude star 20 arcminutes following. 8 magnitude star 25 arcminutes south preceeding. After observation I see that Astronomy Magazine, April, 1988, page 95 says a foreground star is superimposed at the center of the Galaxy so maybe my 'bright stellar nucleus' is just that star. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 6 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 85° pretty bright glow with a 13 magnitude stellar nucleus (or, apparently, a foreground star). 10 magnitude star at preceeding (or picture) edge. 10 magnitude star 7 arcminutes preceeding. 9 magnitude star 13 arcminutes preceeding. Observation on Wed 1992/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=9/9 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 80° faint glow. Lens shaped. 11 magnitude star 1 arcminutes preceeding center. 8 magnitude star 15 arcminutes preceeding center. Observation on Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 1020 PM EST. Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1994/05/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 bright 8 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 70° glow with a stellar nucleus or superimposed star just inside the north edge and a bit following (or finder chart) of center. The Galaxy is a bit mottled, but no dark lanes or hard edges show.
111436.1+124907	eg	n3593	13	191	10.92:11.86	5.25x1.95 92°	Sb III/SA(s)0a:	Leo
Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint very soft 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow. No details at all. 6 magnitude star 25 arcminutes following. Easy find off THETA Leo. 11 magnitude star 10 arcminutes south south preceeding. 11 magnitude star 12 arcminutes south south following. 10 magnitude star 15 arcminutes south.
111654.1+180312	eg	n3607	13	146	9.89:10.82	4.90x2.45 120°	SA(s)0°:	Leo
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 arcminutes pretty bright glow. Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 2 arcminutes round glow with a bright nonstellar 0.5 arcminutes nucleus. n3608 8 arcminutes north. 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes preceeding. 3 arcminutes triangle of stars 6 arcminutes south following.
111658.7+180857	eg	n3608	13	146	10.76:11.70	3.16x2.57 75°	E2	Leo
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1 arcminutes faint glow. n3607 10 arcminutes south. Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint 1 arcminutes by 0.75 arcminutes in position angle 50° glow. Just barely brighter stellar nucleus. Center of a 4 arcminutes triangle of 12 to 13 magnitude stars 3 arcminutes north. n3607 8 arcminutes south.
111816.8-324849	eg	n3621	20	367	9.56:10.18	12.30x7.08 159°	SA(s)cd III-IV	Hya
Observation on Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Skyglow. Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 extremely faint 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes north south glow. Only visible in 122 power magnification, and even then, the glow is extremely difficult. Observed when way following (or finder chart) meridian.
111825.9+584714	eg	n3610	2	46	10.84:11.70	2.69x2.29 90°	E5:P	UMa
Observation on Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 very faint and small 1 arcminutes glow. Sky Atlas 2000.0star 12 arcminutes north following. Looks like a 12 magnitude star at 49 power magnification but 122 power magnification shows that its non-stellar.
111836.2+580005	eg	n3613	2	46	10.89:11.82	3.89x1.86 102°	E6	UMa
Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes preceeding following fairly even glow except for a pretty bright stellar nucleus. Between 2 10 magnitude stars 6 arcminutes in position angle 160° and 8 arcminutes in position angle 340°. very extremely faint n3619 20 arcminutes in position angle 155° is almost on same line.
111921.8+574535	eg	n3619	2	46	:12.5	2.69x2.34	(R)SA(s)0a:	UMa
Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint 1 arcminutes round glow with a stellar nucleus. 10 magnitude star 12 arcminutes in position angle 335° is the star between n3613 and n3619. 11 magnitude star 7 arcminutes north. n3613 20 arcminutes in position angle 235°.
112003.7+182130	eg	n3626	13	146	10.96:11.78	2.69x1.95 157°	Sab II/(R)SA(rs)0+	Leo
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Tried very accurate location off star following (or finder chart) and south and tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible but I couldn't see any glow. Observation on Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 very faint 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes north south streak. Slightly brighter stellar nucleus appears at 122 power magnification. Found begining at the Sky Atlas 2000.0stars to the south. 50 arcminutes north are 2 9 magnitude stars 30 arcminutes north south. Put the south-more one just outside the 49 power magnification field then move 17 arcminutes preceeding. Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 3 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes north south glow with a bright stellar nucleus at 122 power magnification. Easy find using Uranometria 2000.0 alone off n3607 and n3608. 11 magnitude stars are 10 arcminutes in position angle 40°, 10 arcminutes in position angle 190°, 10 arcminutes in position angle 210°, 10 arcminutes in position angle 290°, and 15 arcminutes in position angle 340°.
112016.3+133522	eg	n3628	13	191	9.48:10.28	14.79x2.95 104°	SbPsp II	Leo
Observation on Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Glimpsed using picture Sky and Telescope Magazine, April, 1987, page 459. very faint 8 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow. Use picture to find. Observation on Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 very faint long thin sliver. This time I used picture Sky and Telescope Magazine, April, 1988, page 451 to find. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 8 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes preceeding following very faint sliver. No details show, even at 122 power magnification. Used Uranometria 2000.0 to find. M65 and M66 show easily and are bright. Cannot see and dark lanes, as mentioned on Sky and Telescope Magazine, April, 1986, page 427. Observation on Sat 1992/01/25 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 8 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 110° oval. Mottled at 122 power magnification with a brighter nonstellar core. Observation on Sat 1994/05/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 faint 8 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 90° soft glow. There are a couple of superimposed 14 magnitude stars. The Galaxy has hard north and south edges, and 0.5 arcminutes south of the south edge, there seems to be an very extremely faint 4 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 90° xxFT glow, making me think I'm seeing an intervening dark lane. Observation on Sat 1995/04/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Obvious dust lane is quite easy, going across the entire Galaxy. Riyad sees the faint flared extensions preceeding (or picture) and following (or finder chart) the bright inner regions. These do not show on The Universe from Your Backyard page 109, but show well on Astronomy Magazine, March, 1992, page 73. I can perhaps see the one on the following (or finder chart) end but definitely not the one on the preceeding (or picture) end.
112102.7+531017	eg	n3631	2	46	10.43:11.01	5.01x4.79	SA(s)c I	UMa
Observation on Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint 3 arcminutes round glow brighter in the central 1 arcminutes with a stellar nucleus. 13 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 20°. 13 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 280°. 11 magnitude star 13 arcminutes in position angle 95°.
112106.8+031408	eg	n3640	13	236	10.44:11.36	3.98x3.16 100°	E3	Leo
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes glow. Difficult to find but I finally found it by aligning accurately on the star south and the star following (or finder chart) and tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible and using averted vision. Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint 2 arcminutes round glow gradually brighter in the middle with a stellar nucleus that blinks on and off when using 122 power magnification + aversion. Found using Sky Atlas 2000.0 alone and viewfinder. Begin at RHO Leo, move south till at same declination as 82 and 83 Leo, then the Galaxy shows at 30 power magnification. Maybe I was just lucky. 12 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 200°. 10 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 160°. 11 magnitude star 12 arcminutes in position angle 40°.
112254.7+163527	eg	n3655	13	191	11.65:12.30	1.55x1.02 30°	SA(s)c:	Leo
Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 1 arcminutes very extremely faint glow. Difficult find -- required Uranometria 2000.0. 13 magnitude star 3 arcminutes following or 4 arcminutes following. 1st of a 9 magnitude pair is 12 arcminutes north north following and 2nd of that pair is 18 arcminutes north north following. No details show at 122 power magnification or 61 power magnification.
112443.3+384547	eg	n3665	6	106	10.82:11.77	2.45x2.04 30°	SA(s)0°	UMa
Observation on Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 arcminutes glow glimpsed with averted vision. Seems pretty bright but I can't hold it with straight vision. Easiest find is to use viewfinder to center the 2 bright Sky Atlas 2000.0stars. Observation on Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Can't see it at all tonight. Observation on Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nor tonight. Observation on Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nor tonight. Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 2 arcminutes round glow gradually brighter to a 12 magnitude nonstellar 0.5 arcminutes nucleus at 122 power magnification. Easy to find in viewfinder using position relative to a wide pair of bright Sky Atlas 2000.0stars. Its just following (or finder chart) the center of those 2 Sky Atlas 2000.0stars. 12 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 100°. 12 magnitude star 11 arcminutes in position angle 250°. 9 magnitude star 20 arcminutes in position angle 265°.
112607.8+433506	eg	n3675	6	73	:11.00	5.89x3.09 178°	SA(s)ab II	UMa
Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 5° glow with a slightly brighter nonstellar nucleus. 10 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 0°. 10 magnitude star 17 arcminutes in position angle 330°. 20 arcminutes group of several 12 magnitude stars 30 arcminutes in position angle 285°.
112744.1+171325	eg	n3686	13	146	11.32:11.89	3.24x2.51 15°	SB(s)bc II	Leo
Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint 2.5 arcminutes round glow only visible at 61 power magnification + aversion or 122 power magnification + aversion. Difficult find. No details at all at any power. 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 350°. 10 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 10°. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 I still don't see a bright stellar nucleus as described by Observe: the Herschel Objects. I think that maybe the star 4 arcminutes in position angle 350° was interpreted as being the nucleus. The Galaxy and that star are disconnected, though. I'll stick with my previous observation.
113320.9+470139	eg	n3726	6	73	10.42:10.91	6.17x4.27 10°	SAB(r)c I-II	UMa
Observation on Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 5° glow with no nucleus visible. Seeable in 122 power magnification and 30 power magnification, but best at 61 power magnification. 13 magnitude star at north edge. 6 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 45 arcminutes in position angle 240°. 6 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 55 arcminutes in position angle 95°.
113349.8+530737	eg	n3729	2	47	11.43:12.03	2.82x1.91 15°	SB(r)aP	UMa
Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 10° streak of constant brightness except for a 12 magnitude stellar dot nucleus off-center to the south south preceeding, which I assume is a foreground star. Best at 122 power magnification. 12 magnitude star 7 arcminutes in position angle 350°. 11 magnitude star 9 arcminutes in position angle 300°. 12 magnitude star 10 arcminutes following. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 18°350. n3718 13 arcminutes in position angle 250° is a 3 arcminutes round pale ghostly homogenous glow with no details at all in 122 power magnification.
114058.5+112817	eg	n3810	13	192	10.77:11.35	4.27x3.02 15°	Sc I/E5	Leo
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint 2 arcminutes round glow with no details at all. Can barely hold with direct vision at 122 power magnification. Difficult to find and see. Used Uranometria 2000.0 to find. 5 arcminutes triangle of 12 to 13 magnitude stars 12 arcminutes south. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Same observation except its slightly brighter in the non-stellar middle. Just a very gradual brightness increase. Observation on Sat 1995/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 large bright 4 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 30°. Slightly brighter in the middle with a large core but no nucleus. Hint of spiral structure in the periphery.
114118.2+363249	eg	n3813	6	107	11.65:12.23	2.24x1.10 87°	Sc/(R)SAB(s)ab	UMa
Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Very soft homogenous 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow. No brightness increase toward the center. 8 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 255°. 15 arcminutes group of 7 12 magnitude stars begins 5 arcminutes south following.
114608.0+472939	eg	n3877	6	74	10.99:11.79	5.50x1.29 35°	SA(s)c:	UMa
Observation on Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint 5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 40° glow slightly brighter in the middle. CHI UMa 22 arcminutes north. 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes north preceeding.
114839.1+484240	eg	n3893	6	74	:11.16	4.47x2.75 165°	SAB(rs)c: I	UMa
Observation on Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 At 122 power magnification its a 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 135° very soft fuzzball. 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes south preceeding. No nucleus stands out. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 2 arcminutes round slightly mottled glow with no stellar nucleus visible. Very slightly brighter in the middle. 14 magnitude star just off preceeding (or picture) edge. 12 magnitude star 4 arcminutes south preceeding.
114908.9+270126	eg	n3900	6	147	11.35:12.2	3.16x1.70 2°	Sbc III/SA(r)0a	Leo
Observation on Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes north south glow gets brighter in the middle and has a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. 13 magnitude star 4 arcminutes north. 13 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 100°. Invisible at 30 power magnification but easy to find at 30 power magnification. The nearest Sky Atlas 2000.0star has a 1 arcminutes nearly-ns pair at 15 arcminutes in position angle 200°. From that nearest Sky Atlas 2000.0star, there is also a 12 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 110°, forming a right triangle with the star I've been calling the nearest Sky Atlas 2000.0star being the 90° vertex. The Galaxy is at 6 arcminutes in position angle 190° from that 12 magnitude star. Use 122 power magnification to see it.
114915.4+560502	eg	n3898	2	47	10.70:11.60	4.37x2.57 107°	SA(s)ab II	UMa
Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 110° glow with a very suddently bright nonstellar nucleus. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0 wide double star 25 arcminutes preceeding. 10 magnitude non-U similar double star 10 arcminutes preceeding north preceeding.
115004.2+262847	eg	n3912	6	147	:13.21p	1.55x0.85 5°	SAB(s)bc?P III	Leo
Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 very extremely faint 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes north south glow with a slightly brighter nonstellar 0.5 arcminutes nucleus. This was quite possibly the most difficult Hershel object. 11 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 5°. 13 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 175°. 13 magnitude star 7 arcminutes in position angle 100°. 7 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 30 arcminutes north preceeding.
115249.8+440726	eg	n3938	6	74	10.38:10.90	5.37x4.90	SA(s)c I	UMa
Observation on Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. No close stars. Observation on Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint and soft 1 arcminutes round glow at 49 power magnification and 122 power magnification. No nucleus. No details. Can't see in 272 power magnification. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint 3 arcminutes round glow brighter in the middle and fading outwards. Best at 61 power magnification, although seeable in 122 power magnification. No stellar nucleus shows. No elongation was seen. Pretty 5 arcminutes chain of 3 10 to 12 magnitude stars 30 arcminutes south. 9 magnitude star 10 arcminutes north preceeding.
115255.1+365914	eg	n3941	6	107	10.34:11.25	3.47x2.29 10°	SB(s)0°	UMa
Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Very soft 2 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 0° glow with a bright nonstellar 10 magnitude nucleus. There may be a stellar dot in the nucleus -- it comes and goes at 272 power magnification.
115314.7+604036	eg	n3945	2	47	10.85:11.8	5.25x3.47 15°	SB(rs)0a	UMa
Observation on Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 very faint 1 arcminutes homogenous smear - must be the nucleus only. No details at all, even at 122 power magnification. Easy to find but hard to see. To find, begin with the Sky Atlas 2000.0stars finder chartand sketchand finder chart, to a 10 magnitude 49 power magnification double star 15 arcminutes south, to an 11 magnitude star 20 arcminutes preceeding. Galaxy is now 15 arcminutes preceeding. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 3 arcminutes round glow with a pretty bright 12 magnitude nonstellar 0.5 arcminutes brighter nucleus off-center toward the north preceeding. 13 magnitude star on south edge. 10 magnitude star 9 arcminutes following. 9 magnitude pair 25 arcminutes following is plotted as a double in Uranometria 2000.0. GAMMA UMa 7°n exactly. Located 7° due south from GAMMA UMa.
115341.5+475135	eg	n3949	6	74	11.09:11.54	2.88x1.66 120°	SA(s)bc:	UMa
Observation on Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint and soft 1 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 120° glow at 49 power magnification and 122 power magnification. No stellar nucleus shows. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint 2 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes preceeding following oval glow slightly brighter in the middle. A possible 14 magnitude stellar nucleus may be there at 122 power magnification. 12 magnitude star 7 arcminutes in position angle 190°. 9 magnitude star 50 arcminutes in position angle 175°. 9 magnitude star 50 arcminutes in position angle 200°.
115349.5+521939	eg	n3953	2	47	10.07:10.84	6.92x3.47 13°	SB(r)bc I	UMa
Observation on Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location according to Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 113 chart. Observation on Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 I can see the star right on the edge of the Galaxy in 122 power magnification but not the Galaxy itself. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes north south glow with a brighter 1 arcminutes nonstellar nucleus. 1.5° due south of GAMMA UMa. 12 magnitude stars 4 arcminutes in position angle 80° and 5 arcminutes in position angle 130°.
115439.8-135823	eg	n3962	13	282	10.67:11.62	2.57x2.24 15°	E1	Crt
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Skyglow. Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 very faint 2 arcminutes glow possibly elongated 20° with a very suddenly pretty bright nonstellar nucleus. Forms a right triangle with 2 stars south which are an 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes south and an 11 magnitude star 3 arcminutes south preceeding. Another 11 magnitude star 10 arcminutes preceeding. Used Uranometria 2000.0 to find because Sky Atlas 2000.0 alone was too tough. A very easy finding technique is to put the 7 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star fnf and the 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star psp at the edge of the 30 power magnification field, then switch to 122 power magnification and n3962 will be centered.
115628.1+550729	eg	n3982	2	47	:11.78p	2.34x2.04	SAB(r)b:	UMa
Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint 1.5 arcminutes very soft featureless round glow. 12 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 195°. 13 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 170°. I think the description in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 is wrong -- they're describing what sounds a lot more like n3998 to me.
115736.2+532231	eg	M109	2	47	9.83:10.60	7.59x4.68 68°	SB(rs)bc	UMa
Observation on Mon 1986/06/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes-3 arcminutes glow surrounding a faint (but brighter than the glow) stellar nucleus. Very hard to define the boundary since its so faint. I don't understand how Messier could have seen something so faint. To find, 40 arcminutes following GAMMA UMa is a 10 magnitude star. Another 10 magnitude star is 20 arcminutes in position angle 190° from first 10 magnitude star. Galaxy is 5 arcminutes north following the second 10 magnitude star. Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 4 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 60° soft glow with a stellar nucleus. Best at 61 power magnification. A star is within the glow @1.5'345° from the nucleus. 10 magnitude star 5 arcminutes north preceeding. 12 magnitude star 7 arcminutes in position angle 280°. Easy find off GAMMA UMa.
115756.6+552715	eg	n3998	2	47	10.66:11.61	2.69x2.24 140°	SA(r)0°?P	UMa
Observation on Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 1.5 arcminutes faint round glow with a very bright stellar nucleus. Its one of the base "stars" on a 10 arcminutes bowl-shape with 3 other stars, and looks like a soft 10 magnitude star or 11 magnitude star at 30 power magnification. Galaxy n3990 is a 1 arcminutes extremely faint featureless glow inside that bowl.
115925.6+505743	eg	n4026	2	47	10.75:11.67	5.25x1.29 178°	S0sp	UMa
Observation on Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. No nearby guide stars. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 170° glow with a nonstellar 1 arcminutes by 0.25 arcminutes in position angle 170° brighter nucleus. Classical edge-on spiral. I love it. Easy find off GAMMA UMa. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 7 arcminutes in position angle 20°. 3 13 magnitude stars 5 arcminutes south.
115930.1-191605	eg	n4027	13	327	11.12:11.66	3.16x2.40 167°	Sc/SB(s)dm	Crv
Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 very extremely faint and diffuse 2 arcminutes glow found only with Uranometria 2000.0 at 122 power magnification using tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible. Can't hold in direct vision. Aversion shows no details -- just a 2 arcminutes featureless glow. Also seeable in 61 power magnification+Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter. 11 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 255°. 2 12 magnitude stars 12 arcminutes following. 5 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 30 arcminutes south following.
120024.1-010604	eg	n4030	14	237	:11.42p	4.17x3.02 27°	SA(s)bc I	Vir
Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes round glow slightly brighter in the middle. Slightly mottled in the central 0.5 arcminutes. 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes south south preceeding. 11 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north.
120127.3+615341	eg	n4036	2	25	10.66:11.57	4.27x1.70 85°	S0-	UMa
Observation on Wed 1988/05/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 2 arcminutes soft glow easiest seen at 122 power magnification. Field sketched. Possibly elongated but I can't see it for sure. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter enhances a little. No stellar nucleus shows. Observation on Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty bright 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow gradually brighter in the middle with a bright stellar nucleus. n4041 15 arcminutes in position angle 10°. 9 magnitude stars 12 arcminutes in position angle 285° and 12 arcminutes in position angle 75°.
120152.9-185154	eg	n4038	14	328	10.7:10.91p	5.25x3.09 80°	SB(s)mP	Crv
Observation on Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Skyglow. Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 2 arcminutes round glow was seen where n4038 and n4039 are. I assume I'm only seeing n4038. No brighter nucleus was seen -- just a very pale homogenous glow. No tails were seen. 9 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 340°. 10 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 185°. 12 magnitude star 12 arcminutes in position angle 175°. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 2 arcminutes extremely faint round glow. I see no brighter nucleus.
120212.0+620821	eg	n4041	2	25	11.30:11.88	2.69x2.51	SA(rs)bc: II	UMa
Observation on Wed 1988/05/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes soft glow appears only at 122 power magnification. Field sketched. No stellar nucleus shows. Invisible at 49 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 faint 1.5 arcminutes round glow gradually brighter in the middle with a bright stellar nucleus at center. n4036 15 arcminutes in position angle 190°. 9 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 150°. 11 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 200°. 13 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 5°.
120309.2+443206	eg	n4051	7	74	10.18:10.83	5.25x3.89 135°	SAB(rs)bc II	UMa
Observation on Wed 1988/05/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 120° glow gradually brighter in the middle with a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. 11 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 260°. 9 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 100°. 9 magnitude star 20 arcminutes in position angle 280°. 8 magnitude star 30 arcminutes in position angle 275°.
120522.9+502114	eg	n4085	2	47	12.37:12.95	2.82x0.79 78°	SAB(s)bc:? III	UMa
Observation on Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow very slightly brighter in the middle. n4088 20 arcminutes in position angle 10°. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 6 arcminutes south preceeding. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 8 arcminutes following south following.
120535.4+503232	eg	n4088	2	47	10.56:11.15	5.75x2.24 43°	SAB(rs)bc I-II	UMa
Observation on Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 faint 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 75° glow with a mottled surface and a stellar dot off-center to the preceeding (or picture), which could either be the stellar nucleus or a superimposed star. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 20 arcminutes in position angle 175°. n4085 20 arcminutes in position angle 190°.
120623.4+524241	eg	n4102	2	47	:11.99	3.02x1.74 38°	SAB(s)b?	UMa
Observation on Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 80° glow slightly brighter in the nonstellar 1.0 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes middle with a still brighter stellar nucleus at very center. 12 magnitude star superimposed 2 arcminutes preceeding the stellar nucleus. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 15 arcminutes in position angle 330° is shown as a double but not split at 122 power magnification. 12 magnitude star 6 arcminutes south. 13 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 85°. 12 magnitude star 7 arcminutes preceeding. 11 magnitude star 14 arcminutes in position angle 285°.
120702.7+430402	eg	n4111	7	74	10.74:11.63	4.57x0.98 150°	SA(r)0+:sp	CVn
Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 165° glow with a bright 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. 9 magnitude star 7 arcminutes in position angle 60°. Very suddenly brighter at the nucleus. Observation on Fri 1996/03/22 at Ed Watson's, Forestville MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 At 239 power magnification, a beautiful edge-on 3 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 150° Galaxy with an very extremely bright core elongated in the same pa, but no stellar nucleus. Core is offset along the minor axis toward pa 60°. The halo is brighter on the pa 330° end of the major axis than on the pa 150° end. A 9 magnitude 11 magnitude pair at 4 arcminutes in position angle 45° from the core point right at the core (from the brighter star through the fainter star and 4 arcminutes further is the core).
120936.6+423211	eg	n4143	7	74	:11.65	2.29x1.45 144°	SAB(s)0°	CVn
Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes round glow gradually brighter in the middle with a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. Best at 122 power magnification. 9 magnitude star 6 arcminutes south preceeding. 9 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 160°. Observation on Fri 1996/03/22 at Ed Watson's, Forestville MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 brighter than n4013, n4111, and n4138. pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 105° glow, brighter in the middle to an elongated core and a stellar nucleus. 9 magnitude star in pa 45°.
121006+1832.5	gc	n4147	14	148	10.4 14.5m*	4.0 round	VI	Com
Observation on Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint. I found this by aiming and looking for a moving haze. Lumicon UHC filter no help. No resolution. Way too faint. Observation on Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No resolution but not too hard to pick out of a still 49 power magnification field. Observation on Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3 arcminutes glow -- no resolution. Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes GlobularCluster with no resolution. Easy to see with direct vision at 61 power magnification, 122 power magnification, and 272 power magnification. A bit tougher at 30 power magnification, but seeable there, too. 10 magnitude star 10 arcminutes north following. 8 magnitude star 20 arcminutes north following.
121032.4+392430	eg	n4151	7	74	10.77:11.5	6.31x4.47 50°	(R')SAB(rs)ab:P	CVn
Observation on Tue 1988/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=3/9 Easy find using finder chart on Sky and Telescope Magazine, March, 1988, page 292. Stellar nucleus surrounded by a very faint 1/2' glow. Nothing else on that finder chart was seen. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 very extremely faint 2 arcminutes glow surrounding an extremely bright 11 magnitude stellar nucleus. 11 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north. 9 magnitude star 6 arcminutes south south following. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation. No elongation evident, but there is certainly an extremely bright stellar nucleus. Situated in a 2° field of 6 to 8 magnitude stars shown in Sky Atlas 2000.0.
121033.5+302406	eg	n4150	7	107	11.64:12.44	2.34x1.62 147°	SA(r)0°?	Com
Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 1 arcminutes round glow with a stellar nucleus. 9 magnitude star 8 arcminutes preceeding. 12 magnitude star 3 arcminutes south south preceeding.
121252.2+011800	eg	n4179	14	238	10.99:11.91	3.98x1.12 143°	S0sp	Vir
Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 1 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 135° even glow. No details. 10 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north following. 10 magnitude star 9 arcminutes north following. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty bright 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 140° glow brighter in the middle. Much brighter 0.25 arcminutes nuclear region with a very bright stellar dot nucleus in the middle. Located at the south preceeding end of a 20 arcminutes chain of 7 10 magnitude stars running 45°.
121505.3+331153	eg	n4203	7	107	10.86:11.8	3.39x3.16 10°	SAB0-:P	Com
Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 3 arcminutes round glow with an 11 magnitude stellar nucleus. Located in an easy V-shape of bright stars. 8 magnitude star (one of the stars in that V-shape) 3 arcminutes in position angle 345°.
121539.5+361939	eg	n4214	7	107	9.78:10.24	8.51x6.61	IAB(s)m III-IV	CVn
Observation on Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Mon 1986/06/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Thu 1988/06/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes round homogenous glow. No nucleus shows. Slightly mottled at 122 power magnification. Possibly slightly elongated 135°. 12 magnitude star 5 arcminutes south following.
121553.1+130858	eg	n4216	14	193	10.01:10.99	8.13x1.78 19°	SAB(s)b: II	Vir
Observation on Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 small round glow. Observation on Tue 1986/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 45° sliver. bright nucleus. 8 magnitude star 25 arcminutes north following. 10 magnitude star 15 arcminutes preceeding. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 30°. bright nucleus. Easiest at 122 power magnification. First-class Galaxy. With averted vision I see faint extents and can easily see a textbook edge-on spiral. Observation on Sun 1992/04/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 bright 6 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 10° spindle with a suddenly much brighter 1.5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes core. 10 magnitude star 12 arcminutes preceeding. Observation on Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 8 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 0° long spindle with very bright nonstellar core offset toward the north preceeding. Halo does not grow wider around the nucleus - is simply a flat brushstroke of pale light in across the sky. Halo seems more sharply cutoff on the following (or finder chart) edge than on the preceeding (or picture) edge. There appears to be an very extremely faint glow following (or finder chart)-more of the sharply-cutoff following (or finder chart) edge, so I might seeing a dust lane, but this observation is very unsure. After I saw this, I read that Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects says its real. No stars superimposed or very close to Galaxy. Easy finding 9 magnitude star 15 arcminutes north following. n4206 15 arcminutes in position angle 210°. Observation on Fri 1995/05/05 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Gorgeous edge-on Galaxy. 6 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 30° with an intensely bright core which is elongated in same PA. In moments of steady seeing a very slightly brighter nucleus shows. The faint glow of the halo surrounds the nucleus completely, so this is not really completely edge-on. I see no superimposed stars. I see no structure in the arms or outer halo. No stellarings. following (or finder chart) edge is sharply cutoff, indicating a dark lane. Need to view this on a super-night since I don't see the superimposed star which should be 1 arcminutes following the nucleus. Perhaps on a great night I'll see some glow outside of the dust lane. Observation on Fri 1996/03/22 at Ed Watson's, Forestville MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 very bright 8 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow pretty suddenly brighter in the middle to an elongated core which is off-center along the minor axis toward pa 135° and has a stellar nucleus superimposed. n4206 is 15 arcminutes south preceeding.
121737.0+293634	eg	n4245	7	107	11.40:12.31	2.88x2.19	SABbc III/SB(r)0a:	Com
Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 1 arcminutes round faint glow with no details at all. Located amid a 15 arcminutes preceeding following arc of 4 11 magnitude stars preceeding (or picture) and one 12 magnitude star following (or finder chart). Observation on Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 2 arcminutes round slightly-mottled haze with a suddenly brighter 0.5 arcminutes core and a stellar nucleus superimposed on it. The mottling in the halo looks like it might be spiral structure that's just beyond my ability to resolve. Stellar nucleus becomes more pronounced at higher powers. Located at the fnf end of a 15 arcminutes chain of 4 10 to 11 magnitude stars.
121808.0+281032	eg	n4251	7	107	10.72:11.58	3.63x1.48 100°	SB0?sp	Com
Observation on Tue 1988/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=3/9 faint 0.5 arcminutes glow easily seeable in both 49 power magnification and 122 power magnification. 122 power magnification shows its nonstellar. Easy find off Com OpenCluster using picture Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 123. Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow with a bright stellar nucleus. From here I don't need any tricks or picture to find -- just a Uranometria 2000.0 chart. 6 magnitude star (9 CrB) 20 arcminutes following. Best at 122 power magnification.
121857.9+471816	eg	M106	7	74	8.41:9.10	18.62x7.24 150°	SAB(s)bcP	CVn
Observation on Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Elongated glow with a bright nucleus. Observation on Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very bright long slender glow. Looks like a very tilted spiral. Central glow noticable and faint spiral edge-wise disks extending north north following and south south preceeding. Observation on Fri 1988/05/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=3/9 Tonight (poor conditions) I see only a 1 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 150° glow. Central 0.5 arcminutes is brightest. No stellar nucleus was seen. Orientation in 19860508 observation was wrong? Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 165° glow. brighter in the middle with a 11 magnitude stellar nucleus which seems to be off-center to the following (or finder chart). 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes preceeding 11 magnitude star 5 arcminutes south following. Observation on Wed 1992/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=9/9 8 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 170° pretty bright glow gradually brighter in the middle. Observation on Fri 1994/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 bright 8 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 160° glow. Entire halo is bright and not really brighter toward the middle, until an very extremely bright 11 magnitude 0.5 arcminutes by 0.25 arcminutes nucleus is reached, which is off-center slightly. Entire disk is slightly mottled.
121922.8+054936	eg	n4261	14	193	10.42:11.41	4.07x3.63 160°	E2.5	Vir
Observation on Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint 2 arcminutes round glow with a stellar nucleus at 122 power magnification. A 60 arcminutes long north south line of bright stars is just following (or finder chart). For the last 1.5 hours I've been glancing every once in a while at a stationary auroral display. From time of darkness until 1/2 hour ago, it was just a huge 100° wide arc in the sky, touching the ground north preceeding, rising up to about 20° (completely and just barely covering Cas), and falling back down to the ground north following. Just a 10°-wide arc of light. Then 1/2 hour ago, that arc rose up 10° toward the south, and a second arc appeared about 15° below it. The second arc had the same shape, but instead of being a solid glow, it was made of myriad vertical lines ranging from very thin to about 2° wide. Occasionally, that lower arc showed very slight rippling. Less than 5 minutes ago, I still saw that display, then observed this Galaxy. Now, when I looked up, the display had burst into a huge 1/4 sky bright and dancing glow. It runs from the zenith to the north following and south following horizons, and is filled-in completely within that pie wedge. Lights dance all around in all directions at random. The preceeding (or picture) and following (or finder chart) edges are pretty hard, and they dance most of all. After a while, the preceeding (or picture) edge split apart. The huge glow still existed and was mainly gray with some green and some very subtle hints of blue, but the part that split off to the preceeding (or picture) became a 15°-wide by 60° tall separate curtain of light. The north-more part of that curtain was greyish-green, and the south-more (or is it preceeding (or picture)-more) part became slightly pink, then very deep red. The entire display was very active, with wide arcs of light beginning at the north horizon and moving very rapidly south over the rest of the aurora. These arcs would usually make it from the horizon to the zenith, shrinking as they went, within a second or two of time. The aurora was so active and changed its overall character so often that I was awe-struck. Somethimes, huge winding curtains appeared and danced. Sometimes those arcs of light ran from north horizon to zenith. Sometimes the 30° around the zenith darkened for a while, and pulsed on and off in rapid succession, then returned to solid brightness. Sometimes when that pulsation was happening, the whole 30° lit up and darkened as a whole, and sometimes it was moving bands of light across that area. The aurora eventually grew until it just missed touching the north-most extents of Sco. For most of the time, though, the south-most extent was just covering CrB, and the appearance at that point was really interesting. Sometimes it would be a north-facing arc with small rays running outward south. Sometimes it was a south-pointing arc, and when that happened, I remember thinking that the whole aurora looked like M42 (the bite taken out was directly overhead), and could imagine myself on some planet very nearby, looking up in the sky and seeing M42 taking up 1/4 of my sky. Yech (eternal full moon). The part that I'll remember forever, though, was that dark red soft-edged pillar of light. I've never seen color in an aurora before (all my previous aurorae were viewed from at or near my light-polluted home). I was all alone tonight, and that was really unfortunate, because I wanted to share the aurora with someone. I though briefly about waking up the the farmer family, but thought better of it. Steve Hughes apparently decided not to come out tonight, and that's really too bad. I sure wish he could have seen this display. After about 45 minutes of watching the aurora, things had really settled down for about 10 minutes, and, since I had to work in the morning, I packed up the van and went home. When I got there, Toni had not heard of the aurora at all. She came out and watched it for a while with me. From at home, the aurora was now a pale glow, but very active again. Moving searchlights swept across the grey glow of light. My red pillar of light at the south following edge of the display was a washed-out very-slightly-pinkish background glow, and I went to bed sure that I was the only person who had seen the blood-red light in the sky. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Marty Kunz saw the aurora from dark skies and thought it was great, too, but I didn't get a chance to talk to him about it. Observation on Sat 1991/06/15 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I talked to Marty today at the Summer Solstice picnic about the Aurora. He stayed later than me, and it apparently grew stronger in the south. He had the same impression of being near M42 as I did. Observation on Fri 1991/09/13 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Astronomy Magazine, October, 1991, page 91-3 shows picture of this aurora. Observation on Sat 1995/04/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes round glow gradually brighter in the middle, then suddenly brighter in the middle at a very bright 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. Located in a bright star field which makes it easy to jump from Galaxy to Galaxy in this rich cluster. This is the brightest Galaxy in the field. n4264 4 arcminutes in position angle 75°.
121950.9+293654	eg	n4274	7	107	10.41:11.34	6.76x2.51 102°	Sbc II-III/(R)SB(r)ab	Com
Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes preceeding following glow with a 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes brighter nuclear region and a just-barely-BTr stellar dot nucleus in the center. 11 magnitude star 5 arcminutes north. 10 magnitude star 20 arcminutes in position angle 100°. 10 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 75°. Best at 122 power magnification. n4278 12 arcminutes south. Both fit easily in the 61 power magnification field. Observation on Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 2nd brightest and largest Galaxy in the group. Halo is 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 90° and becomes very gradually brighter in the middle to a round 1 arcminutes core which is a bit off-center to the north, and a sudden 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. Looks like an Sb Galaxy, just a bit more face-on than M31. No dust lanes show. 12 magnitude star 12 arcminutes in position angle 105°. 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 345°. 10 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 180°.
121955.6+052048	eg	n4273	14	238	11.86:12.39	2.34x1.51 10°	SB(s)c	Vir
Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint 2 arcminutes round slightly-mottled glow. Stellar nucleus in middle is just barely brighter than the glow. The Galaxy certainly doesn't look star like to me, as Observe: the Herschel Objects describes it. Center of 3 egs in a row running 45°. All 3 egs look fairly similar. n4277 8 arcminutes in position angle 80° is slightly brighter with a bright stellar nucleus. n4268 4 arcminutes in position angle 210° is smaller and fainter. n4270 8 arcminutes in position angle 350° is a pretty faint 1 arcminutes glow with a slightly brighter stellar nucleus. south preceeding-most of a chain of 3 9 magnitude stars running 45° is @15'350°. Observation on Sat 1995/04/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 In an incredible Galaxy field. Rating (changed from 35) is for the field. 2 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 0°. 2nd brightest in group, after n4281. Slightly brighter elongated core with a slightly brighter still 12 magnitude stellar nucleus.
122007.2+291647	eg	n4278	7	107	10.16:11.09	4.07x3.80	E1.5	Com
Observation on Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes round glow with a stellar nucleus. 13 magnitude star 4 arcminutes north. 10 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 255°. n4277 12 arcminutes north. Both fit easily in an 61 power magnification field. Observation on Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 brightest in group. 1 arcminutes perfectly round glow with an intense 10 magnitude stellar nucleus. faint outer halo becomes very gradually but consistantly brighter in the middle until the sudden stellar nucleus is reached. n4283 4 arcminutes in position angle 45°. !Try for gcs.
122021.7+052313	eg	n4281	14	238	11.29:12.25	3.02x1.48 88°	S0+:sp	Vir
Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 75° glow with no details at all. A really tough Galaxy to see. Requires 122 power magnification + averted vision. No nucleus shows at all. Forms an equilateral triangle with a 9 magnitude star 10 arcminutes north north preceeding and another 9 magnitude star 10 arcminutes north north following. 8 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 175°. Observation on Sat 1995/04/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 In an incredible Galaxy field. Rating (changed from 88) is for the field. pretty bright 1.5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 90° glow with a suddenly brighter core and a bright 11 magnitude stellar nucleus. brightest in group.
122113.0+182258	eg	n4293	14	148	10.36:11.26	5.62x2.57 72°	(R)SB(s)0aP	Com
Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 80° very soft glow. Gradually brighter in the middle, but no distinct nucleus shows. Best at 61 power magnification or 122 power magnification. 25 arcminutes arc of 5 10 to 13 magnitude stars begins just north of the Galaxy and runs following (or finder chart).
122154.7+042820	eg	M61	14	238	9.65:10.18	6.46x5.75	SAB(rs)bc I	Vir
Observation on Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint glow. Observation on Tue 1988/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=3/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Observation on Wed 1988/05/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=3/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow forms a 30 arcminutes equilateral triangle with a 8 magnitude star north preceeding and a 10 magnitude star north following. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty bright 4 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow with a bright stellar nucleus. The triangle mentioned before is not an equilateral, but a right triangle with M61 at the 90° vertex. The stars in that triangle are 8 magnitude star 18 arcminutes in position angle 250° and 10 magnitude star 27 arcminutes in position angle 10°. Observation on Sat 1996/02/24 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 3 arcminutes round fairly bright glow with mottling in the halo and a bright 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. Looks very much like a face-on spiral. 14 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 225°. No sign of n4303a. Observation on Fri 1996/03/22 at Ed Watson's, Forestville MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 4 arcminutes round glow very gradually brighter in the middle. Very mottled. very bright stellar nucleus. Definitely saw a spiral arm running tangent to the pa 60° edge of the glow, running out toward pa 330°. It then takes a sharp turn toward pa 240°. There is a star superimposed right at that bend. Tangent to the pa 240° edge of the glow and running in pa 150° is another arm, but much fainter. 14 magnitude star 2 arcminutes in position angle 60°.
122232.2+295347	eg	n4314	7	108	10.58:11.43	4.17x3.72 150°	SB(rs)a	Com
Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint even 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 150° glow. No nucleus shows. Little brighter in the middle. 11 magnitude star 10 arcminutes north north following. 9 magnitude star 18 arcminutes north north following. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 150° glow with a pretty bright 1 arcminutes nonstellar nucleus and a stellar nucleus in the center of the nonstellar nucleus. Previously mentioned stars verified. 13 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 210°. Observation on Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 4 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 120° glow with a round 1 arcminutes slightly-BTr outer core, a bright 1 arcminutes by 0.25 arcminutes in position angle 120° inner core, and a barely-BTr stellar nucleus. very extremely faint oval 4 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes halo surrounds this structure, which is assumed to be a bar. 11 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 30°. 9 magnitude star 14 arcminutes in position angle 30°. 11 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 105°. 13 magnitude star 2.5 arcminutes in position angle 315°. 14 magnitude star 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 45°. 14 magnitude star 1 arcminutes in position angle 135° from the nucleus is right at the north following edge of the south following arm.
122328.0+465939	eg	n4346	7	74	:12.14	3.31x1.26 99°	S0sp	CVn
Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 1 arcminutes very faint glow surrounding a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. 13 magnitude star 5 arcminutes north following. 11 magnitude star 10 arcminutes north north following. 11 magnitude star 10 arcminutes south south following.
122358.2+164134	eg	n4350	14	193	10.99:11.94	3.02x1.45 28°	SA0sp	Com
Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 30° glow with a pretty bright stellar nucleus at 122 power magnification. n4340 6 arcminutes following north following is fainter 1.5 arcminutes round glow with a just-slightly brighter stellar nucleus. 7 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 30 arcminutes in position angle 280°. 12 magnitude star 12 arcminutes south. 11 magnitude star 14 arcminutes south. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 20 arcminutes south.
122427.9+071906	eg	n4365	14	193	9.56:10.52	6.92x5.01 40°	E3	Vir
Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright and large 4 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 40° glow gradually brighter in the middle with a 0.5 arcminutes nonstellar nucleus and an 11 magnitude or 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. Best at 122 power magnification. 11 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 160°. 13 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 310°. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 50 arcminutes following. Observation on Wed 1992/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow with a 1 arcminutes brighter core and a stellar nucleus. Observation on Sat 1996/02/24 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 brightest Galaxy in field. bright core with gradually fading halo surrounding. 1.5 arcminutes round.
122430.79-184705.1	pn	n4361	14	328	10.3 13.18m*	45"/110"round	3a+2	Crv
Observation on Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 1.5 arcminutes large PlanetaryNebula with Lumicon UHC filter. No central star. Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. extremely faint against the skyglow. Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 2 arcminutes large PlanetaryNebula. Seeable in 61 power magnification alone, and Blinking the UHC in and out of view to make a nebula more easily visiblesouth easily. 122 power magnification is best view, because it shows a 13 magnitude central star, which is just barely brighter than the glow of the PlanetaryNebula, and blinks in and out with averted vision / direct vision.
122455.2+114216	eg	n4371	14	193	10.81:11.79	3.98x2.24 95°	SB(r)0a	Vir
Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Soft 1.5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow. Stellar nucleus. Easiest at 122 power magnification. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter doesn't help. Observation on Sun 1992/04/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 1.5 arcminutes round glow with a stellar nucleus.
122556.1+181254	eg	n4394	14	148	10.88:11.73	3.63x3.24	(R)SB(r)ab II	Com
Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint featureless 1 arcminutes round glow. M85 8 arcminutes in position angle 260°. 13 magnitude star 5 arcminutes south. Used n4382 to find. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Little brighter in the middle. 12 magnitude stellar nucleus shows at 122 power magnification + aversion.
122627.5+311329	eg	n4414	7	108	10.12:10.96	3.63x2.04 155°	SA(rs)c? II	Com
Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 4 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 160° very gradually brighter in the middle till an 11 magnitude stellar nucleus is reached. Mottled disk at 122 power magnification. 10 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 280°.
122656.9+150252	eg	n4419	14	193	11.16:12.08	3.31x1.12 133°	SB(s)asp	Com
Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 150° glow with a slightly brighter nonstellar nucleus and a still slightly brighter stellar nucleus. Best at 122 power magnification though visible even at 30 power magnification. 13 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 190°. 10 magnitude star 7 arcminutes north preceeding. 11 magnitude star 7 arcminutes following north following.
122726.4+110629	eg	n4429	14	193	10.04:11.02	5.62x2.57 99°	(R)SA(r)0+	Vir
Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 100° glow. Stellar nucleus shows at 122 power magnification. 9 magnitude star 2 arcminutes north preceeding. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes preceeding following glow with a much brighter 1.5 arcminutes round nonstellar nucleus and a centered 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. Located in a north south line of pretty bright stars. Nearest star is a 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 3 arcminutes in position angle 10°. Seeable in 30 power magnification.
122740.6+130448	eg	n4435	14	193	10.80:11.74	2.75x2.00 13°	SB(s)0°	Vir
Observation on Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 south-more glow 50 arcminutes following M84. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Wrong. Its the north-more glow. 2 arcminutes round glow with a bright stellar nucleus. Seems much brighter than n4438 to me. Easiest at 122 power magnification. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter hurts. Observation on Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 bright and easy. bright sharp 10 magnitude core with a 2 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 30° haze around it. brighter overall and smaller than n4438 @150°, but with a fainter core. n4458 and n4461 at 25 arcminutes in position angle 60° from here are oriented in the same direction relative to each other.
122745.5+130036	eg	n4438	14	193	10.17:11.02	8.51x3.16 27°	SA(s)0aP:	Vir
Observation on Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 north-more glow 50 arcminutes following M84. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Wrong. Its the south-more glow. 4 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 30° glow. Central 2 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes is brighter than the rest of the glow and there is an elusive stellar nucleus. Easiest at 122 power magnification. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter hurts. Surface brightness is fainter than n4435. Observation on Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 bright and easy. 3 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 15° gradually brighter to a 9 magnitude core. fainter overall and larger than n4435 @330°, but with a brighter core. No sign of the distortions which show so obviously in picture. n4458 and n4461 at 25 arcminutes in position angle 60° from here are oriented in the same direction relative to each other.
122803.7+094818	eg	n4442	14	193	10.44:11.38	4.57x1.78 87°	SB(s)0° P	Vir
Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 2 arcminutes very faint glow surrounding a bright stellar nucleus at 122 power magnification. Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow with a bright stellar nucleus. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 45 arcminutes following. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0 pair stars 30 arcminutes south. 12 magnitude star 7 arcminutes preceeding. 11 magnitude star 8 arcminutes preceeding north preceeding. Observation on Sat 1996/03/16 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 60° halo, much brighter in the middle to a pretty bright core and a stellar nucleus. 14 magnitude star on north following edge. 13 magnitude star 2 arcminutes in position angle 150°.
122811.4+440540	eg	n4449	7	75	9.58:9.99	6.17x4.37 45°	IBm III	CVn
Observation on Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pretty bright 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 150° glow. The edges do seem a little harder than normal. Takes 122 power magnification to no advantage. Located due south of the delicate double star ads8546. Observation on Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I think alignment should be 60°. Observation on Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Yes, alignment is 60°. Nucleus just slightly brighter than the overall glow -- not much. At 122 power magnification some mottling comes and goes on the central 2 arcminutes. Edges of this Galaxy fade to background sky much faster than the average Galaxy.
122815.6+283715	eg	n4448	7	108	11.07:12.00	3.89x1.41 94°	SB(r)ab II-III	Com
Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow. Slight brightness increase towards the center with a stellar nucleus that occasionally blinks on at 122 power magnification. Direct vision can hold the Galaxy at 122 power magnification. 3 10 magnitude star 9 arcminutes north. 9 magnitude star 22 arcminutes in position angle 30°. Observation on Mon 1992/05/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 2 arcminutes round glow brighter in the middle to a 30 arcseconds core with a stellar nucleus.
122829.4+170505	eg	n4450	14	148	10.08:10.90	5.25x3.89 175°	SA(s)ab	Com
Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 15° pretty bright glow. brighter toward the center, with a stellar nucleus which is just barely brighter than the glow of the Galaxy. 9 magnitude star 7 arcminutes south preceeding. 9 magnitude star 25 arcminutes south.
122900.1+135846	eg	n4459	14	193	10.37:11.32	3.55x2.69 110°	SA(r)0+	Com
Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 1 arcminutes glow. 9 magnitude star 3 arcminutes south south following. Stellar nucleus shows at 122 power magnification. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 2 arcminutes round glow with a bright stellar nucleus which is slightly off-center towards the following (or finder chart) at 122 power magnification. Easy find with an 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 3 arcminutes in position angle 150°. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 7 arcminutes in position angle 265°. Observation on Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 2 arcminutes round glow with a 0.5 arcminutes core and a stellar nucleus that comes and goes. Very symmetrical. Perfectly round. Looks like an elliptical to me. star 10 arcminutes in position angle 240°.
122948.8+132549	eg	n4473	14	193	10.20:11.16	4.47x2.51 100°	E5	Com
Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 arcminutes faint glow with a stellar nucleus. Observation on Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 n4473 and n4477 are 2 pretty bright egs at 15 arcminutes in position angle 0° to each other. n4473 is the south-more and is slightly preceeding (or picture) n4477. Slightly brighter than n4473. 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following with a very bright stellar nucleus. Easiest at 122 power magnification. Observation on Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 1.5 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 75° glow with a bright 10 magnitude nonstellar core. Perfect equilateral triangle with 2 12 magnitude stars at 8 arcminutes in position angle 120° and 8 arcminutes in position angle 195°. Much fainter n4458 and n4461 25 arcminutes in position angle 210°. Similar in appearance to n4477 15 arcminutes in position angle 0°
123002.5+133811	eg	n4477	14	193	10.42:11.38	3.80x3.47 15°	SABa/SB(s)0:?	Com
Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 arcminutes faint glow with a stellar nucleus. Observation on Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 n4473 and n4477 are 2 pretty bright egs at 15 arcminutes in position angle 0° to each other. n4477 is the north-more and is slightly following (or finder chart) n4473. Slightly fainter than 4473. 3 arcminutes circular glow with a stellar nucleus. The nucleus is not quite as bright as n4473's. Observation on Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 brighter of 2 with n4479. Very similar in appearance to n4473 15 arcminutes in position angle 180°. 1.5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 0° faint nebulosity with a bright 12 magnitude nonstellar core. n4479 8 arcminutes in position angle 120° and a 13 magnitude star 7 arcminutes in position angle 180° form an equilateral triangle.
123017.4+121944	eg	n4478	14	193	11.45:12.36	1.91x1.62 140°	E2	Vir
Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint glow. M87 north following. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 very faint 1 arcminutes glow located 15 arcminutes preceeding south preceeding M87. No details visible. Easiest to see at 122 power magnification. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 1 arcminutes glow with a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus at 122 power magnification. M87 8 arcminutes following north following. n4476 5 arcminutes north following is an very extremely faint 1 arcminutes featureless glow. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 15 arcminutes north following (the star that is 6 arcminutes north of M87). Observation on Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 pretty faint 1.5 arcminutes glow near M87 independantly observed. Observation on Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 1 arcminutes round elliptical Galaxy with a suddenly brighter 11 magnitude nonstellar core. M87 10 arcminutes in position angle 60°. Similar to n4476 5 arcminutes preceeding except brighter, and n4476's nucleus is stellar.
123031.7+414201	eg	n4485	7	75	11.93:12.32	2.29x1.62 15°	IB(s)mP III-IV	CVn
Observation on Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No trace. Observation on Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow located about 5 arcminutes north n4490 was glimpsed at 122 power magnification. Observation on Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow 4 arcminutes north n4490. 61 power magnification alone showed best. Featureless. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Featureless 1 arcminutes glow in 122 power magnification. n4490 4 arcminutes south.
123036.7+413823	eg	n4490	7	75	9.79:10.22	6.31x3.09 125°	SB(s)cdP III	CVn
Observation on Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint glow located north preceeding a very bright star (BETA CVn). Observation on Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. BETA CVn 12 arcminutes south following. No trace of n4485. Observation on Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation except n4485 glimpsed in 122 power magnification. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter enhances slightly. Curve on north edge shows well. Observation on Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. With 122 power magnification+Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter, a curved extension from the north preceeding edge arcs toward the north for about 1 arcminutes. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 100° glow. Little brighter in the middle. Nonstellar nucleus. Slightly mottled. 12 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 165°. n4485 5 arcminutes south.
123124.3+254625	eg	n4494	7	148	9.83:10.71	4.79x3.55	E1.5	Com
Observation on Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint 5 arcminutes circular glow south of a brighter star near double 17 CrB towards Galaxy n4565. Observation on Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 2 arcminutes glow. bright star 4 arcminutes north. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 3 arcminutes circular glow with a bright stellar nucleus at 122 power magnification. Located 12 arcminutes south south preceeding the preceeding (or picture)-most of the 3 star chain noted in the finder directions for n4565.
123402.9+074201	eg	n4526	14	194	9.70:10.66	7.24x2.40 113°	SAB(s)0°:sp	Vir
Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes glow centered between 2 8 magnitude stars. Observation on Tue 1990/05/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Diffuse 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. Very slight brightness increase towards the center with a not-vBT stellar nucleus which is off-center towards the south preceeding edge. 13 magnitude star 2 arcminutes south south following. Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very bright 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 115° glow with a nonstellar nucleus which looks like its centered ok. Stellar nucleus at center of nonstellar nucleus. Perfectly centered between 2 7 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0stars.
123408.8+023913	eg	n4527	14	239	10.52:11.38	6.17x2.09 67°	SAB(s)bc II	Vir
Observation on Tue 1990/05/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint 4 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 70° with a pretty bright nonstellar nucleus. Galaxy'south glow is brighter following (or finder chart) the nucleus than preceeding (or picture) the nucleus. 12 magnitude star on south preceeding edge, 2 arcminutes off nucleus. n4536 34 arcminutes in position angle 5°. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 15 arcminutes in position angle 180°. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 19 arcminutes in position angle 180°. Those 2 stars are between n4527 and n4536, and are the stars mentioned on today's observation of n4536. Observation on Fri 1992/02/21 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 !I do believe that the 12 magnitude star I saw on 19910605 was the supernova.
123420.3+081153	eg	n4535	14	194	9.96:10.59	7.08x5.01 0°	SAB(s)c I	Vir
Observation on Tue 1990/05/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint 6 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes north south very homogenous ghostly pale glow. Best at 61 power magnification. Barely seeable in 122 power magnification with no details added. Superimposed star near south edge. I see no brighter nucleus. 2 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0stars 25 arcminutes north. 7 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 30 arcminutes in position angle 175°.
123426.9+021119	eg	n4536	14	239	10.55:11.16	7.59x3.24 130°	SAB(rs)bc II	Vir
Observation on Tue 1990/05/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint elusive 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 110° oval glow with a faint stellar nucleus at center. Best at 122 power magnification. n4527 34 arcminutes in position angle 175°. 7 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 15 arcminutes in position angle 80°. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 19 arcminutes in position angle 350°. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 15 arcminutes in position angle 350°. Those last two stars are between n4527 and n4536, and are the stars mentioned on today's observation of n4527.
123526.3+142949	eg	M91	14	194	10.15:10.96	5.37x4.27 150°	SB(rs)b	Com
Observation on Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes glow. Observation on Sat 1988/05/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=2/9 extremely faint glow wouldn't have been found without Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 127. Observation on Wed 1988/05/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=3/9 extremely faint glow. 10 magnitude star 7 arcminutes preceeding. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 6 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 80° with a 2 arcminutes brighter region in the middle and a stellar nucleus at the center of that region at 122 power magnification + aversion. 10 magnitude star 8 arcminutes preceeding. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 20 arcminutes preceeding north preceeding. Observation on Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 3 arcminutes round hazy glow with a moderately bright 0.5 arcminutes core that runs in pa 60° and might be a bar. 10 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 240°. 11 magnitude star 12 arcminutes in position angle 60°.
123529.5-034737	eg	n4546	14	239	10.32:11.30	3.31x1.45 80°	SB(s)0-:	Vir
Observation on Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint 1 arcminutes glow. Easy find off Sky Atlas 2000.0stars. Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 very faint 1 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. Requires 122 power magnification + averted vision. Stellar nucleus. 12 magnitude star 3 arcminutes south following. Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pretty faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 50° glow with a bright non-stellar nucleus and a very bright stellar nucleus. Easy at 122 power magnification. 12 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 135°. 12 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 70°. 8 magnitude star 20 arcminutes north. 8 magnitude star 20 arcminutes south. 9 magnitude star 11 magnitude star pair 25 arcminutes preceeding.
123530.9+121317	eg	n4550	14	194	11.68:12.56	3.31x0.93 178°	SB0+?sp	Vir
Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes glow with a faint stellar nucleus. south south preceeding-more of 2 with n4451 4 arcminutes north north following, which is fainter, 1.5 arcminutes by 0.3 arcminutes preceeding following, with less of a brightness increase towards the nucleus. This pair is south following the 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star by just slightly more than M89 is north following of that 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 20 arcminutes north preceeding.
123557.3+275753	eg	n4559	7	149	10.01:10.46	10.72x4.37 150°	SAB(rs)cd II-III	Com
Observation on Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Should be due north of Galaxy n4565. Observation on Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. At Galaxy location I have a star (the one right next to the Galaxy on Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 123) but no Galaxy. Observation on Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 faint 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. Very slightly brighter in the middle. 3 stars superimposed. 11 magnitude on following (or finder chart) edge, 12 magnitude on south edge, and 13 magnitude on south following edge. 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0 pair 1°n. 12 magnitude star 12 arcminutes in position angle 350°. 13 magnitude star 7 arcminutes in position angle 340°. 12 magnitude star 12 arcminutes in position angle 100°.
123620.6+255920	eg	n4565	7	149	9.58:10.42	15.85x2.14 136°	SA(s)b?sp I	Com
Observation on Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very long slender and faint. Easy find due preceeding (or picture) the double 17 CrB in the OpenCluster. Along the way from double to Galaxy, see Galaxy n4494. Observation on Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 4 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 135°. Observation on Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 To find, begin at the double star. 50 arcminutes following are 3 stars separated by 15 arcminutes each. 10 arcminutes south of preceeding (or picture)-most (brightest) star is very faint 1 arcminutes glow n4494. Go back to the 3 stars. 75 arcminutes following are 2 more stars separated by 15 arcminutes. n4565 is 20 arcminutes north preceeding the preceeding (or picture)-more (fainter). Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 10 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. 1 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes non-stellar nucleus. Observation on Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 bright 8 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. Only 1 arcminutes wide for most of the 8 arcminutes run, except central 3 arcminutes, which fattens out to 2 arcminutes. 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes central glow is much brighter. star just north following the nucleus. Compared 122 power magnification view to Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 122 picture to try and see the dust lane, but I couldn't. Judging from the placement of the star, it seems I may not be seeing the part of the central bulge which is north following the dust lane. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 15 arcminutes in position angle 175°. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 18 arcminutes in position angle 200°. 11 magnitude star 9 arcminutes in position angle 280°. 12 magnitude star 11 arcminutes in position angle 265°. Observation on Fri 1994/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 Gorgeous 13 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 140° glow. very faint and thin at outer edges. Widens toward center. Central 3 arcminutes bulge is cut in the north part by a dust lane running in same PA as the Galaxy. very bright 1 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 140° patch on south side of dust lane. 8 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 160°. 11 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 51°. 13 magnitude star 7 arcminutes in position angle 220°. Observation on Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Absolutely spectactular view. Huge 12 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 135°. 5 arcminutes long equatorial dust lane cuts through the glow on the north following side of the nucleus. Glow appears on the far side of the nucleus from the dust lane. Right on the south preceeding edge of the equatorial dark lane is a stellar nucleus. The core is very large, and would be about 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes if the dust lane didn't obscure part of it. The ends of the Galaxy taper off into background sky. 13 magnitude star 2.5 arcminutes in position angle 45° from nucleus. 14 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 210° from nucleus.
123653.3+071452	eg	n4570	14	194	10.90:11.84	3.80x1.15 159°	S0sp	Vir
Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Gorgeous 4 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 170° edge-on Galaxy. pretty bright, with a brighter 1 arcminutes by 0.25 arcminutes area on preceeding (or picture) edge, and a slightly-BTr-still stellar nucleus centered within that 1 arcminutes by 0.25 arcminutes area. Best at 122 power magnification. Here is an Galaxy that visually really looks like the picture. 12 magnitude star 7 arcminutes in position angle 340°. 8 magnitude/9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0stars 18 arcminutes in position angle 290°. Observation on Sat 1996/02/24 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Another nice edge-on. Has a much brighter core but is smaller than n4532, the Galaxy I just finished observing. Looks just like an edge-on sunny-side-up egg. 2 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 150° glow. Core is nonstellar even at 170 power magnification, and appears to be about 10 magnitude. Halo is pretty bright, too, and ends abruptly.
123956.1+101033	eg	n4596	14	194	10.41:11.35	3.98x2.95 135°	SB(r)0a	Vir
Observation on Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1 arcminutes faint glow. 11 magnitude star 3 arcminutes south following. 9 magnitude star 12 arcminutes south. Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 130° glow with a brighter 1 arcminutes nonstellar nucleus and a stellar dot in the middle. Best at 122 power magnification. 5 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 30 arcminutes following.
123959.4-113722	eg	M104	14	284	8.00:8.98	8.71x3.55 89°	SA(s)absp	Vir
Observation on Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint smear with 1 hard edge. following (or finder chart) an asterism of 4 bright and colorful stars. Observation on Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Long thin 0.5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes bright nucleus with a surrounding glow of 1 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes preceeding following. south edge is hard and this edge also contains the nucleus. Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 1 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes preceeding following. pretty faint. Early in evening Saturday night. Observation on Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 4 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following. very bright stellar nucleus stands out over the softer glow. Just south of the nucleus is a hard edge to the Galaxy. The north edge is much softer, fading gradually to nothingness. Found by moving from GAMMA Vir (1242-1.5) south thru CHI to double star north of Galaxy. Observation on Sun 1992/05/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation. Extremely easy to find by beginning at Spica and move 40 minutes preceeding (or picture) until you see an unmistakable 5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 120° L-shape of 4 8 to 10 magnitude stars. Then M104 is 30 arcminutes following. Observation on Fri 1994/05/13 at Fish Lake, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 bright 90° glow not quite as bright as M81. Becomes suddenly very much brighter at a stellar nucleus. south edge is hard, and on the other side of the dust lane (on the south side) is a very faint 90° glow. 2 bright stars on the preceeding (or picture) side, slightly south of the Galaxy. Observation on Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty small pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 90° glow with a very bright nonstellar core which is on-center if I ignore the dark lane. Right at the south edge of the core a 30 arcseconds-wide dark lane cuts all the way across the Galaxy, parallel to the major axis, and beyond that the Galaxy'south glow picks up again for about 30 arcseconds more. The overall shape of this Galaxy is unusual in that the ends are not rounded at all. The Galaxy is shaped rather like a very long diamond-shape rather than the oval shape so typically seen in a spiral. 14 magnitude star 2 arcminutes in position angle 15° from the core. Many bright field stars. Closest one is 5 arcminutes in position angle 255°. Pretty easy to find off the double star at the north following corner of Corvus. If you go north from there you'll find a bright arrow-shaped asterism of stars shown in Sky Atlas 2000.0 which points you very close to the Galaxy. Observation on Sat 1995/03/25 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The picture on The Universe from Your Backyard page 181 looks almost exactly like what I saw last night.
124133.0+410903	eg	n4618	7	75	10.78:11.22	4.17x3.39 25°	Sc/SB(rs)m	CVn
Observation on Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow. 10 magnitude star 5 arcminutes south south following. Observation on Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow. 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes south. No details seeable at any power. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes round glow. 11 magnitude star 5 arcminutes south. No details. No nucleus shows.
124207.7+323228	eg	n4631	7	108	9.19:9.75	15.49x2.69 86°	Sc III/SB(s)dsp III	CVn
Observation on Mon 1986/06/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Slender 10 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow seen with averted vision. Observation on Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 122 power magnification+tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible shows a 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes very diffuse glow. Found using these directions. 100 arcminutes north of the bright double star at declination 30.5 is a 20 arcminutes equilateral triangle of 10 magnitude stars. 50 arcminutes north of that is a 9 magnitude star. Put that 9 magnitude star on the north edge of the 49 power magnification field and the Galaxy is centered. Observation on Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Easy bright 10 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes preceeding following glow using direct vision at 30 power magnification, 61 power magnification, and 122 power magnification. Slightly mottled at 122 power magnification. Little brighter on the north edge near the center. 13 magnitude star is just outside the north edge about 1 arcminutes preceeding the center. north edge seems slightly sharper than south edge, and preceeding (or picture) and following (or finder chart) edges are extremely soft. 9 magnitude star 25 arcminutes north. n4656 40 arcminutes south following. Observation on Wed 1992/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 10 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes preceeding following glow wider in the middle and very slightly brighter in the middle at the 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes core. 12 magnitude star is just preceeding (or picture) the center of the core on the north edge - its just barely inside the Galaxy'south glow. Galaxy is asymmetric - preceeding (or picture) extension is thinner than the following (or finder chart) extension. Entire Galaxy is mottled.
124249.8+024117	eg	n4636	14	239	9.49:10.43	6.03x4.68 150°	E0.5	Vir
Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 2 arcminutes round glow which gets gradually brighter in the middle until a very bright stellar nucleus. 8 magnitude star plotted as a 9 magnitude star in Uranometria 2000.0 @10'190°. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 16 arcminutes in position angle 190°. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 15 arcminutes in position angle 120°. 12 magnitude star 4 arcminutes north. 13 magnitude star 4 arcminutes south.
124320.2+015841	eg	n4643	14	239	10.76:11.72	3.09x2.29 130°	SB(rs)0a	Vir
Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 150° glow with a bright nonstellar 0.5 arcminutes by 0.25 arcminutes in position angle 150° nucleus off-center at almost the south preceeding edge of the glow, and a very bright stellar nucleus centered within the nonstellar nucleus. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0 double star 15 arcminutes in position angle 20° is not split at 122 power magnification or 272 power magnification. 12 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 350°.
124356.6+130733	eg	n4654	14	194	10.50:11.10	4.90x2.82 128°	SAB(rs)cd II	Vir
Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 110°. I think this should be brighter, and need to observe it earlier in the evening tomorrow. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint 4 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. No, its not brighter. Very gradually brighter in the middle. No stellar nucleus. 9 magnitude non-U* 4 arcminutes following south following center. 11 magnitude star 7 arcminutes in position angle 80°. 12 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north center. Just barely visible at 30 power magnification when I know exactly where to look.
124358.0+321018	eg	n4656	7	108	10.52:10.96	15.14x2.95 33°	Sc IV/SB(s)mP	CVn
Observation on Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 very faint 4 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 30° glow very slightly brighter in the middle. Best at 122 power magnification + averted vision. 13 magnitude star 9 arcminutes in position angle 80° and 12 magnitude star 9 arcminutes north are the 2 nearest stars I see. 10 magnitude star 15 arcminutes north following. Observation on Wed 1992/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Same observation. I do not see nearly what Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects suggests. Need to try again with more aperature someday.
124432.4+111127	eg	n4660	14	194	11.24:12.16	2.19x1.62 100°	E5.5:	Vir
Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 1 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes preceeding following glow with a very bright stellar nucleus. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 12 arcminutes in position angle 200°. Observation on Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 very small bright 1.5 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 120° faint glow with a bright 11 magnitude stellar core. Field is barren with no stars at all. Closest star is 15 magnitude 6 arcminutes in position angle 315°. Nearest reasonably bright star is 12 magnitude 10 arcminutes in position angle 255°. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 20 arcminutes in position angle 225°. !Try for gcs.
124506.2+030326	eg	n4665	14	239	10.5:11.50p	3.80x3.16	SB(s)0a	Vir
Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 1.5 arcminutes round glow with a stellar nucleus. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 20 arcminutes preceeding. 10 magnitude star 2 arcminutes south preceeding. 12 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 60°.
124509.0-002738	eg	n4666	14	239	10.74:11.49	4.57x1.29 42°	SABc: I-II	Vir
Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Excellent 4 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 45° edge on Galaxy. pretty faint glow getting wider and brighter in the middle to a pretty bright stellar nucleus which is slightly off-center toward the preceeding (or picture). Best in 122 power magnification. 11 magnitude star 13 magnitude star pair 8 arcminutes in position angle 170°. 9 magnitude star 15 arcminutes in position angle 300° is not in Uranometria 2000.0.
124745.8+134551	eg	n4689	14	194	10.95:11.60	4.27x3.47	SA(rs)bc II	Com
Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint 3 arcminutes glow very slightly brighter in the middle and a stellar nucleus that blinks occasionally at 61 power magnification. Extremely difficult at 122 power magnification. Seeable at 30 power magnification but 61 power magnification is best. Easy find with a 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0stars 15 arcminutes south preceeding and 15 arcminutes south following. These 2 stars + Galaxy make an equilateral triangle. 2 11 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 10°.
124823.5+082916	eg	n4698	14	194	10.55:11.46	3.98x2.45 170°	SA(s)ab II	Vir
Observation on Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 Extremely soft 2 arcminutes glow with slight mottling. Little brighter non-stellar nucleus. 8 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 285°. 10 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 195° 11 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 15°.
124835.9-054802	eg	n4697	14	284	9.23:10.14	7.24x4.68 70°	E6	Vir
Observation on Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint glow. Observation on Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 1.5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 60° glow. bright non-stellar nucleus is slightly off-center to the north. Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pretty faint 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 25° glow gradually brighter in the middle until suddently brighter when the bright nonstellar nucleus is reached. 13 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 315°. 12 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 45°. Several other field stars nearby.
124902.3-083952	eg	n4699	14	284	9.52:10.41	3.80x2.63 45°	S0a/SAB(rs)b	Vir
Observation on Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 1 arcminutes round fuzzball with a stellar nucleus. 12 magnitude star 7 arcminutes following. Observation on Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Pretty easy 2 arcminutes glow surrounding a 11 magnitude stellar nucleus. Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pretty bright 1.5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow with a bright nonstellar nucleus off-center toward the preceeding (or picture). 12 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 190°. 7 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 40 arcminutes south.
125026.9+253001	eg	n4725	7	149	9.39:10.11	10.72x7.59 35°	SAB(r)abP I	Com
Observation on Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint and elusive glow. south preceeding a group of stars that point to the Galaxy. Observation on Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 75°. The group of stars is a greater-than-sign of about 6 stars that is 50 arcminutes north and 50 arcminutes following the bright Sky Atlas 2000.0star south preceeding the Galaxy. Observation on Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 very faint 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 40° glow with a very suddenly very much brighter nonstellar 1 arcminutes nucleus. 11 magnitude stars 6 arcminutes in position angle 340°, 15 arcminutes in position angle 280°, and 13 arcminutes in position angle 250°. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0 double star 25 arcminutes in position angle 20° is easily resolved in 122 power magnification to be red, blue 12 magnitude star 1 arcminutes in position angle 270°. This was the last object observed during a personal marathon between Monday, June 3rd, and tonight, Saturday, June 8, 1991. I'm writing this here so when I'm old and gray, I can read these notes and remember this week. 6 consecutive nights of rather cool, extremely dry, and remarkably clear nights (remember, this is Michigan) were taken advantage of to observe 120 egs, 3 gcs, 3 ocs, and 2 pns. 71 of these object (all egs) were first time sightings for me. The first night, Steve Hughes came out with me. The second night was the "great aurora of 1991 (so far)" (see n4261). The third and sixth nights had mild aurorae. On Tuesday, I was just a little bit tired at work, and each day, getting up and going to work became more and more difficult. I consumed mass quantities of coffee day and night. I finally got to sleep in a bit Saturday morning. Was it all worth it? Absolutely. I had the priveledge of seeing a lot of really great egs (and a few real dogs), got to spend time out under the stars I love so much, and will now be able to turn in my Herschel observations sometime near the end of this year.
125217.7+111849	eg	n4754	14	194	10.60:11.52	4.57x2.45 23°	SB(r)0-:	Vir
Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes north south glow with a brighter stellar nucleus. Forms a line with a 12 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 250° and a 11 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 250°. Forms a triangle with a 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 10 arcminutes in position angle 10° and a 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 10 arcminutes in position angle 135°. Observation on Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 small pretty bright 1 arcminutes round glow with a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. Is the following (or finder chart)-most star of 3 11 magnitude stars in a preceeding (or picture)-following (or finder chart) line. n4762 15 arcminutes in position angle 50°. Observation on Sat 1995/04/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Same observation, no details visible.
125222.8-011157	eg	n4753	14	239	9.95:10.85	6.03x2.82 80°	I0P	Vir
Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pretty bright 4 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes preceeding following glow which increases in brightness very steadily from the outermost reaches to the center, then has a stellar nucleus which I only see with averted vision. Best at 122 power magnification. 9 magnitude star 13 arcminutes in position angle 100°. 9 magnitude star 18 arcminutes in position angle 60°. 12 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 10°.
125256.3+111348	eg	n4762	14	194	10.26:11.12	8.71x1.66 32°	SB(r)0°?sp	Vir
Observation on Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. Nucleus is brighter then most of the Galaxy, but is nonstellar. Observation on Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Gorgeous bright 5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 30° glow with a 2 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes brighter nuclear region and a very bright stellar dot nucleus in the middle of that brighter region. Classical edge-on Galaxy. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 6 arcminutes preceeding. 10 magnitude star 7 arcminutes following. 12 magnitude star 3 arcminutes south nucleus. Observation on Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 4 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 60° edge-on spiral with a bright nonstellar core. The Galaxy is sharply cut off on the north preceeding side. The halo does not bulge near the core. I don't see any detail in the halo. n4754 15 arcminutes in position angle 230°. Arc of 3 bright stars south. 10 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 210°. 9 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 135°. 9 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 270°. Observation on Sat 1995/04/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Forms a kite-shape with 3 bright stars in an arc just south. Ends of the Galaxy come to points. Elongated core with bright 12 magnitude stellar nucleus.
125423.7-103211	eg	n4781	14	284	:11.69p	3.47x1.55 120°	SB(rs)cd II-III	Vir
Observation on Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes glow suspected. Not at all sure. Located 7 arcminutes south preceeding the Uranometria 2000.0star and 3 arcminutes north of a 12 magnitude non-U*. That 12 magnitude star is the closest star that I see to the Uranometria 2000.0star. Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 very extremely faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following ghostly glow. No details at all. Best at 272 power magnification. 2 very extremely faint stars preceeding (or picture) within 5 arcminutes. Agree with stars listed on 19890528 observation.
125438.0+463152	eg	n4800	7	75	:12.3	1.58x1.17 25°	SA(rs)b	CVn
Observation on Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes featureless glow located 1/3 of the way from a 9 magnitude star south to an 8 magnitude star north. Requires averted vision. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 1.5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes north south glow with a very slightly brighter nucleus. 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 20 arcminutes in position angle 355°.
125801.4+013431	eg	n4845	14	239	11.17:12.10	5.01x1.32 89°	SA(s)absp	Vir
Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow with no brighter areas at all. Very elusive. Requires 122 power magnification + aversion. 12 magnitude star 2 arcminutes north following. 7 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 18 arcminutes south preceeding.
125921.3-150232	eg	n4856	14	284	10.50:11.49	4.27x1.17 37°	SAB(s)0a	Vir
Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location according to easy Sky Atlas 2000.0stars. Observation on Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes circular glow with no features at all. Uranometria 2000.0star 8 arcminutes south following. No brighter nucleus within the glow. Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow with a possible stellar nucleus (it comes and goes). Uranometria 2000.0star 8 arcminutes south following.
125927.4+141015	eg	n4866	14	194	11.22:12.14	6.31x1.35 87°	Sab III/SA(r)0+:sp	Vir
Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty faint 4 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes preceeding following glow brighter in the nonstellar middle. Stellar nucleus shows at 122 power magnification. 12 magnitude star superimposed 1.5 arcminutes preceeding the nucleus. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 12 arcminutes north following. Mottled in nuclear region, there may be another very faint superimposed star present.
130039.4+023002	eg	n4900	14	239	11.37:11.90	2.24x2.09	SB(rs)c III	Vir
Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Very soft and ghostly 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 150° glow with no brighter areas at all. 10 magnitude star superimposed within the glow, near, but not quite at, south following edge. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 12 arcminutes in position angle 245°. 10 magnitude star 14 arcminutes in position angle 65°.
130548.9-080114	eg	n4958	14	285	10.68:11.60	4.07x1.26 15°	SB(r)0?sp	Vir
Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes north south glow. Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 faint 2 arcminutes by 0,5 arcminutes north south glow with a pretty bright stellar nucleus. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 12 arcminutes south preceeding. 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 25 arcminutes following. Best at 122 power magnification.
130940.7-075001	eg	n4995	14	285	11.13:12.0	2.45x1.62 92°	SAB(rs)b	Vir
Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 very extremely faint round 1.5 arcminutes mottled glow with no details at all except the mottling. 8 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 4 arcminutes in position angle 340°. Still no details when I take the Uranometria 2000.0star out of the field.
131056.2+370329	eg	n5005	7	109	9.81:10.61	5.75x2.75 65°	Sab II/SAB(rs)bc	CVn
Observation on Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint 4 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes glow. bright 1.5 arcminutes by 0.75 arcminutes nucleus. Observation on Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Almost equally spaced between an 8 magnitude and 9 magnitude star at 40 arcminutes in position angle 135°. Observation on Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed, except nucleus looks stellar tonight. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 80° glow with a nonstellar elongated-pf nucleus. Best at 122 power magnification. Closer to the north preceeding-more of the 2 stars mentioned on 19870615.
131328.0+363538	eg	n5033	7	109	10.20:10.75	10.72x5.01 170°	SA(s)bc I-II	CVn
Observation on Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 6 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes glow was seen with averted vision + tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible. Barely seeable while still. Used Sky Atlas 2000.0 location off n5005 to find. Observation on Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 1 arcminutes faint glow that makes a 3-4-5 triangle with 2 11 magnitude stars south preceeding. Don't know what that 6 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes stuff was. Must have been dreaming or looking at wrong object. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes north south glow with a 13 magnitude stellar nucleus. 7 magnitude star 25 arcminutes north. 11 magnitude star 8 arcminutes south preceeding. 10 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 255°.
131658.4-163807	eg	n5054	14	285	10.91:11.67	5.13x2.95 155°	SA(s)bc II	Vir
Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 very extremely faint 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 175° glow with no brighter areas or other details at all. 122 power magnification + aversion required. Found using Uranometria 2000.0. At limits of visibility.
132958.7+471621	eg	M51	7	76	9.55:10.45	5.75x4.57 79°	I0P	CVn
Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 2 arcminutes glow with an obvious stellar nucleus at all powers.
133731.9+085308	eg	n5248	14	196	10.32:10.97	6.17x4.47 110°	SAB(rs)bc I	Boo
Observation on Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. No nearby Sky Atlas 2000.0stars. Observation on Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. Non-stellar nucleus is slightly north of center. The 9 magnitude star 20 arcminutes north on Uranometria 2000.0 is an 49 power magnification 90 arcseconds double. 25 arcminutes south of this are 2 11 magnitude stars which point north to the Galaxy. Observation on Fri 1995/05/05 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 My first impression is that it looks remarkably similar to M64, the black-eye Galaxy, except fainter. pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 120°. pretty bright halo with very sudden very bright 0.5 arcminutes core. Appears to be a dark lane on the south preceeding edge of the core. 14 magnitude star 2 arcminutes in position angle 195° from core. At higher power, I still see no stellar nucleus. Halo is brighter and longer on the north preceeding end than on the south following end, and with long inspection this showed itself as a spiral arm, similar to M99's. The core is surrounded by a 2 arcminutes round halo, and coming out of the preceeding (or picture) edge of that round halo is an arm which wraps north preceeding, through north, to north following. I don't know whether this is the beginning of an arm which continues around, or whether this is all of the arm. On the south following end of the Galaxy, the arm must be either missing or much fainter. I can see a bit of amorphous glow there, but nothing which has anywhere near the structure of the arm on the north preceeding side. I see no superimposed stars on this Galaxy, nor any stellarings in either of the arms. Need to try this Galaxy again when its right on the meridian with no moon. Best power for this Galaxy tonight was 170 power magnification. It showed all the detail in the arm, whereas 131 power magnification only showed an amorphous 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes glow.
134208.4+353912	eg	n5273	7	110	11.59:12.44	2.75x2.51 10°	SA(s)0° P	CVn
Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow with no details at any power. 13 magnitude star 8 arcminutes preceeding. Best at 61 power magnification alone+TAPS. Requires averted vision. 9 magnitude star @100°. 9 magnitude star 20 arcminutes north following. 8 magnitude star 40 arcminutes in position angle 350°. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Very slight brightness increase toward the center, with a very faint stellar nucleus at 122 power magnification + aversion.
134915.6+601129	eg	n5322	2	49	10.23:11.14	5.89x3.89 95°	E3.5	UMa
Observation on Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint. Observation on Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint 1 arcminutes soft glow with a stellar nucleus. Observation on Wed 1988/05/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 very faint 2 arcminutes glow with a stellar nucleus in the middle. Easy find due to Sky Atlas 2000.0stars. Seeable but no better at 122 power magnification. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pretty bright glow with a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus that appears at 122 power magnification. Observation on Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 very bright 2 arcminutes round glow with an intensely bright 12 magnitude non-stellar nucleus and a bit of mottling in the halo which might be traces of spiral arms. 14 magnitude star superimposed at the 165° edge of the halo, about 1 arcminutes south of the nucleus.
135607.1+051519	eg	n5363	14	241	10.08:11.05	4.07x2.63 135°	I0?P	Vir
Observation on Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes glow when I know exactly where to look according to Deep Sky Magazine, March, 1987, page 11. Sky Atlas 2000.0star (also on picture) 4 arcminutes north following. Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Easy find using Sky Atlas 2000.0 alone. I saw it at 49 power magnification + averted vision and can now hold it easily without averted vision and this was all before I even read this description. 1-2' round glow with no discernable details. Observation on Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 very bright 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. brighter towards the center with a stellar nucleus at the center. Easiest at 122 power magnification. 8 magnitude star 4 arcminutes following north following.
135612.0+050055	eg	n5364	14	241	10.53:11.17	6.76x4.37 30°	SA(rs)bcP I	Vir
Observation on Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I found n5363 but not n5364. Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed again. Observation on Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 4 arcminutes glow with no visible details at all. Only seeable in 49 power magnification and 61 power magnification. 10 magnitude star 4 arcminutes north north preceeding. n5363 15 arcminutes north.
140443.6+545332	eg	n5473	2	49	11.45:12.35	2.34x1.66 160°	SAB(s)0-:	UMa
Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 At 49 power magnification, its the 4rth "star" in a zig-zag chain of 4 stars in 7 arcminutes which runs 45°. 122 power magnification shows a 2 arcminutes glow with a stellar nucleus. Observation on Sat 1994/05/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 2 arcminutes pretty bright round glow with a bright stellar nucleus. Looks like a face-on spiral. Hint of spiral structure. bright stars surround. Observation on Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 small fairly bright round 1.5 arcminutes glow with a 0.5 arcminutes slightly brighter core and a 12 magnitude stellar nucleus. In a 15 arcminutes in position angle 60° chain of 5 9 to 12 magnitude stars.
140502.1+533947	eg	n5474	2	49	10.79:11.28	4.79x4.27	SA(s)cdP	UMa
Observation on Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location via finder chart on Sky and Telescope Magazine, June, 1987, page 678. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 extremely faint and soft 5 arcminutes glow. Requires 49 power magnification + averted vision + tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible. Not seeable above 61 power magnification. No brighter nucleus - an almost owl-gn-like soft and even glow. Observation on Sat 1994/05/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 very faint 3 arcminutes round glow seems a bit brighter in the north preceeding quadrant. Somewhat mottled or several very extremely faint superimposed stars.
140527+2832.1	gc	n5466	7	110	9.2 13.8m*	11.0	XII	Boo
Observation on Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location and eyes well adjusted. Observation on Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint Galaxy-like glow at 49 power magnification. Find off M3 at 1342 and 0.1 arcminutes south. No chance at resolution or even higher power. Observation on Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Observation on Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 4 arcminutes glow seeable in 49 power magnification, 61 power magnification, and 122 power magnification, but never resolved. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Not resolved.
141826.2+362938	eg	n5557	7	110	11.01:11.92	2.29x1.86 105°	E1	Boo
Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 1 arcminutes round glow with a 13 magnitude stellar nucleus off-center to the north. 10 magnitude star 7 arcminutes south preceeding.
142020.5+035559	eg	n5566	14	242	10.55:11.46	6.61x2.19 35°	SB(r)ab II-III	Vir
Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 30° glow with a pretty bright non-stellar nucleus off center towards the north at 122 power magnification. The 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star preceeding (or picture) this Galaxy has a blue 10 magnitude companion 2 arcminutes north preceeding and 10-15'f is the Galaxy. 12 magnitude star 2 arcminutes following nucleus.
142104.2+031614	eg	n5576	14	242	10.96:11.85	3.55x2.24 95°	E3	Vir
Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 2 arcminutes glow with a 11 magnitude stellar nucleus. Located 3 arcminutes south following an 11 magnitude star which is 15 arcminutes in position angle 75° the Uranometria 2000.0star. very faint glow of n5574 was seen 4 arcminutes south preceeding.
142633.4+563500	eg	n5631	2	49	11.49:12.41	1.70x1.70	SA(s)0a	UMa
Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 extremely faint 5 arcminutes glow with a 12.5 magnitude stellar nucleus. Nucleus was not seen at 49 power magnification but appears at 122 power magnification. Found only with tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible.
142937-0558.6	gc	n5634	14	287	9.57	4.9 round	IV	Vir
Observation on Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 small very faint glow just preceeding (or picture) a pretty red star. GlobularCluster was barely suspected at 49 power magnification. 122 power magnification shows the glow well and 272 power magnification still shows it but with no resolution still. Its inside of 4 stars -- one red, one blue, one white, and one faint. Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation except the red star appears green and I see only 3 surrounders. No resolution. Observation on Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 2 arcminutes glow. Greenish 8 magnitude star 2 arcminutes following. At 272 power magnification I get very occasional glimpses of a few resolved stars.
143247.0+492727	eg	n5676	7	77	11.19:11.87	3.98x1.91 47°	SA(rs)bc II	Boo
Observation on Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes glow found with averted vision. Observation on Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Tue 1990/07/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. No nucleus was spotted, just an even glow in 122 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1994/08/06 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 faint 4 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 70° glow at 170 power magnification. Much brighter in the middle. Non-stellar nucleus. Arms are patchy and mottled, but I can't follow any spiral arms. bright star 6 arcminutes in position angle 45°.
143529.7+484435	eg	n5689	7	77	11.86:12.8	3.47x0.95 85°	SB(s)0a:	Boo
Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes preceeding following glow. Stellar nucleus. Best at 61 power magnification. Can't see in 122 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1994/08/06 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 pretty faint 5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 90° streak with a nonstellar 0.5 arcminutes round nucleus or core. 13 magnitude and 14 magnitude stars about 5 arcminutes following the nucleus.
143937-2632.3	gc	n5694	21	332	10.2 15.5pm*	3.6 round	VII	Hya
Observation on Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow with occasional stellar dots showing thru at 49 power magnification. Observation on Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow. The 49 power magnification stellar dots are way outside the GlobularCluster. About 20 arcminutes north the Sky Atlas 2000.0star is an 11 magnitude pair 2 arcminutes in position angle 0°. About 2 arcminutes north north following the north-more of those is the GlobularCluster. 272 power magnification or 122 power magnification required to see the glow. Just suspected at 49 power magnification. Observation on Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 1 arcminutes glow with no resolution. Good finder directions are in above observation.
144456.4+015716	eg	n5746	14	243	10.32:11.29	7.41x1.32 170°	SAB(rs)b?sp	Vir
Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes glow was seen at 122 power magnification only. Only found due to Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, volume 4 entry# 190 picture and I'm only seeing the part colored in darkly on that picture. Observation on Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 175° glow. Seeable at 49 power magnification when 109 Vir is taken out of the field, but its easiest at 122 power magnification. brightest part is a 1 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes glow almost at the north edge.
150629.4+013625	eg	n5846	15	243	10.04:11.05	4.07x3.80	E0.5	Vir
Observation on Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 very extremely faint 2 arcminutes glow with no details at all at 61 power magnification or 122 power magnification. Forms a near-parallelogram with 3 11 magnitude stars. 8 magnitude star 50 arcminutes following. Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 2 arcminutes round glow with a slightly brighter stellar nucleus. 10 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 5°. 11 magnitude star 6 arcminutes in position angle 100°.
150630.2+554546	eg	M102	2	50	9.89:10.74	4.68x1.95 128°	SA0+spP	Dra
Observation on Wed 1986/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint thin glow. This is an elliptical -- edge on? Aren't these contradictory? Observation on Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Homogeneous 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 150° glow. bright star 7 arcminutes preceeding. Just about atop a 11 magnitude star. Observation on Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 120° glow. Slightly brighter non-stellar nucleus. bright and easy find. Observation on Sat 1990/06/30 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes non-stellar nucleus surrounded by a fainter glow. Easy to find. Observation on Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow suddenly much brighter in the middle to a 1 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes core. No stellar nucleus shows. 2 stars very close - a 10 magnitude star 2 arcminutes north preceeding and a 12 magnitude star 2 arcminutes south preceeding. Located in a 25 arcminutes triangle of 8 to 9 magnitude stars. Observation on Sat 1994/08/06 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 pretty bright 13 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 165° streak with a suddenly bright 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 165° core at the center of the following (or finder chart) edge. No stellar nucleus shows at 131 power magnification, but 262 power magnification shows a very faint stellar nucleus within the core. Galaxy seems to widen toward the ends of the 13 arcminutes axis. 13 magnitude star 2 arcminutes preceeding.
151552.9+561933	eg	n5907	2	50	10.34:11.12	12.59x1.38 155°	SA(s)bc:sp II	Dra
Observation on Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Couldn't find in 49 power magnification but did find in 61 power magnification alone. faint 9 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 165° spike. Put the double (middle one of 3 stars) on the pps edge of the 61 power magnification field and Galaxy is nearly centered. Observation on Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Confirmed. Those 3 stars mentioned are the bright Sky Atlas 2000.0stars nearest to the Galaxy. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 10 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. Seeable at 61 power magnification and 122 power magnification. No details show. Group of several 12 magnitude stars is 15 arcminutes south. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Extremely flat 8 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow with a 0.5 arcminutes brighter nucleus. At 122 power magnification, 3 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0stars ( star + double star ) point to the Galaxy from the psp. Observation on Fri 1994/05/13 at Fish Lake, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Very long very thin very bright glow about 1 arcminutes wide aligned in pa 140°. bright core is 1 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes aligned in same direction. north following edge seems harder than south preceeding edge. Observation on Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty large 10 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 0° edge-on just slightly brighter in the middle to an extremely elongated 1.5 arcminutes by 0.25 arcminutes core which is offset toward the following (or finder chart) side of the major axis. Sharply cut-off on the following (or finder chart) side, but no glow extends beyond the presumed dark lane.
151725-2100.6	gc	n5897	21	334	8.4 13.3m*	12.6 i	XI	Lib
Observation on Mon 1986/06/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 A few stars over an extremely faint glow at 49 power magnification. Won't take 122 power magnification. Used Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture. Find off BETA Sco. Observation on Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 5 arcminutes glow. No stars resolved at 122 power magnification. Can't see at 272 power magnification.
153840.2+592122	eg	n5982	2	51	11.13:12.04	2.57x1.95 110°	E3P	Dra
Observation on Fri 1989/08/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=2/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location according to Uranometria 2000.0 page 51 and picture Sky and Telescope Magazine, June, 1989, page 683. Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 1 arcminutes round very faint glow with a stellar 13 magnitude nucleus. Best at 122 power magnification. A 11 magnitude star 12 magnitude star 2 arcminutes pair is 8 arcminutes south preceeding. 10 magnitude star 12 arcminutes north following. 10 magnitude star 20 arcminutes following. Observation on Tue 1992/07/21 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 1 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 90° glow much brighter in the middle. Located about 10 arcminutes preceeding n5985. Observation on Fri 1992/07/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed.
162148.8-021658	eg	n6118	15	246	11.66:12.42	4.68x2.00 58°	Sb II/SA(s)cd	Ser
Observation on Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Exceedingly very extremely faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 80° glow with no details at all. No nucleus shows. Visible ONLY at 61 power magnification + aversion + tapping the scope to make a faint object more easily visible. Not visible at 30 power magnification or 122 power magnification. 6 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star 15 arcminutes in position angle 300°. Observation on Fri 1996/07/19 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 very faint 5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow very slightly brighter in the middle. 14 magnitude star superimposed near the 45° end and another just south following. Difficult because I must use high power to take the star at 1623-02 out of the field so it doesn't overwhelm the Galaxy. I found 170 power magnification to deliver the best view and remove the star from the field.
162714-2601.5	gc	n6144	22	336	9.0 13.4pm*	9.3	XI	Sco
Observation on Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 extremely faint glow at 122 power magnification when I know exactly where to look. Find with picture Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 163 beginning at Antares, to star preceeding (or picture), to star north, to GlobularCluster. Best at 122 power magnification. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 extremely faint 5 arcminutes glow at 49 power magnification or 62 power magnification. Very difficult to see at 122 power magnification. No resolution.
163232-1303.2	gc	M107	15	291	7.8 13.0m*	10.0 round	X	Oph
Observation on Sun 1986/06/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Thu 1986/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Barely saw the glow. No resolution. Found via location relative to the star north following. Observation on Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 very faint glow. No resolution at all. 3 arcminutes. Can see at 122 power magnification but not at 272 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1990/06/30 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 very faint glow but easy to resolve at higher powers. 272 power magnification resolves about 15 stars with 1/4 moon about 15° above horizon. Later (after moonset, with GlobularCluster past meridian) about 20 stars were resolved over a very faint remaining glow. Observation on Fri 1992/07/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 3 arcminutes round soft glow. Right at the limit of resolution with 122 power magnification. Seems like 10 stars or so are just barely brighter than the glow. Located on the long edge of a triangle of 3 stars - an 11 magnitude star 5 arcminutes preceeding, a 12 magnitude star 4 arcminutes following, and a 12 magnitude star 3 arcminutes south. Observation on Fri 1996/07/19 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 pretty faint 3 arcminutes central glow speckled with stars which extend to 5 arcminutes. About 50 stars resolved at 189 power magnification, the brightest of which is an 11 magnitude star on the pa315° edge of the central glow. Glow is very slightly elongated 90°.
163240.2+781157	eg	n6217	3	11	11.16:11.79	3.02x2.51	(R)SB(rs)bc I-II	UMi
Observation on Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 170° glow with a very slightly brighter nonstellar nucleus. Only seeable in 122 power magnification. An 8 magnitude star 10 arcminutes north preceeding and another 8 magnitude star 13 arcminutes north preceeding point almost right at the Galaxy.
164304.4+364959	eg	n6207	8	114	11.63:12.16	2.95x1.29 15°	SA(s)c II	Her
Observation on Tue 1986/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint 1 arcminutes glow. I setup location using Sky Atlas 2000.0 in 49 power magnification then switched to 122 power magnification and could see it with averted vision. Observation on Thu 1988/06/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 very faint 2 arcminutes glow with brighter non-stellar nucleus. Easiest to find and see at 122 power magnification, like before. Observation on Sat 1990/06/30 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes north south glow. Featureless except for shape. No brighter nucleus. Easiest at 122 power magnification but seeable from here in 49 power magnification. Observation on Fri 1994/08/05 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 very extremely faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 20° smudge with 2 stellar dots inside. Averted vision only at 262 power magnification, direct at 131 power magnification, but no details at that power. Later I realized that I had the Lumicon UHC filter on during this observation. Observation on Sun 1994/08/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 30° glow with a bright stellar nucleus and a much harder preceeding (or picture) edge than its following (or finder chart) edge. Sky and Telescope Magazine, July, 1993, page 110 says the stellar nucleus is a superimposed 13 magnitude star. Observation on Fri 1994/09/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 30° glow, gradually brighter in the middle, with a bright 11 magnitude star superimposed about 30 arcseconds in position angle 345° from center. Direct glow shows 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes, aversion increases it to 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes. I don't see the bright north edge shown in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch, nor the harder edge I saw last night. Observation on Mon 1995/07/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Pretty much the same observation. Size and superimposed star were noted correctly. I don't see the bright edge in the Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch. There appears to be a dark line running across the major axis south of the superimposed star. The Galaxy is located just preceeding (or picture) a 10 arcminutes in position angle 0° teaspoon of stars. Observation on Fri 2005/09/30 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 15° faint glow suddenly brighter in the middle to a stellar nucleus.
164659+4731.7	gc	n6229	8	80	9.4 15.5m*	4.5 round	IV	Her
Observation on Tue 1985/05/21 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint glow. No resolution. Won't take 272 power magnification. Observation on Mon 1985/04/29 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint and very small glow. Hint of resolution at 122 power magnification and 272 power magnification but nothing for sure. Quarter moon. Observation on Tue 1986/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No resolution at 272 power magnification. Observation on Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very slight resolution comes and goes. Observation on Sat 1990/06/30 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 A few stars are steadily resolved at 272 power magnification over a small 3 arcminutes glow. 2 8 magnitude stars 5 arcminutes preceeding. Observation on Mon 1995/05/29 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 small 2 arcminutes GlobularCluster with a slightly brighter 1 arcminutes center. No stars resolved, but seems to be on the verge of resolution with 262 power magnification.
165325-2210.6	gc	n6235	22	337	8.9 14.0pm*	5.0 i	X	Oph
Observation on Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 very faint 2 arcminutes glow. Takes 122 power magnification with some slight resolution (about 5 stars come and go). Seeable in 49 power magnification too but none resolved at all. Observation on Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 very faint 3 arcminutes glow. Slightly mottled. Unsure whether I'm resolving any stars or not.
170429-2445.9	gc	n6284	22	337	8.9	5.6 round	IX	Oph
Observation on Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes circular glow. Suspected at 49 power magnification and confirmed at 122 power magnification. Still just an very extremely faint glow at 272 power magnification with no resolution. Observation on Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. extremely faint glow was seen at 122 power magnification. Invisible at 49 power magnification tonight. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 2 arcminutes glow at 49 power magnification. Takes 122 power magnification and 272 power magnification nicely but no resolution. Thats disappointing because at 49 power magnification it looks like a GlobularCluster that should resolve, but it doesn't. Observation on Fri 1997/06/27 23:24:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Located in an area rich in gcs; 15 in a 15° circle. 1.5 arcminutes soft outer glow suddenly brighter in the middle to a 0.5 arcminutes peak. A few stars are resolved at 262 power magnification with averted vision on the outskirts of the glow. The smooth outer glow and bright spike in the center made it look like a Galaxy.
170509-2242.5	gc	n6287	22	337	9.3 14.5pm*	5.1 round	VII	Oph
Observation on Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. No glow was found in the area. Observation on Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes glow at 49 power magnification. Takes 122 power magnification but no resolution. Can't see it at 272 power magnification. Observation on Fri 1997/06/27 23:30:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Located in an area rich in gcs; 15 in a 15° circle. very faint extremely soft 1.5 arcminutes round glow, very slightly brighter in the middle, with no resolution at 262 power magnification.
171010-2634.9	gc	n6293	22	337	8.3 14.3m*	7.9 round	IV	Oph
Observation on Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3 arcminutes faint glow with a brighter center. Takes 272 power magnification but no resolution. Easy find -- Antares, following (or finder chart) to bright star 36 Sco, then preceeding (or picture). Observation on Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 very faint 1 arcminutes glow seeable only at 122 power magnification. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 2 arcminutes glow at 49 power magnification. It looks like it should resolve, but it doesn't at 122 power magnification or 272 power magnification. This GlobularCluster has a very bright core. Since it won't resolve it looks almost like an elliptical Galaxy. Observation on Fri 1997/06/27 23:12:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Located in an area rich in gcs; 15 in a 15° circle. At 262 power magnification, 2 arcminutes glow, suddenly concentrated to a bright core, not very well resolved at all. About 10-15 outliner stars are resolved, the brightest of which is on the preceeding (or picture) edge. In general, the stars resolved on the preceeding (or picture) side seem a bit brighter than those on the following (or finder chart) side. A slightly brighter star is 2 arcminutes north following the center, but I suspect that's not a member.
171432-2927.7	gc	n6304	22	376	8.3 14.2pm*	6.8 round	VI	Oph
Observation on Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 2 arcminutes circular glow surrounded by many 9 magnitude stars in the field. Easy find using Uranometria 2000.0. Very slight occasional resolution over a still-present glow using 272 power magnification + averted vision when the horizon murk settles a bit. Observation on Fri 1997/06/27 23:49:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Located in an area rich in gcs; 15 in a 15° circle. 1.5 arcminutes round glow, gradually very slightly brighter in the middle, not resolved at 262 power magnification.
171637-2808.4	gc	n6316	22	376	8.1 16.0pm*	4.9 round	III	Oph
Observation on Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 extremely faint glow. No resolution. Just barely glimpsed in 49 power magnification and 122 power magnification. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 1 arcminutes circular glow located. 10 magnitude star 1.5 arcminutes south following. At 272 power magnification + averted vision, about 5 stars resolve, when the seeing permits. Observation on Fri 1997/06/27 23:44:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Located in an area rich in gcs; 15 in a 15° circle. faint, pretty small 1 arcminutes round glow, very gradually very slightly brighter in the middle. No stars resolved. 12 magnitude star 1.5 arcminutes south following. 13 magnitude star 1 arcminutes preceeding. 12 magnitude star 2 arcminutes preceeding.
172110-1935.2	gc	n6342	15	338	9.5 15.0pm*	3.0	IV	Oph
Observation on Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Very tight group of very faint stars at 122 power magnification but there's no glow and its larger than 1.3 arcminutes. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow in 49 power magnification. Takes 122 power magnification but no resolution. Can't hold in 272 power magnification. 12 magnitude star 2 arcminutes south preceeding center. Observation on Sat 1997/06/28 00:16:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Located in an area rich in gcs; 15 in a 15° circle. 1.5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 30° glow gradually brighter in the middle, without any resolution at 262 power magnification. 12 magnitude star 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 210°.
172335-1748.8	gc	n6356	15	338	8.2 15.1m*	7.2	II	Oph
Observation on Sun 1986/06/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Tue 1987/07/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 faint 2 arcminutes glow. Easily found using 49 power magnification + Sky Atlas 2000.0 off the double to the preceeding (or picture). The double is not resolved in 49 power magnification. The GlobularCluster holds 122 power magnification nicely with no resolution. 9 magnitude star 13 arcminutes south south preceeding. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes glow won't resolve in 49 power magnification or 122 power magnification or 272 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1997/06/28 00:28:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Located in an area rich in gcs; 15 in a 15° circle. large bright but very soft 2.5 arcminutes round glow, gradually brighter in the middle, slightly mottled but without resolution.
172359-2621.2	gc	n6355	22	338	8.6	5.0 round		Oph
Observation on Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Too faint for declination from home. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow in 49 power magnification. Can't see in 122 power magnification. No resolution. Observation on Fri 1997/06/27 23:38:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Located in an area rich in gcs; 15 in a 15° circle. very extremely faint 1.5 round glow, very slightly very gradually brighter in the middle. No stars resolved at 68 power magnification or 262 power magnification. Averted vision only.
172920.43-234535.1	pn	n6369	22	338	12.9 16m*	58"x34"	4+2	Oph
Observation on Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 No PlanetaryNebula was spotted with or without Lumicon UHC filter. Sure of location to within 10 arcminutes due to finder directions Deep Sky Magazine, September, 1987, page 11. Observation on Mon 1989/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 30 arcseconds extremely faint featureless glow. Invisible in all Lumicon UHC filter / power combinations except 122 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. 9 magnitude or 10 magnitude star 5 arcminutes south south preceeding. No ring structure or other features were seen. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 Easy from here, at any power/UHC combination above 61 power magnification. At 272 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter, I see a 30 arcseconds ring, which was not seen in any other powers. No central star was seen. No color was noted -- just a pale glow. Rating changed from 9 to 5. Observation on Tue 2008/08/26 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 0.5 arcminutes round PlanetaryNebula in 170x without Lumicon UHC filter. With Lumicon UHC filter and direct vision it's still a round glow, but with Lumicon UHC filter and averted vision it becomes annular, with just a small darker area in the center. Unlike M57 which has a thin annulus and large central void, this has a thick annulus and small central void. At 262 power magnification + Lumicon UHC filter, I can see the annulus in direct vision. At 262 without Lumicon UHC filter, the annulus is slightly brighter along the north edge than the south edge. A 9 magnitude Uranometria 2000.0star is 6 arcminutes in position angle 210° from the PlanetaryNebula. I see no color in the PlanetaryNebula without the Lumicon UHC filter, and I don't see a 16 magnitude central star as that is fainter than the magnitude limit of my scope. Not visible at 43 power magnification without Lumicon UHC filter.
173837-2354.6	gc	n6401	22	338	7.4	5.6 round	VIII	Oph
Observation on Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow in 49 power magnification. Can't see in 122 power magnification. No resolution. Observation on Fri 1997/06/27 23:58:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Located in an area rich in gcs; 15 in a 15° circle. Looks like a slightly fuzzy star at 68 power magnification. At 262 power magnification it looks like an elliptical Galaxy with a brighter nucleus. Very soft very faint 0.75 arcminutes round glow with a sharply-spiked bright nucleus or superimposed 12 magnitude star which is a bit offset toward the south following.
174454+0310.2	gc	n6426	15	248	10.9	3.2 oval	IX	Oph
Observation on Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. No glow in the area. Observation on Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes glow seen at 49 power magnification and 122 power magnification. No resolution. Easily confirmed with Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture.
174853-2021.6	gc	n6440	22	338	9.3 16.7pm*	5.4 round	V	Sgr
Observation on Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint and small glow in 49 power magnification. Not seeable in any power above 61 power magnification alone. Observation on Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 I don't see it tonight. Observation on Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow in 49 power magnification. Can't see in 122 power magnification. No resolution. 19960816qfm-pFT 1.5 arcminutes round glow. brighter in the middle to an 0.5 arcminutes core of about 13 magnitude, and brighter still at a stellar 12 magnitude dot in the center. That stellar dot is the only thing stellar at 262 power magnification. 10 magnitude star 6 arcminutes south. 11 magnitude star 4 arcminutes north. Observation on Sat 1997/06/28 00:04:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Located in an area rich in gcs; 15 in a 15° circle. 1 arcminutes soft glow without resolution at 262 power magnification. Slightly gradually brighter in the middle. Located in a north-south chain of 11 magnitude stars. PlanetaryNebula n6445 is just 20 arcminutes north.
174915.1-200034	pn	n6445	22	338	13.2 19.1m*	35"x30"	3b+3	Sgr
Observation on Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint soft 0.5 arcminutes glow at 61 power magnification alone. 61 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter enhances contrast quite a bit and makes it stand out well. 9 magnitude star 4 arcminutes following. Observation on Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Pix on Deep Sky Magazine, September, 1987, page 10 shows structure but I can't see it. Just a soft glow at 122 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 30 arcseconds mottled surface at 272 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. A hole in the center comes and goes. No central star was seen. 13 magnitude star 1 arcminutes north preceeding. Observation on Fri 1996/08/16 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1 arcminutes by 0.9 arcminutes in position angle 165°glow. Much brighter on an arc on the north preceeding edge at 262 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. Annular, with a lockwasher shape, with following (or finder chart) edge missing at 262 power magnification alone. 478 power magnification alone shows a very mottled annulus, but still no central star. Center is not as dark as background sky, but is darker than the outer ring. 13 magnitude star 1 arcminutes north preceeding. Observation on Sat 1997/06/28 00:10:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Located in an area rich in gcs; 15 in a 15° circle. Unusual PlanetaryNebula. bright 1 arcminutes by 0.75 arcminutes in position angle 165° glow easily seen at 68 power magnification and 262 power magnification with or without Lumicon UHC filter. A bit apple-core shaped like M27. brighter on the north edge. 12 magnitude star 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 135°. 9 magnitude star 6 arcminutes following. GlobularCluster n6440 is just 20 arcminutes south.
1750.7-3012	oc	n6451	22	377	8.2p 12pm*	8	II 1 p n/I 2 r	Sco
Observation on Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Triange-shape of 15 stars, very faint and barely seeable in 49 power magnification and best in 122 power magnification. Double star stn37 25 arcminutes south. Observation on Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Triangle of 20 stars in 7 arcminutes at 122 power magnification. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 30 stars in a 7 arcminutes triangle shape with vertex sizes 40°-80°-60° at 136 power magnification. The 40° vertex points north north following. The 80° vertex is 7 arcminutes due south the 40° vertex. The 60° vertex is at the south preceeding corner. Most stars are in a 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes bar running south south preceeding from the north following (45°) vertex. 2 9 magnitude stars, 5 10 magnitude stars, and the rest are 11 magnitude and fainter stars.
175833.37+663759.1	pn	n6543	3	30	8.8 11.44m*	22"x18"	3a+2	Dra
Observation on Mon 1985/04/29 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 bright small glow visible at all power/UHC combinations. No detail seen. Observation on Fri 1985/05/24 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Blue-green. No central star seen. Observation on Tue 1986/07/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Next to a faint red star. Observation on Tue 1987/06/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Blue-green homogenous glow. Observation on Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Yes I do see the central star. Its a very bright dot at 122 power magnification and 272 power magnification at the center of this already very bright PlanetaryNebula. Observation on Sat 1992/08/01 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Very blue glow, elongated north preceeding-south following. bright central star. 8 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 300°. Observation on Mon 1995/05/29 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 very bright blue oval glow, elongated in a ratio of about 5 to 3 in pa 0°. 10 magnitude star 3 arcminutes preceeding. No central star was seen. The south end of the oval is fainter and much less sharply cutoff than the north end. Slightly mottled.
180151-0857.5	gc	n6517	16	294	10.1 16.0pm*	4.3 round	IV	Oph
Observation on Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed. No glow was spotted in a 49 power magnification sweep of the 2° area surrounding the GlobularCluster location. Good seeing. Observation on Mon 1989/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint and small GlobularCluster. 11 magnitude star in the GlobularCluster and about 10 other stars are occasionally resolved at 272 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1996/08/17 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pretty faint 2 arcminutes round glow, gradually much brighter in the middle. 10 magnitude star 9 arcminutes in position angle 195°.
1802.3-2301	oc	M20	22	339	6.3 7.3m*	28	n	Sgr
Observation on Mon 1987/07/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 15 mainly faint stars surround the 2 stars that show nebulousity (see BrightNebula n6514=M20=trifid). Those 2 stars are the brightest in this OpenCluster and are a wide 12 arcminutes in position angle 0° pair. north-more is red. south-more is an 122 power magnification double. I don't think the stars to the north following between here and M21 are part of the OpenCluster. Observation on Fri 1988/07/01 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 Confirmed. The double is hn 40 (has its own entry). Observation on Tue 1990/07/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 Confirmed using Uranometria 2000.0. Uranometria 2000.0 shows this OpenCluster in the south half of the nebula. There I count about 15 11 magnitude and fainter stars. Not well detached.
1802.3-2302	gn	M20	22	339	7.63m*	29x27	E+R	Sgr
Observation on Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Glow barely visible around 2 stars with Lumicon UHC filter only. Observation on Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Lumicon UHC filter required to see nebulousity. Observation on Mon 1987/07/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 stars are surrounded by nebulousity with Lumicon UHC filter. Those 2 were marked on Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 270. Observation on Fri 1988/07/01 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 very faint glow with Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Tue 1990/07/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 Contrary to what Sky and Telescope Magazine, July, 1990, page 98 says, I get the best view at 49 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter or 30 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. In 122 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter I can't see the nebulousity. Observation on Tue 1992/06/30 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint glow surrounds a group of 6 magnitude stars. The glow is about twice as large as the M8 glow. Located north from M8. Forms a triangle with M8 and a 5 magnitude star. The 6 stars are arranged in an angled line of 4 stars (bright, very faint, faint, bright) with 2 faint stars above them. Observation on Fri 1995/07/28 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 The trifid is quite a sight from this site. Its easily visible at 131 power magnification without the Lumicon UHC filter, and the bright nebulosity, the dark lanes, and the fainter reflection nebula all show. When the Lumicon UHC filter is added, the contrast is increased in both the bright, the dark, and the reflection nebulae. The bright nebula about 15 arcminutes, nearly round, and is divided into 4 parts, one of which is quite small. The main dark lane runs in PA 45, and runs just south of the center of the nebula where there's a bright double star. Running south from that double star is another dark lane. Curving but generally running north preceeding is another one, and along that one is a split into a second lane that runs in pa 15°. The nebulosity outward from that split is the 4rth part of the nebula. All of the dark lanes are somewhat curvy, and they remind me of a meandering river. In the pa 30° edge of the nebula is a dark lane thats about 3 arcminutes or 4 arcminutes wide north of which is the faint 10 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes reflection nebula shaped like a quarter moon with a flat south edge and a rounded north edge. There's a red star at the south edge of it.
1803.3-2753	oc	n6520	22	339	7.6p 9pm*	6	I 2 m n/I 2 r	Sgr
Observation on Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 6 stars in a 5 arcminutes circle + other stars. Confirmed via picture Astronomy Magazine, May, 1985, page 20. I'm obviously only seeing the brightest stars. Observation on Mon 1987/07/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Prior observation is wrong. The OpenCluster is at least 50 arcminutes south of here. Observation on Thu 1987/08/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Don't know which prior observation is wrong. There is a 3 arcminutes circlet but its not the prominent shape. The obvious 49 power magnification shape is 4 stars in a row with more to the north of the center third. 122 power magnification view was sketched. Observation on Fri 1988/07/01 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 Found without using prior notes, and confirmed. Found from Sky Atlas 2000.0 alone with 49 power magnification. 19870820 observation is correct for sure. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 About 30 mainly faint stars in 5 arcminutes at 122 power magnification. I'm sure that before I only saw a very few of these stars. The 4 stars in a row are the brightest in this OpenCluster. They're 9 magnitude, aligned 120°. Then there are a couple 10 magnitude'south to the north and south of that line. The remaining stars are 12 magnitude and fainter stars, and intensely concentrated in a tight 2 arcminutes central knot of about 15 stars. No star colors were seen, nor was any nebulousity. Well detached from the field. DarkNebula b86 10 arcminutes preceeding. Observation on Sat 1995/07/29 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Very tight, highly-concentrated, well-detached cluster with a bright red star in the middle. First-rate cluster. The bright red star has a blue companion. Surrounding the red star for a 1 arcminutes diameter are about 15 12 magnitude and fainter stars. Then there's an empty ring out to a diameter of 4 arcminutes, then a bright ring of outlining stars.
180334-3002.0	gc	n6522	22	377	9.9 14.1pm*	5.6 round	VI	Sgr
Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 1 arcminutes circular glow in the same field as the fainter GlobularCluster 6528. Seeable at 30 power magnification. No resolution, even at 272 power magnification, except for 1 12 magnitude star which is just outside the glow to the north preceeding (probably foreground).
180450-3003.4	gc	n6528	22	377	9.6 15.5pm*	3.7 round	V	Sgr
Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint 30 arcseconds glow in 61 power magnification. Barely seeable in 30 power magnification. Same field as GlobularCluster 6522. 122 power magnification shows circular shape. No resolution. Not seeable in 272 power magnification.
180609-2745.9	gc	n6540	22	339	9.3p	1.5		Sgr
Observation on Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. No 0.5 arcminutes OpenCluster was seen. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed. Only isolated stars at OpenCluster location using all powers including 272 power magnification. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 About 15 stars in a roundish 2 arcminutes extremely faint group. One 12 magnitude star at north north preceeding edge. Rest are 13 magnitude and fainter stars. Invisible at 30 power magnification. Best at 122 power magnification. This is at location plotted in Uranometria 2000.0. 2nd potential is a 1 arcminutes nebulous spot located right on line with the 2 Uranometria 2000.0stars (north of Uranometria 2000.0'south OpenCluster plot location), 1/3 of the way from the preceeding (or picture)-more to the following (or finder chart)-more star. Invisible at 30 power magnification. Shows as nebulous spot at 122 power magnification. 272 power magnification resolves into about 15 very extremely faint stars + slight residual glow. I think the former is the OpenCluster due to location, but size and Herschel Object description matches the latter better. Observation on Sun 1995/07/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 At 262 power magnification I have a 1.5 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 90° smile of very faint stars concave toward the north (but I'm unsure because once I recorded north, and once south). 13 magnitude star on north preceeding edge. The rest of the stars are 14 magnitude and fainter stars. There is underlying nebulosity from what I presume are fainter stars. Scattered 11 magnitude and fainter stars surround. 9 magnitude star 3 arcminutes preceeding. 10 magnitude/11 magnitude pair 4 arcminutes following. 9 magnitude star 6 arcminutes following. Uran plots the cluster at the location described previously as the first possibility. That grouping was verified tonight, but I don't think it could be the cluster because there are not many stars, and its not at all dense. I can't believe that its a cluster but not the smile. However, I think the cluster is what I noted as the second possibility, right on line with the Uranometria 2000.0stars. Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects description sort-of matches that second possibility, too (but sort-of not). Observation on Tue 1995/08/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Concave to the south. There's a 10 magnitude star 2 arcminutes north, and an 11 magnitude star 2.5 arcminutes north following. Observation on Sat 1996/08/17 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 The brighter stars are definitely concave toward the north. There's a round underlying glow from here, though, and the arc is just the bright stars along the south edge of the 2 arcminutes round hazy glow. The haze is only visible with averted vision at 262 power magnification, but its definitely there.
180721-2459.9	gc	n6544	22	339	7.5p 12.8pm*	8.9 i		Sgr
Observation on Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint glow that won't resolve at 122 power magnification and won't even take 272 power magnification. Observation on Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 extremely faint glow. very small. Even at 272 power magnification, its just a very small smudge. No resolution. Several 12 magnitude stars are within 10 arcminutes. 9 magnitude star 7 arcminutes south south following. Observation on Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 About 10 extremely faint stars resolve with 272 power magnification + averted vision. OpenCluster is a very faint 1 arcminutes glow. 13 magnitude star 2 arcminutes south preceeding. The field is splattered with 13 magnitude stars. Don't know why Uranometria 2000.0 page 33 plots this as a 5 arcminutes GlobularCluster. I only see 1 arcminutes. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 3 arcminutes round glow with a few stars resolved at 272 power magnification. All resolved stars are near preceeding (or picture) edge. The bright star to the south of the GlobularCluster is at the south edge of an south-shape of 13 magnitude stars whose bottom flat part points right to the GlobularCluster. Uranometria 2000.0 plots too big -- I see only 3 arcminutes. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Several stars resolved at 272 power magnification. Observation on Sun 1995/07/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 1.5 arcminutes GlobularCluster with a very bright stellar nucleus at 131 power magnification. At 262 power magnification, it becomes an extremely elongated in pa 120°. Chain of bright resolved stars on the south preceeding edge runs in pa 120°. One of those stars was what I was calling the bright stellar nucleus at 131 power magnification. A 4 arcminutes cone-shape of 12 magnitude stars that points preceeding (or picture) is just following (or finder chart) the GlobularCluster. 12 magnitude star 2 arcminutes in position angle 255°.
180916-2554.5	gc	n6553	22	339	8.3 14.7m*	8.1 oval	XI	Sgr
Observation on Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 Very pale faint round featureless glow at 122 power magnification which is 5 arcminutes preceeding a 9 magnitude and 10 magnitude star which are separated by 4 arcminutes in position angle 135°. 13 magnitude star at the preceeding (or picture) edge is resolved with 122 power magnification but its just outside the glow. I lose the GlobularCluster at 272 power magnification and only see the 13 magnitude star. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 A few stars resolved at 272 power magnification. Observation on Sun 1995/07/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 At 262 power magnification, a 3 arcminutes by 2.5 arcminutes in position angle 315° GlobularCluster. At the 315° (north preceeding) edge there's an 11 magnitude star. Occasionally stars appear over the glow, but they may be foreground stars superimposed. This cluster is very milky, and it looks like M1. It's not mottled, it has only a slight brightening toward the center. Its bright in the large inner region with a flat brightness gradient, then tapers off rapidly at the edges. One 13 magnitude star consistantly shows on the following (or finder chart) edge. At 478 power magnification, about 10 stars consistantly appear but the underlying glow is just about gone.
1812.8-2135	oc	n6568	22	339	8.6p	13	III 1 m/IV 1 m	Sgr
Observation on Tue 1985/07/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 40 stars in 7 arcminutes. Matches Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch. Be careful to find via 14 Sgr not MU Sgr. MU Sgr is brighter. 14 is south following of MU Sgr. Both visible in viewfinder, even from here. To find, put 14 Sgr on preceeding (or picture) edge (centered) of 49 power magnification field and switch to 122 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very pretty OpenCluster. Inconspicuous in 49 power magnification but very rich at 122 power magnification. Observation on Tue 1987/07/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sort of crab-shaped. Need 122 power magnification to see, and even then its a faint OpenCluster. Central area of OpenCluster is a 10 arcminutes half-circle of 5 stars and a double star. Finder sketched. Observation on Sun 1995/07/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Rich, fairly large, not condensed but very well-detached 30 arcminutes cluster of stars. Overall round, but with irregularities. 100 stars counted to 14 magnitude. brighter stars form chains that look like a false set of Groucho-Marks eyebrows and glasses. Two circles of stars on the following (or finder chart) half form the rims of the glasses, and a north-south line of stars preceeding (or picture) forms the eyebrows. bright outliners are on the south edge. Many stars in the rims and eyebrows are about 11 magnitude. smaller wedge-shaped grouping of stars on the following (or finder chart) end forms a perfect nose for the imposter. One more fainter circle of stars appears north of the two brighter ones which form the rims. Some descriptions of this cluster mention a dark lane, but I can't see one from this site. Perhaps between the rims of the glasses and the eyebrows? Or maybe because the center of the rims is empty?
181339-3149.6	gc	n6569	22	377	8.4	5.8 round	VIII	Sgr
Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 very extremely faint glow in 30 power magnification. Easier in 122 power magnification, which shows a 3 arcminutes featureless round very faint pale glow. 272 power magnification reduces it to a just-barely-detectable-glow with no resolution. Whoever chose these Herschel Objects must have real masochistic tendencies.
1815.8-2207	oc	n6583	22	339	10.0p	2.8 oval	II 1 m/I 2 m	Sgr
Observation on Tue 1987/07/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 One faint 49 power magnification star turns into about 5 with a slightly nebulous haze at 122 power magnification. Finder chart sketched. Observation on Fri 1988/07/01 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 Confirmed. About 5 stars. Observation on Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. The group seen before was not the OpenCluster according to Uranometria 2000.0 page 339. OpenCluster has not yet been seen. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 A 10 magnitude star 11 magnitude star 10 magnitude star 3 arcminutes line running 120°. There are a couple of stars 5 arcminutes north following and a few stars 8 arcminutes following south following. That's all I see in the area. Confirmed that 19870721 observation was not it. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 4 arcminutes north of that 3 arcminutes line is a 3 arcminutes glow of about 15 occasionally-resolved stars in 122 power magnification. Invisible at 30 power magnification. Can't see at 272 power magnification. Observation on Sun 1995/07/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Prior observations are perfect. I can't believe I saw this with the 8 arcseconds scope. Here's what I can add. The clump resolves into about 15 13 magnitude and fainter stars plus underlying nebulosity. 6 13 magnitude stars run in a pa 165° line. 15 14 magnitude stars. Line of 3 10 to 11 magnitude stars 5 arcminutes south. Arced chain of 13 magnitude stars comes out of the mass toward the south preceeding, and appears to be connected with the 13 magnitude star line within the cluster, making a 6 arcminutes arc concave toward the north preceeding. The north third of that arc contains the cluster.
182341-3021.7	gc	n6624	22	378	7.6 13.8m*	5.9 round	VI	Sgr
Observation on Mon 1987/09/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint 2 arcminutes glow at 49 power magnification. It has a tough time competing with the skyglow. Observation on Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 2 arcminutes glow at 49 power magnification. 10 magnitude star 7 arcminutes north preceeding. 10 magnitude star 12 arcminutes north preceeding. No resolution at 272 power magnification but it has a very steep brightness gradient towards the core. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 2 arcminutes glow at 30 power magnification. very bright core at 272 power magnification with a couple of stars occasionally resolved.
182542.42-231210.0	pn	n6629	22	340	11.6 12.9m*	16"x14"	2a	Sgr
Observation on Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed. No nearby Sky Atlas 2000.0stars and picture Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 193 is a confused mess. Can't identify the PlanetaryNebula on it or in the sky. Observation on Sat 1989/08/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Stellar dot Blinking the UHC in and out of view to make a nebula more easily visiblesouth just 2 arcminutes north preceeding a 9 magnitude star at 49 power magnification. 122 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter shows this to be a 15 arcseconds featureless round glow. 272 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter still shows it easily but no details. Visible at 122 power magnification and 272 power magnification without Lumicon UHC filter as well. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 I see no details in this PlanetaryNebula at any power / Lumicon UHC filter combination. Lumicon UHC filter doesn't help. I see no brighter nucleus. The PlanetaryNebula is a homogenous glow, even at 272 power magnification + aversion / direct / blinking.
1827.7+0634	oc	n6633	16	205	4.6 7.57m*	27	III 2 m	Oph
Observation on Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Medium rich with over 60 stars in field. Observation on Tue 1986/07/29 at Utica, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Good binocular OpenCluster too. bright fuzzy glow. Observation on Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 The brighter stars form a crescent-shape in which the horns point to the south following (towards the bright Sky Atlas 2000.0star). Observation on Thu 1989/08/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 Added 2 stars and moved 1 on my sketch. Other than those corrections it is perfect, much better than Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. The star at the center of the 6-tuplet on the north preceeding edge is red. brightest member is green. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Nothing is added to the OpenCluster from here. I already can see it all from at home. Observation on Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Observation on Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 small bright misty patch with a few 9 magnitude stars popping through. 7 magnitude star south following. Observation on Thu 1997/08/07 11:20:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 At 53 power magnification, the OpenCluster looks like a lowercase west or OMEGA shape, with the base of the west to the north. There's a rich wedge of stars at the north preceeding edge of the cluster which points toward the preceeding (or picture), away from the cluster. Many bright stars are present, but many faint stars in the background as well. Located near the center of a very rich and bright 2°-long preceeding (or picture)-following (or finder chart) star chain. The OMEGA is about 18 arcminutes by 10 arcminutes. Not concentrated.
183056-2529.8	gc	n6638	22	340	9.2 15.0pm*	5.0 round	VI	Sgr
Observation on Sun 1987/08/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Soft glow at all powers. No resolution even at 272 power magnification. Used picture Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 193 to find. Observation on Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Easily found off GAMMA Sgr using Sky Atlas 2000.0 and 49 power magnification alone. 10 magnitude star 3 arcminutes south preceeding. No resolution. Too faint to hold at higher powers. Observation on Sat 1989/08/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Very easy to see the glow. I can even see it easily at 272 power magnification but no stars are resolved. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 No stars resolved at 272 power magnification with or without averted vision on a really good night. 2 arcminutes soft round glow.
183154-2328.5	gc	n6642	22	340	8.9	4.5 i	V	Sgr
Observation on Sun 1987/08/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 small 1 arcminutes triangle of 3 stars at 49 power magnification. 122 power magnification shows a couple more very faint stars but still no glow. Used picture Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors page 193 to find. Observation on Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 No, that was not it. The GlobularCluster is 15 arcminutes north of here. Its a very faint 2 arcminutes glow at 49 power magnification and 122 power magnification. No resolution. 11 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north. Observation on Sat 1989/08/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Can still hold it at 272 power magnification but no stars are resolved. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 At 272 power magnification its a 1 arcminutes glow brighter in the central 0.5 arcminutes. 12 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north north preceeding.
1832.6-1653	oc	n6645	16	295	8.5p 12pm*	10	III 1 m/IV 1 m	Sgr
Observation on Tue 1985/07/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 49 power magnification only gives a hint. 122 power magnification shows a mass of about 60 very faint stars that almost fill the field. Observation on Wed 1986/07/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Just preceeding (or picture) 5 bright stars in a line. Only a few members visible at 49 power magnification. Requires 122 power magnification to see faint stars and even then only about half of the Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars. Observation on Sun 1986/08/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Lots of star chains. Last Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 magnitude not seen. Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System picture matches. Observation on Sat 1989/08/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Pretty OpenCluster made up of about 30 faint stars. Matches Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 well except the double on the south edge of the OpenCluster is at about 270° on Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch but I see 340°. Almost all Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars were seen. Observation on Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Over 50 stars in 15 arcminutes. 2 arcminutes north following the double on the south edge is an extremely compressed 1 arcminutes area that won't even resolve completely at 272 power magnification + aversion. I see at least 10 stars in this 1 arcminutes + nebulous haze at 272 power magnification. I'd estimate that from here, I'm seeing 2 magnitudes fainter than Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7, and more than double the number of stars. Observation on Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 10 arcminutes circle of star with wings coming out the south end of that circle to the preceeding (or picture) and following (or finder chart), making a 15 arcminutes irregularly-shaped cluster. The center of the circle is completely empty. Then there's a pretty perfect ring of stars, then outside that is a smattering of many stars. Over 50 11 magnitude and fainter stars in the area. brightest is an 11 magnitude star on the south end. There are also a couple of pretty bright stars in the north preceeding quadrant. This is a really nice cluster. That small spot mentioned in the 19910607 observation is resolved into 10 13 magnitude stars with an underlying glow still remaining.
1836.7-0813	oc	n6664	16	295	7.8 10.15m*	16	III 2 m	Sct
Observation on Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 25 faint stars in about 10 arcminutes. Observation on Wed 1986/07/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 west south picture is excellent but I don't see last 2 magnitudes at all. Not visible at 49 power magnification. Only ALPHA Sct shows. ALPHA Sct preceeding (or picture). 122 power magnification shows Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 shape. Observation on Sat 1989/08/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Exact same observation. Crescent-shaped 15 arcminutes OpenCluster. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 The entire crescent is 15 arcminutes and is easiest at 122 power magnification. About 1/2 of the faintest Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars were seen. brightest stars are at north following edge. The crescent is outlined, though, with 10 magnitude stars. No colored stars were noted. Well detached from the field stars.
185304-0842.4	gc	n6712	16	295	8.1 13.3m*	7.2	IX	Sct
Observation on Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Rich field but no GlobularCluster spotted. Observation on Wed 1986/07/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 extremely faint glow in 49 power magnification found via star hop. Still visible in 122 power magnification, but no resolution. Won't take 272 power magnification. Observation on Thu 1988/07/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 large pretty bright glow in 49 power magnification. Easily found via star hop from the south. 9 magnitude star 3 arcminutes north following. Takes 272 power magnification but no resolution. Observation on Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 About 15 very faint stars in 4 arcminutes resolved around an irregularly round glow at 272 power magnification. Some stars resolved at 122 power magnification within and around a 3 arcminutes glow which is brighter in the middle. faint small glow in 30 power magnification. 10 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 70°. 9 magnitude star 12 arcminutes in position angle 45°. Easy find off ALPHA Sct. Rating changed from 4-8 to 3-6. Observation on Sat 2008/08/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright smudge in 43 power magnification, easily found off M11 although it is 3° away. At 85 power magnification it's still just a smudge, approx 2 arcminutes in size. At 170 power magnification I get a little bit of resolution. Its a soft unresolved glow with just a few specks of salt atop it with averted vision. Nearly round, but the south south preceeding edge is not cut off and appears to be a straight edge. Round in direct vision, but that south preceeding edge is cut off and straight in averted vision. Very strange. About 10 stars are resolved at 170 power magnification with averted vision, but stars of that magnitude are outside of the glow as well, leading me to suspect they're foreground stars.
1907.8+0414	oc	n6755	16	251	7.5 10.23m*	15	IV 2 m/II 2 r	Aql
Observation on Sun 1985/08/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Found the area, but several groups fit the Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 description. Observation on Wed 1986/07/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Found via THETA Ser, following (or finder chart) to 1st bright star at same declination, to OpenCluster. small 8 arcminutes triangle + a few other stars. Not sure since I have no picture to verify this with, but location seems right. Double and other star due north found for confirmation. Observation on Sat 1987/08/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 groups of about 10 stars in 4 arcminutes at 122 power magnification. To find get the following (or finder chart) Sky Atlas 2000.0star in 122 power magnification then move 10 arcminutes south and 30 arcminutes preceeding. There is now a triangle of 10 magnitude stars. The north following-most star has a speckling and so does the area 7 arcminutes preceeding. Observation on Sun 1988/08/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. Exactly same observation. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 Yes, thats the right spot but more shows from here. The preceeding (or picture) edge of the OpenCluster is the north following-most star of the triangle mentioned above. 6 stars surround that star within 2 arcminutes. Then there's a 2 arcminutes black area, then a very rich and condensed 2 arcminutes area with at least 10 stars + nebulousity. north and south of this rich part are more scattered, but still detached stars which round out the 10 arcminutes OpenCluster. Entire OpenCluster is a well detached, 10 arcminutes thich-pie-wedge-shaped, with the point of the wedge pointing to the preceeding (or picture). One 10 magnitude star (the preceeding (or picture)-most), a few 11 magnitude stars at the south edge, and about 25 12 magnitude and fainter stars. I'm sure that if this were not a Herschel Object, I would never have tried for it from here, and I'd never have seen the rich condensed core of this OpenCluster. I apologize for calling you masochists in my observation of GlobularCluster n6569. Observation on Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation. Very inconspicuous at 30 power magnification. X122 is required to see much detail at all. Observation on Sat 1995/07/01 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 5 arcminutes well concentrated, well detached from the field. Nebulous at 170 power magnification. 3 arcminutes X-shaped with the lines of the x running 0° and 180°. The preceeding (or picture) lobe of the x has the highest concentration of stars. 5 arcminutes preceeding the center of the x is a splash of about 7 stars. south of that condensation is a line of bright stars which leads to another bright condensation after 7 or 8 minutes. No colorful stars in the cluster. Observation on Sat 1996/10/12 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 In addition to what I've noted before, about 7 arcminutes north of the X-shape is another grouping of about 8 13 magnitude stars in a 2 arcminutes ring. All told, the cluster is about 20 arcminutes in size, irregularly round, and very unusually clumpy, with many star chains between the clumps.
1908.7+0441	oc	n6756	16	251	10.6p 13pm*	4.0	I 2 m/I 1 m	Aql
Observation on Sun 1985/08/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Searched for quite a while. Sure of location. Observation on Wed 1986/07/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1987/08/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1988/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 very faint 2 arcminutes glow resolved into 1 12 magnitude star and about 10 13 magnitude stars + nebulousity at 122 power magnification. Found via Uranometria 2000.0 page 251 location. Barely glimpsed as a glow at 49 power magnification. Observation on Thu 1989/08/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 Same observation with these additions. The glow at 122 power magnification is really tight in a 1 arcminutes area. Lumicon UHC filter doesn't enhance, so it probably isn't a nebula. I can't see it at all at 272 power magnification. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 Confirmed. 1 arcminutes nebulous patch. I can barely see it in 272 power magnification, and that power shows a couple of stars south of the glow, and 3 stars preceeding (or picture). Glow is still not resolved, though. Observation on Sat 1995/07/01 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 very faint cluster, I suspect this is my first sighting. 262 power magnification very tight mass of 13 magnitude and fainter stars. Extremely concentrated. Very well detached from field. Tiny 1 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 60° knot is not resolved at 131 power magnification. Chains of very faint stars come out of the knot to the preceeding (or picture) and a few to the south. Cup shaped, with the knot being at the base. The knot resolves into about 15 stars + underlying glow at 438 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1996/10/12 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 This is a really nice small compact and pretty bright 1 arcminutes by 0.75 arcminutes in position angle 60° spot of nebulosity. There are a few outlying stars, mainly to the preceeding (or picture) and south, but they're so detached from this little jewel that I wouldn't consider them to be part of the cluster. The brightest star is a 12 magnitude star slightly detached from the north north following edge of the main body. Hints of resolution at 378 power magnification, but nothing for sure. Reminds me of n7510, but is a much more extreme example of a small jewel-like cluster than that one. Extremely well-detached, difficult to resolve, extremely compressed, and very nebulous.
191828.3+063223	pn	n6781	16	206	11.8 14.95?m*	111"x109"	3b+3	Aql
Observation on Sun 1986/08/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very large and faint circular glow. Barely visible without Lumicon UHC filter at 49 power magnification. 49 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter or 122 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter shows clearly. No central star was seen. Observation on Wed 1987/09/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Exact same observation except slight ring structure was glimpsed with 49 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Mon 1990/06/25 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 90 arcseconds bright and large PlanetaryNebula was seen but no ring structure was seen in any power/UHC combination. All were tried. Observation on Fri 1996/08/16 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Shows clearly at 68 power magnification alone with this scope as a very bright round homogenous amorphous glow. At 262 power magnification alone it is about 2 arcminutes, slightly elongated preceeding (or picture)-following (or finder chart), and very slightly darker in the middle. I see no central star. Its brighter in the south half, and the north half fades more gradually to background sky. 13 magnitude star just outside the glow in pa 45°. Lumicon UHC filter makes it a lot brighter but doesn't add any details.
1930.6+2017	oc	n6802	8	162	8.8 12.93m*	3.2 oval 0°	III 1 m/I 1 m	Vul
Observation on Thu 1986/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 25 arcminutes pentagon of stars is in the area but this is not the OpenCluster. It should be at the end of the coathanger. Should be a small very tight rich north south bar-shape. 60 stars 13 to 18 magnitude. Observation on Sun 1986/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Using picture Sky and Telescope Magazine, September, 1986, page 316 I can see a haze at OpenCluster location using 122 power magnification. Pix is slightly smaller than an 122 power magnification field. A few stars very difficult but seeable at both 122 power magnification and 272 power magnification. Last star of the coathanger is in the 49 power magnification field at same declination as OpenCluster. Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects says 5 arcminutes. Observation on Sun 1988/07/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 Just a nebulous area of a very few resolved stars at 122 power magnification. Just about centered to the south of 2 doubles that are about 15 arcminutes following and 28 arcminutes following the last coathanger star. Need to try on meridian. Observation on Sat 1988/08/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 That find is confirmed with Uranometria 2000.0 page 162. Field stars match picture Sky and Telescope Magazine, September, 1986, page 316 very well at 122 power magnification -- thats about the size of the picture. Only a couple of members are resolved at 122 power magnification over the glow. At 272 power magnification a few more show up. These just begin to form the bar-shape shown on the picture. Observation on Fri 1989/08/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=2/9 Using averted vision and a hood I can make out the bar-shape as an easy 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes nebulous glow at 122 power magnification. 8 extremely faint stars are resolved within that area. Observation on Sat 1990/06/30 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Fairly easy 5 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes north south nebulous bar at 122 power magnification. 5 stars easily and continuously resolved -- 4 at south edge and 1 near center. About 5 additional stars come and go. Observation on Fri 1994/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 5° thumbprint of nebulousity with a few stars resolved at 189 power magnification. Right off the last star of the Coathanger cluster. Forms a near-equilateral triangle with 2 wide doubles, one 10 arcminutes north preceeding and one 8 arcminutes north following. Observation on Sun 1994/08/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 6 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 0° gorgeous rectangular bar of glow with about 20 stars resolved. brightest stars are a triangle of 12 magnitude stars at the north end of the bar. If a 13 magnitude star is added to this triangle, it becomes a trapezium. Referring to prior observation, its more of a 30-30-120 triangle, with the 120° vertex being the cluster. Some stars spill out of the rectangular glow to the south following. Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects'south magnitude chart is very difficult to use since without a drive since it labels a small percentage of the stars, and I need to go back and forth between book and eyepiece figuring out which stars in the book are the ones I can see.
1943.2+2318	oc	n6823	8	162	7.1 8.81m*	12 oval	I 3 p n	Vul
Observation on Sat 1985/04/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 A few bright stars and many faint ones. Center contains 3 stars in a row. Try to see nebulousity next time. To find, begin at DELTA Cyg, move down to declination 23.2, then a little preceeding (or picture). Observation on Mon 1987/07/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 west south sketch is not accurate in details but gives the correct overall impression of the OpenCluster. Note especially changes in the central knot. Are these changes evidence for motion within the cluster? No nebulousity found with Lumicon UHC filter. Observation on Wed 1987/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nebulousity noticable with Lumicon UHC filter. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is not very accurate -- need to resketch someday. Observation on Fri 1987/09/25 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Yes the Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture is accurate. Its an 122 power magnification view of an 49 power magnification OpenCluster. It goes 1 magnitude fainter than I see. Central knot is perfect. Observation on Fri 1989/08/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=2/9 Very subtle glow of nebulousity shows with 49 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. For some reason this is a very difficult OpenCluster to match to Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch but at 122 power magnification after about 10 minutes of trying I could match it. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is indeed very accurate. Visually, the OpenCluster consists of a central quadruple. 5 arcminutes group of stars surrounding that multiple, mostly south preceeding. More outward is an empty shell, then a 30 arcminutes ring of brighter stars. OpenCluster is just the central 5 arcminutes. Observation on Thu 1995/09/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 About 10 arcminutes roundish, with a trapezium of fairly bright stars in the center. brightest star is on the preceeding (or picture) edge, and the next brightest star is near the south edge. Its got 6 8 magnitude star, 8 11 magnitude stars, and about 40 13 to 14 magnitude stars. Very clumpy but not concentrated at all. The picture in Deep Sky Magazine, June, 1988, page 40 only shows the central 2 arcminutes trapezium. At 478 power magnification, stars 1, 5, 6 and 11 are easy; star 4 is pretty easy; stars 2 and 3 combine into one image; I thought I saw star 7 once; I never saw star 8; both stars 9 and 10 were occasionally seen. That puts my limiting magnitude at about 13.8.
194357.76-140911.4	pn	n6818	16	297	9.9 13.05m*	22"x15"	4	Sgr
Observation on Sun 1985/08/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 small PlanetaryNebula suspected at 49 power magnification. Confirmed at 122 power magnification. Lumicon UHC filter no help. Found by hopping from BETA Cap, to 55 Sgr, to PlanetaryNebula. Observation on Mon 1988/08/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Easy at 49 power magnification alone. Non-stellar at 49 power magnification. Lumicon UHC filter enhances. 122 power magnification shows easily but provides no details. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 Essentially the same observation. Slightly mottled 0.3 arcminutes surface at 122 power magnification. No annular (ring) structure was noticed. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Very mottled at 272 power magnification but still no annular structure. Slightly blue-green color. Sharp edges. Observation on Fri 1994/08/05 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 very extremely bright slightly elongated 20 arcseconds blue PlanetaryNebula with slightly brighter edges than center. No central star was seen. Best at 262 power magnification. Lumicon UHC filter doesn't help. 3 13 magnitude stars surround within 2 arcminutes.
194448.17+503130.4	pn	n6826	3	55	9.8 10.44m*	27"x24"	3a+2	Cyg
Observation on Sat 1985/04/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Homogenious glow easily seen at all powers with or without Lumicon UHC filter. bright central star is obvious at 272 power magnification. Observation on Tue 1985/06/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Located 35 arcminutes following a very bright white, white 30 arcseconds in position angle 135° double that has a faint 30 arcseconds in position angle 135° double near to it at 130°. Observation on Tue 1986/07/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Round. No details. Observation on Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Easy PlanetaryNebula at all powers with or without Lumicon UHC filter. At 272 power magnification central star is obvious. The preceeding (or picture) edge of the PlanetaryNebula is fainter than the following (or finder chart) edge. star is centered in the glow if that preceeding (or picture) edge is imagined to be as bright as the following (or finder chart) edge. Observation on Mon 1995/07/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 At 478 power magnification its a large homogenous glow with a bright star in the center which is easy to hold with direct vision. Not annular at all but slightly mottled. Slightly oval in pa 75°. Outer edges are slightly scalloped rather than smoothly rounded. I don't see the dark patch that Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects talks about. Slightly blueish. 14 magnitude star 1 arcminutes preceeding. 12 magnitude star 2 arcminutes south.
1951.0+2303	oc	n6830	8	162	7.9 9.88m*	12	II 2 p	Vul
Observation on Thu 1985/05/23 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint and small. All but the faintest Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars were seen. Use OpenCluster6823 to find. Observation on Fri 1985/08/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 west south sketch is not accurate in detail but gives overall impression correctly. Observation on Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 5 arcminutes cross of faint stars with a sprinkling of fainter ones at 122 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1990/06/30 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 That's a good description of the OpenCluster. This time all Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars were seen. Observation on Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 25 10 to 13 magnitude stars in a round 5 arcminutes cluster. brightest stars form a cross-shape. 6 magnitude star (12 Vul) 27 arcminutes south. Fairly rich field, but well detached because its so small. Catalogued 12 arcminutes size suggests that many of the faint stars surrounding (especially to the south, south following, and following (or finder chart)) are members, too. Observation on Thu 1995/09/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Prior observations are very accurate and convey an accurate description of what this cluster looks like. About all I can do to stretch this out into the catalogued 12 arcminutes size is consider the 2 stars south of the main body as part of the cluster. Those 2 stars turn it into a 12 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes in position angle 0° crescent-shape of stars. The preceeding (or picture) edge of the cluster is about as sharp as you'll ever see in a cluster. Its got a bunch of fairly bright stars, and has the tightest concentration of stars. The brightest stars are in the center of the crescent, and that X-shape of bright stars is correct. The center of the X has a pretty large diamond, so the X is made of 4 lines of 2 stars, with the center empty. The brightest stars in the cluster are 2 10 magnitude stars and 5 11 magnitude stars. I count 70 stars down to 13 magnitude.
1952.2+2925	oc	n6834	8	119	7.8 9.65m*	5	II 2 m	Cyg
Observation on Tue 1985/06/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very tight. Nebulous at 49 power magnification. 5 faint stars running in a line almost due preceeding following. Speckling of fainter stars. Observation on Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. 122 power magnification required to see more than 5-or-so stars. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch looks accurate though its hard to verify the details because the light used to see Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture ruins eyes too much for this OpenCluster. Observation on Wed 1987/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 west south picture is verified -- looks real good. This is really a very good medium-rich OpenCluster at 122 power magnification and a good salt-and-pepper OpenCluster at 49 power magnification when on meridian. Observation on Sat 1989/08/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 I see as many stars as Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 but not at exact same location. Need to sketch but the clouds have almost rolled in right now. Observation on Wed 1989/09/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Observation on Fri 1989/09/29 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Warren Astronomical Society 12.5" f17 classical Cassegrain seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Slightly easier with 12.5 arcseconds telescope. No extra stars seen but its easier to hold faint stars without averted vision with larger aperture. Observation on Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 A 5 arcminutes round group of 40 10 to 13. stars surrounds the preceeding (or picture)-more 5 arcminutes of a 7 arcminutes in position angle 80° line of 5 10 magnitude stars which cuts the round group in half. Well detached. Easy, even in 30 power magnification. Very pretty detached blobs at south and north edge. I see more stars than Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch does not do justice to the cluster because it doesn't show the range of brightness in these stars. My cmap looks pretty accurate. Observation on Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Observation on Tue 2008/08/26 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 This is a pretty little OpenCluster which appears as a small misty patch with very easy and recognizable bright stars at 43 power magnification. It's not too difficult of a hop from ETA Cyg. Composed of 5 bright stars in a 5 arcminutes-10 arcminutes line aligned in pa 80°, surrounded by a misty patch of unresolved fainter stars. The center of those 5 stars is the brightest, 9 magnitude, plotted in Uranometria 2000.0, and it is slightly yellow. At 262 power magnification the view is really transformed. The line of stars is more easily measured at 7 arcminutes long, and the entire cluster becomes a 7 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes clump of 30 stars. star chains run off the central star in several directions. Aside from the 5 bright stars, the brighter stars are to the north of the line, but more stars are found to the south of the line. The cluster is well detached from the field, and a little bit compressed. Another small clump is detached off the south preceeding edge, 5 arcminutes away from the center of the cluster, consisting of a tight 1.5 arcminutes knot of 7 stars down to 12 magnitude with a little bit of haze beneath them. Another smudge is detached off the north edge which is composed of fainter stars than the south preceeding detached smudge. It's a chevron shape of 6 stars. The cluster is located in a rich and interesting field at low power. The field 30 arcminutes-60 arcminutes preceeding has a lot of bright stars, but the field 30 arcminutes-60 arcminutes following has many more fainter stars. Cmap is excellent, but I see more stars.
2003.7+4400	oc	n6866	9	84	7.6 10.66m*	7	II 2 m/II 2 r	Cyg
Observation on Tue 1985/06/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy to find even though faint. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is perfect and I see all stars. At 49 power magnification the OpenCluster appears slightly nebulous. Pretty well detached. Same declination as R Lyr at 1854. Observation on Wed 1987/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very nebulous at 49 power magnification. At 122 power magnification, its 4 groups in a row. 3 are only 4-5 stars and the 4rth is larger and richer and triangle-shaped. Observation on Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation except order of the 4 groups (from preceeding (or picture) to following (or finder chart)) is small, large, small, small. large group has 30 stars. It is triangle-shaped with vertices pointing south, north preceeding, and north following. 8 of the brighter stars in the triangle form 2 arcs running north south aligned such that 2 squares are formed---one north and one south. Observation on Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Triangle-shaped group of 40 stars in 7 arcminutes. Prior descriptions are accurate. I agree with Uranometria 2000.0'south declination of 4410, confirmed by the position relative to the 7 magnitude star 25 arcminutes in position angle 260° and the 8 magnitude star 30 arcminutes in position angle 280° and the 9 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 200°. Well detached. No noticable colors. 1 additional blob preceeding (or picture) and 2 blobs following (or finder chart). Observation on Tue 1996/08/13 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 5 arcminutes triangular-shaped group of 40 12 to 14 magnitude stars. brightest stars are on the preceeding (or picture) side, and the following (or finder chart) side is made of fainter stars. The following (or finder chart) edge runs north-south, and the triangle points toward the preceeding (or picture). A couple of blobs of stars follow. Cluster is well-detached from the field, but is not concentrated.
2011.6+2633	oc	n6882	9	163	8.1 9.87m*	18	II 2 p	Vul
Observation on Tue 1987/09/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 According to Sky Catalog 2000.0 volume 2, n6882 is slightly north following n6885, so I'd assume the detached north following part of n6885 is n6882. This is now outlined in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, volume 3 entry# 301. Observation on Sun 1988/07/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. Observation on Tue 1988/08/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 That's wrong. n6882 is a large OpenCluster made of faint stars north preceeding 20 Vul. Its very scattered except for one rich part just 5 arcminutes north preceeding 20 Vul. Does not look much like an OpenCluster, but I'm trusting Uranometria 2000.0 page 163. Observation on Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Ignore all prior observations. n6882 is the 30 arcminutes OpenCluster beginning with 20 Vul and running north preceeding. Its made of about 10 10 magnitude stars and 15 fainter. Apparently 20 Vul is not a member because brightest member is 9.9 magnitude. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 Confirmed. See 19900814 observation of OpenCluster n6885.
2012.0+2629	oc	n6885	9	163	5.7 6pm*	7	III 2 p	Vul
Observation on Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 OpenCluster n6885 is an obvious OpenCluster. Well sketched in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. I see all Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars. OpenCluster n6882 is sparser and smaller with fainter stars. Observation on Thu 1986/07/17 at Utica, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 A very good binocular OpenCluster. Observation on Sun 1988/07/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 The field is really the binocular OpenCluster. Its a 30 arcminutes group of bright stars with a 6 magnitude star in the center. The 2 true ocs are really made of faint stars and are both towards the north edge of the large 30 arcminutes group. Observation on Tue 1988/08/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 This OpenCluster is the bright stars surrounding 20 Vul. Its the obvious group in the field. This is my conclusion by examining Uranometria 2000.0 page 163 and the sky. Observation on Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Ignore all prior observations. n6885 is the 7 arcminutes group of very faint stars surrounding and apparently including 20 Vul. stars brighter than 11 magnitude are within that 3.5 arcminutes radius of 20 Vul so I must assume that this OpenCluster is the 15 12 magnitude and fainter stars which surround 20 Vul in 122 power magnification. They are mainly preceeding (or picture) of 20 Vul. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 Confirmed. Based on Uranometria 2000.0, I'd have to agree with 19890830 conclusion. Herschel Object book description indicates the opposite, but I trust Uranometria 2000.0, and the OpenCluster sizes back me up.
202223.02+200616.4	pn	n6905	9	163	11.9 15.5m*	44"x38"	3+3	Del
Observation on Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint circular PlanetaryNebula seeable at all powers. Lumicon UHC filter doesn't help. Same declination as star at right ascension 2028. 10 magnitude star 2 arcminutes north. Observation on Tue 1988/08/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 Actually located inside a 3 arcminutes triangle of stars one of which is the 10 magnitude star mentioned before. Lumicon UHC filter does enhance the PlanetaryNebula. Takes all powers easily, even 272 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter. No details seen - just a slightly less-than-1' puffball. Maybe slightly oval-shaped north south. Observation on Mon 1989/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Prior observation confirmed. No details were seen. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 At 272 power magnification, its a near-circular 40 arcseconds glow slightly oval-shaped with north south axis longer than preceeding following axis. brightest part is the following (or finder chart) third. Lumicon UHC filter doesn't help. At 272 power magnification the central star is occasionally seen. Its just slightly brighter than the PlanetaryNebula'south overall glow.
2023.1+4047	oc	n6910	9	84	7.4 9.61m*	8	I 2 p n/I 3 m	Cyg
Observation on Mon 1984/11/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Gorgeous, very small Y-shape of stars. Find GAMMA Cyg and this can be in same 49 power magnification field. Observation on Wed 1988/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Very pretty Y-shape of faint stars with 2 bright ones -- one just following (or finder chart) the base of the Y and one at the end of the north following top-of-the-Y. Observation on Mon 1989/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 2 6 magnitude stars and 8 10 magnitude stars in the Y-shape. Several stars 11 magnitude and fainter stars show at 272 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1990/06/30 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Very pretty and delicate Y-shaped OpenCluster. My sketch looks good. Observation on Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Observation on Fri 1994/09/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 8 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 135° group of 2 very bright stars, about 20 easy stars and about 20 very faint stars. bright stars are arranged in a half-oval. Looks like the profile of a horse, heading 315°. The front foot is a bright blue star and the short rear leg has a bright orange star as a foot. My sketch looks good, but Felicity adds many stars that weren't seen with the Meade. I can barely see the 14.8 magnitude stars shown on sketchbook diagram. Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects'south description is not very good - there's not a circle of stars at all.
2031.4+6038	oc	n6939	3	56	7.8 11.91m*	8	I 1 m/II 1 r	Cep
Observation on Thu 1985/09/19 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very faint OpenCluster of about 20 stars at 272 power magnification + averted vision and time exposure. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch looks distorted at edge. I think my sketch is a better finder chart. Observation on Tue 1986/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Same observation. My sketch is definitely easier to find it with. Observation on Wed 1987/09/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Even easier to find with is the picture on The Universe from Your Backyard page 57. Observation on Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 very faint, 25 stars, shaped kind of like a north south figure-8 drawn with straight lines and filled in with 13 magnitude stars. brightest star is 12 magnitude. Observation on Mon 1990/06/25 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 This is a salt-and-pepper OpenCluster from here. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 Confirmed. The figure-8-shape doesn't really show up until power is increased to 272 power magnification, but then its obvious. A few stars are following (or finder chart) the figure-8-shape, too. The brightest stars are on the south preceeding edge. Observation on Sat 1994/09/03 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 10 arcminutes by 8 arcminutes in position angle 90° triangle with base on preceeding (or picture) end and point on following (or finder chart) end. Chain of stars runing right along south half of the base. About 70 10 magnitude and fainter stars. Triangle of bright field stars at about 8 arcminutes in position angle 75°, 8 arcminutes in position angle 15° and 8 arcminutes in position angle 300° from cluster. There are 2 1 arcminutes nebulous patches in the cluster, one at the center of the triangle and one near the north following edge which resolves into 4 stars at 262 power magnification. Except for these two patches, I see no compression. No colorful stars.
203412+0724.3	gc	n6934	16	209	8.9 14.0m*	5.9 round	VIII	Del
Observation on Sun 1987/09/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy 3 arcminutes glow at 49 power magnification. No stars discernable even down to 272 power magnification. Very even glow with no brighter nucleus. I assume I'm only seeing the central 3 arcminutes glow and missing any surrounding stars. Observation on Sat 1988/08/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Same 3 arcminutes glow. A few stars of resolution come and go at 272 power magnification. Observation on Mon 1989/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 2 arcminutes glow. Very little occasional resolution. 9 magnitude star 3 arcminutes preceeding. Observation on Mon 1990/06/25 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 About 15 stars resolved out to 5 arcminutes over a 2 arcminutes pretty bright glow at 272 power magnification. Easy find. Observation on Thu 2008/10/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Is a trivial find when on the meridian because you can just go due south from EPSILON Del to find it. Appears in the viewfinder; is pretty bright. At 262 power magnification it's a 3 arcminutes by 2.5 arcminutes in position angle 0° glow with many resolved stars. 9 magnitude star 3 arcminutes preceeding. Gradually brighter in the middle, central 1 arcminutes round glow is very bright. I count 50 resolved stars at 262 power magnification; they nearly touch that 9 magnitude star which is 3 arcminutes preceeding. stars are resolved even over the central core. brightest resolved star is toward the north following from the center of the 1 arcminutes core, but is not quite at the edge of that core. One of the brightest outliners is also in that north following direction, outside the core. Definitely elongated north-south. At 43 power magnification it looks like a PlanetaryNebula. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 and The Universe from Your Backyard descriptions are not very good, but the Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects description is great, as always.
2034.6+2819	oc	n6940	9	120	6.3 9.31m*	31	III 2 m	Vul
Observation on Thu 1985/06/13 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Medium-rich speckling of faint stars behind 7 or 8 bright stars. Observation on Thu 1986/07/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This is a really good and large salt-and-pepper OpenCluster. Observation on Wed 1987/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. I'd guess I'm seeing 75 stars in 40 arcminutes at 49 power magnification. Observation on Fri 1988/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Gorgeous speckling of myriad 10 magnitude and fainter stars behind a couple brighter ones. Observation on Mon 1989/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 What a glorious rich OpenCluster. I'd like to sketch it someday but I wouldn't know where to begin now. There's a red 10 magnitude star in the center. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 40 arcminutes by 30 arcminutes north south OpenCluster. Richest part is near the south edge (just south of the red star) and is 20 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes preceeding following. Well detached from the field, can't be missed. Most stars are 12 magnitude and fainter stars. Observation on Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Detailed cmap completed.
203452.0+600915	eg	n6946	3	56	8.81:9.61	11.48x9.77	SAB(rs)cd I	Cep
Observation on Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Observation on Wed 1987/09/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 When I use The Universe from Your Backyard page 57 picture I can get a star match and then detect the extremely faint 5 arcminutes glow of the Galaxy. I don't think I could find it without that picture. Location of the Sky Atlas 2000.0star just preceeding (or picture) was added to that picture. Observation on Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint glow found only using same picture. Couldn't find without picture. Here's how to do it next time-- 30 arcminutes preceeding the Uranometria 2000.0star is a triangle of 10 to 11 magnitude stars. 20 arcminutes north is a 10 magnitude 12 magnitude double. Galaxy is 1/3 of the way from the triangle to the double. Observation on Mon 1990/06/25 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Very slightly easier from here. 5 arcminutes glow with no details. Only seeable in 49 power magnification, not in 61 power magnification or higher. Finder directions above are good. Observation on Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Barely suspected small faint glow at 30 power magnification just north of a small triangle of stars. At 61 power magnification, its a 6 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. No brightness increase in the middle. 272 power magnification shows a couple very extremely faint stars at south end. They are assumed to be foreground stars. Observation on Sat 1994/09/03 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 6 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. Possible arm coming out the north and curving around to north preceeding. Observation on Sat 1994/10/01 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 10 arcminutes by 6 arcminutes in position angle 75° glow including the arms. The round central halo is about 4 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes and has a suddenly slightly brighter center that looks almost stellar at 131 power magnification, but 262 power magnification shows some size, and slight elongation in pa 60°. A prominent arm comes out the north following side of the central halo, wraps around the following (or finder chart) edge very lazily and ends up south following of the central halo pointing 150°. This arm is thin and well-defined. I cannot see the innermore arm that should be there on the south side. The opposite arm comes out of the central halo near 2 13 magnitude stars on the south edge of that halo. It runs preceeding (or picture), then curls up north, but is very wide and diffuse. It runs through a 13 magnitude star on the preceeding (or picture) edge and continues north through an HII region or 15 magnitude star. It shoots off to the north from here, and ends on a bunch of 13 to 14 magnitude stars. The preceeding (or picture)-more of the triangle of bright stars on the south preceeding edge of the Galaxy is pretty red.
205846.5+441919	gn	n7000	9	85	FT 5.96m*	120x100	E	Cyg
Observation on Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed with telescope or binoculars. Observation on Wed 1987/09/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nor with viewfinder+UHC. Observation on Thu 1989/08/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 Not found, or not observed using telescope or binoculars with or without Lumicon UHC filter or Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 I finally found it on an excellent night while it was right on the zenith. First, I tried with naked eye+UHC, with no luck. Then I tried with binoculars, with no luck again. Then, just for fun, I tried with 30 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter, and I saw it pretty easily. It was pretty easy to follow the edge of the glow all the way around the nebula. Mexico was expecially prominent. Gulf of Mexico also stood out well, with a soft glow of Florida marking the other edge. I followed the nebulous edge up the east Coast, across Canada, then back down the west Coast. I expected a bright spot along the north edge of Canada, but didn't see one. I also viewed the Pelican BrightNebula while in the area. After seeing the north. Amer BrightNebula this way, I removed the Lumicon UHC filter and used 30 power magnification alone. It was still barely visible as a slightly brighter glow. Also barely visible in 49 power magnification alone. X30+UHC was best, however, because of the brighter contrast, and the larger field. Observation on Sun 2008/08/31 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Observing at 43 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter, right on the zenith. The easiest part is the gulf of Mexico. Mexico is really bright, the gulf is surrounded by glow, Florida is pretty easy, and the edges become softer and more difficult to define as I go up the eastern coast. Along the eastern coast, although the edge is very gradual, moving the scope preceeding (or picture) and following (or finder chart) shows the difference between glow and no-glow. There's a bright star right on Maine. The nebulousity then curves toward the western coast, and about half way to the western coast is a brighter area. The western coast is a pretty sharply defined edge, and leads back to the very bright Mexico.
210032.81+543235.5	pn	n7008	3	56	13.3 13.21m*	86"x60"45°	3	Cyg
Observation on Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1986/10/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Requires Lumicon UHC filter. 9 magnitude star 1 arcminutes south center. At 122 power magnification+Lumicon UHC filter I see 2 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes north south. north part is brighter. Shows some mottling. Observation on Mon 1990/06/25 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Central star seeable in 122 power magnification + averted vision. Fairly easy PlanetaryNebula at 49 power magnification or 122 power magnification alone. Lumicon UHC filter hurts at all powers. At 122 power magnification its an oval-shaped 2 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes north south PlanetaryNebula, just like prior observation. I don't understand why I don't see the bite taken out as in picture Astronomy Magazine, May, 1990, page 67-8 but I don't. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 1.5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 30°. I do see the hole near the center tonight. Also, the star to the south (which is really 2 arcminutes south, not 1 arcminutes south), is a double. PlanetaryNebula details are easiest at 122 power magnification alone, Lumicon UHC filter is worse, 272 power magnification dims too much. Observation on Mon 1995/07/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 At 170 power magnification this is an excellent and unusual PlanetaryNebula. 2 arcminutes irregularly round glow with a lot of details. 13 magnitude central star. 14 magnitude star 1 arcminutes in position angle 75° from the center, and on the edge of that part of the PlanetaryNebula is a brightening, almost as if its a partial annular ring. A dark round hole is in pa 135° from the central star. It reminds me of the picture of the eyes of the owl PlanetaryNebula. The hole runs all the way from the central star to the 135° edge of the PlanetaryNebula. At the preceeding (or picture) edge of that round hole the nebula appears quite bright, and combined with the bright north following edge mentioned earlier makes the brightest part of the PlanetaryNebula be a 2 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 15° bar. The Lumicon UHC filter shows these same features but it takes away the stars. 478 power magnification just spreads out the light too much and makes the details too hard to see. 13 magnitude star 1.5 arcminutes preceeding. Red/blue < 1 arcminutes in position angle 165° double star on the 150° edge. Observation on Fri 1995/07/21 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Reading Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects, the double is h1606.
210130+1611.3	gc	n7006	17	209	10.6 15.6m*	2.8 round	I	Del
Observation on Sat 1988/08/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely faint glow seeable in both 49 power magnification and 122 power magnification. No resolution. Observation on Mon 1989/09/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=3/9 extremely faint glow in 49 power magnification 122 power magnification and 272 power magnification. No resolution even at 272 power magnification. Observation on Mon 1990/06/25 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 very faint 2 arcminutes glow in 49 power magnification and 272 power magnification. No resolution at all. Observation on Mon 1992/07/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 extremely faint 1 arcminutes glow with no resolution. Slightly brighter in the middle. Observation on Thu 2008/10/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty small very faint glow at 43 power magnification, looks like an out-of-focus star. At 131 power magnification, its a 1 arcminutes round glow, brighter in the middle, with only one resolved star, over the core, just off center toward the preceeding (or picture). I don't see any other stars or any outliners. This really looks like a fairly bright elliptical Galaxy rather than a GlobularCluster.
210410.78-112148.8	pn	n7009	17	299	8.3 11.5m*	28"x23"	4+6	Aqr
Observation on Wed 1985/10/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy PlanetaryNebula. very bright. No details. Easy find with or without Lumicon UHC filter. Located 5 minutes of time preceeding (or picture) NU Aqr. Observation on Mon 1986/08/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy at all power/UHC combinations. Lumicon UHC filter always makes brighter. No central star. Possible central darkening. No ansae were seen. Observation on Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Very easy 1 arcminutes green glow at 49 power magnification alone. Round. No details show at any power. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 Blue 1 arcminutes glow very slightly elongated preceeding following. No details at any power. Easiest at 272 power magnification alone. Observation on Mon 1992/07/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 1.0 arcminutes by 0.8 arcminutes preceeding following blue PlanetaryNebula. Slightly brighter in the middle. Easy find off NU Aqr. No ansae. Observation on Sat 1994/08/06 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 Same observation except at 378 power magnification I can see the very extremely faint ansae running in pa 120° for a total width of about 40 arcseconds. Extremely green at 68 power magnification - the most green object I've ever observed.
2113.0+4229	oc	n7044	9	86	12 15m*	3.5	II 2 r/I 1 r	Cyg
Observation on Wed 1985/09/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I have a few groups but don't know which is it. Observation on Mon 1986/08/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1986/08/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Rich Milky Way field. Several groups. Don't know which one. Observation on Wed 1988/09/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 I see only a few very faint stars at 122 power magnification and no OpenCluster. Observation on Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 At location in Uranometria 2000.0, I see only a couple faint stars. If instead I go to the 9 magnitude star shown 10 arcminutes following the plotted Uranometria 2000.0 location and move 15 arcminutes north (2/3 of the way to the pair shown in Uranometria 2000.0), I see a 5 arcminutes V-shaped group of about 10 12 magnitude and fainter stars. Observation on Fri 1989/09/29 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Warren Astronomical Society 12.5" f17 classical Cassegrain seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Exact same observation. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 That group is there, but its not the OpenCluster. The OpenCluster is right at the Uranometria 2000.0 location and is just a glow -- I get no resolved stars at any power. Located exactly 7.56 arcminutes preceeding the Uranometria 2000.0star, according to reticle measurement. About 4 arcminutes per side and circular. Just barely suspected at 30 power magnification, easiest at 61 power magnification. Still seeable in 122 power magnification. Lumicon UHC filter just darkens --- apparently not a true nebula. Between the Uranometria 2000.0star and the OpenCluster is a 11 magnitude star and then a 10 magnitude star (moving from following (or finder chart) to preceeding (or picture)). The 10 magnitude star is just past the following (or finder chart) edge of the glow. Observation on Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Agreed. 4 arcminutes very extremely faint glow at perfect Uranometria 2000.0 location. No stars resolved (except the one 10 magnitude star at the following (or finder chart) edge) at 122 power magnification. At 272 power magnification I see about 10 stars where the glow was, but the glow is gone. Averted vision required to see both the glow in 122 power magnification and the stars in 272 power magnification. Observation on Fri 2008/10/31 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 This was a difficult find for me. After several failed attempts starting at the 3 6 magnitude stars following (or finder chart) and moving straight preceeding (or picture), I finally reached this via the 2 stars near the north-most of those stars, then the 2 stars pnp those in the same orientation, which nearly point to the 9 magnitude star which following (or finder chart) n7044. It's a 3 arcminutes round cluster with stars to the north following which make it appear at first as a 6 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes glow in the sky. Resolved with difficulty into 20 14 magnitude stars at 262 power magnification. Just outside the north north following edge is an 11 magnitude 13 magnitude pair, about 3 arcminutes in position angle 75° from the cluster center. 9 magnitude star is 7 arcminutes in position angle 90°. I'm observing right at the zenith. Not visible at 43 power magnification. 239 power magnification does not improve the view.
2123.2+4623	oc	n7062	9	86	8.3 10.1m*	7	III 1 p/II 2 m	Cyg
Observation on Tue 1984/11/13 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 small dipper in the area, but its not the OpenCluster. Observation on Mon 1986/08/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 bright star at preceeding (or picture) and following (or finder chart) edge, 5 arcminutes apart. Speckling of fainter stars between. Hazy at 49 power magnification. 25 stars at 122 power magnification. Observation on Wed 1988/09/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Easily confirmed. About 15 stars in the speckling. Observation on Thu 1989/08/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 10 magnitude star at preceeding (or picture) and following (or finder chart) edge. Sketched. 16 stars in the speckling. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 A couple of stars are preceeding (or picture) the preceeding (or picture)-more 10 magnitude star, too, making the entire OpenCluster 6 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes preceeding following. Observation on Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 6 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes preceeding following salt and pepper oval with bright stars at the preceeding (or picture) and following (or finder chart) edge. 35 stars counted at 272 power magnification. Well detached. All stars are 12 magnitude and fainter 13 magnitude except the 2 bright stars.
2130.5+5135	oc	n7086	3	57	8.4 10.19m*	9	II 2 m	Cyg
Observation on Fri 1985/08/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 faint speckling of 30 stars. All Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars seen. Observation on Tue 1986/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Most Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars are even seeable at 49 power magnification. Observation on Thu 1986/09/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This is really a very rich OpenCluster. Use 122 power magnification + averted vision to see more stars than Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is aligned wrong, but I corrected it. The 3 bright stars are either misplaced or magnitudes are wrong. There is a faint 3 star arc where shown in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 and a bright 3 star arc on the north edge. Observation on Wed 1987/10/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Very nice 49 power magnification OpenCluster. Observation on Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 6 arcminutes triangle pointing 105°. brightest star is 10 magnitude. This is embedded within a 10 arcminutes circuar area. 10 arcminutes preceeding is another group which is much sparser. Observation on Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 40 stars in 10 arcminutes. Well detached and pretty condensed in the 5 arcminutes triangle at the south following edge. Observation on Thu 1995/09/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Beautiful salt-and-pepper cluster that's just barely seeable in the viewfinder. The cluster is concentrated to a 5 arcminutes round grouping of about 50 12 magnitude and fainter stars and just a few 11 magnitude stars. There are outliners mainly to the preceeding (or picture) and north, taking the cluster size up to 9 arcminutes. On the preceeding (or picture) side of the main mass is the brightest star in the cluster, and its reddish. Just north of it by about 1.5 arcminutes is a faint blue star which makes a nice color contrast with it. Much more sharply bounded on the following (or finder chart) side than the preceeding (or picture) side. Cluster stands out from the field very well, and the field is unusually sparse for the proximity to the Milky Way. I agree with the corrections I made to Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7.
2144.0+5343	oc	n7128	3	57	9.7 11.50m*	3.1	II 3 m/I 3 m	Cyg
Observation on Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 small nebulous patch visible at 49 power magnification. 4 stars resolved at 49 power magnification. 8 at 272 power magnification. Same right ascension and 49 power magnification appearance as n7127. Observation on Wed 1988/09/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Empty ring of 11 stars at 272 power magnification. One 9 magnitude star, the rest are faint. Easy find using Uranometria 2000.0 page 57. Observation on Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 The ring is 2 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 135°. 9 magnitude star at south following edge. 11 magnitude double star at south edge. One 12 magnitude on south edge. 5 12 to 13 magnitude stars on north edge. 4 probable 13 magnitude members just outside the ring to the preceeding (or picture). Total of 13 stars were seen. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 This is really a strange cluster. Above descriptionsouth are accurate with these additions. The 9 magnitude star at south following edge is red. The wierd thing is that these pretty bright stars surround an unresolved nebulous glow, as if they formed the rim of a cup of milk. I do not resolve that glow at any power and it shows at 122 power magnification easily. Lumicon UHC filter makes it disappear, so I assume its not a true nebula. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Exact same observation. Lumicon UHC filter does not enhance (also, there's no "north" in the classification for the cluster). 272 power magnification resolves no stars in the milky glow. Observation on Sat 1994/10/01 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 My limiting magnitude tonight is slightly higher than 15 magnitude. Same observation, except no nebulous glow inside the circle. Richest on the north edge. The innermore of the 11 magnitude double star on the preceeding (or picture) edge is reddish. Observation on Thu 1995/09/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes ring of 9 13 magnitude and brighter stars, the brightest of which is on the south following edge. There are a couple of other 13 magnitude stars scattered around. A nebulous haze surrounds and is embedded by the ring. At 272 power magnification, a few more stars appears. A line of 14 magnitude stars runs in pa 60° tangent to the north preceeding edge of the circle. At this power, the milky appearance is still prominent. Several of the stars of the ring split into doubles. Lumicon UHC filter didn't show any nebulosity.
2145.9+6548	oc	n7142	3	33	9.3 12.12m*	4.3	II 2 r/I 2 r	Cep
Observation on Sat 1985/07/06 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Located in the center of what appears to be a larger loose group of brighter stars. Identify by the bright star on the north edge of the 49 power magnification nebulousity. To the north following is an isolated group of a few close stars. Observation on Fri 1985/09/13 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The group described above is an south-shape curve of 7 faint stars, about 7 arcminutes long, with 2 other faint stars and the bright star north. The other isolated group is sort of dipper-shaped. (this is OpenCluster n7129) Observation on Sat 1986/08/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. The Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is about 25 arcminutes. It includes many faint field stars that are difficult at 49 power magnification. Observation on Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 I certainly don't see nearly as many stars as Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7, but the OpenCluster does show about 15-20 13 magnitude stars in 122 power magnification. Nothing at all shows in 49 power magnification. Appearance is not nearly as dense-looking as Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 portrays it to be. Observation on Fri 1989/09/29 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Warren Astronomical Society 12.5" f17 classical Cassegrain seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation. Observation on Tue 1990/07/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 25 13 magnitude stars in a 10 arcminutes circular shape. 3 brighter stars (10 magnitude or so) at north, north following and following (or finder chart) edge. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Only the 19900724 observation is correct. The ones before that date were all for a grouping 50 arcminutes preceeding. The true OpenCluster is invisible at 49 power magnification, very difficult at 61 power magnification, and much easier at 122 power magnification. The field stars all match the Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch well in the 61 power magnification field, and the scale of the sketch is correct. The only discrepancy is that Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketches 3 stars in a line at the north following edge of the cluster and I see no star at all at the placement of the center of those stars. One of the ends of that line is the brightest star in the field. Other than that discrepancy, all field stars match perfectly. The cluster itself, however, is a different story - it does not match the sketch at all. I assume it was drawn in a manner to convey the impression of the cluster and not the details. I count 25 stars in an 8 arcminutes round area, plus the 3 stars mentioned in the 19900724 observation. Those 25 stars are fairly evenly spread throughout the 8 arcminutes area, except for a slight 2 arcminutes condensation at the north preceeding edge. Rating was changed from 2-5 to 5-8. I don't see a rectangle shape at all here, as mentioned in the Observe: the Herschel Objects description, nor do I see one in the field. I'd call this a round cluster or possibly triangular.
2153.8+6236	oc	n7160	3	33	6.1 7.04m*	7	II 3 p/I 3 p	Cep
Observation on Mon 1984/10/01 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Very rich area. Observation on Sat 1985/07/06 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very small but bright OpenCluster. 2 very bright stars within. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is 7 arcminutes -- not 80 power magnification. Observation on Sun 1985/09/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 west south sketch is perfect. All Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars were seen. Observation on Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 west south sketch is perfect. All Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars were seen except the one noted. Observation on Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 extremely bright 5 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes preceeding following OpenCluster. All Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars were seen. The one not noticed previously is 12 magnitude. Should be drawn fainter relative to the 2 other stars nearby. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 The Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is absolutely perfect excet the one star mentioned above and a couple more outliners I would have included had I drawn it. Positions are perfect. Located in a fairly rich field, but it stands out well because its so bright. 7 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes preceeding following cluster. An 8 magnitude green, 8 magnitude blue 2 arcminutes in position angle 150° pair dominates the cluster near the following (or finder chart) edge. Near the preceeding (or picture) edge are 3 8 magnitude stars at 12 arcminutes in position angle 325° from the center.
2205.2+4630	oc	n7209	9	87	6.7 9.02m*	25	III 1 p/III 1 m	Lac
Observation on Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find. faint 17 arcminutes OpenCluster with bright outliners. bright outliners fill 50 arcminutes field. Pretty well isolated. Observation on Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Observation on Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 Fairly rich 10 arcminutes group of about 20 9 to 10 magnitude stars + many fainter ones. Circular in shape with a mostly empty center. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Medium-rich 25 arcminutes circle of about 70 7 to 13 magnitude stars. Not condensed at all - very even distribution of stars both in terms of positioning and brightness, except the hole in the middle. Pretty well detached. 9 magnitude star at south preceeding edge. A red 11 magnitude star is just following (or finder chart) the empty center. Best at 61 power magnification. Very difficult to define the edge. Very few stars are south of the OpenCluster. The fields preceeding (or picture), following (or finder chart), and north are much richer than the one south. 7 magnitude star 20 arcminutes north. Observation on Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Big splashy 25 arcminutes round cluster. Not concentrated. brightest stars are concentrated on the north following edge. Many of the stars are 11 magnitude stars. I count about 100 stars to 13 magnitude. Very well detached from the field. 7 magnitude star on north edge is yellowish. 9 magnitude star on preceeding (or picture) edge. 9 magnitude star on south preceeding edge.
220752.2+312135	eg	n7217	9	122	10.12:11.02	3.89x3.24 95°	(R)SA(r)ab II	Peg
Observation on Mon 1986/08/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1986/08/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sun 1986/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Fri 1986/10/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Difficult faint 2.5 arcminutes by 2.0 arcminutes glow. 1/4 moon. Observation on Mon 1987/12/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sun 1988/01/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Wed 1988/09/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 pretty bright fairly easy 2 arcminutes round glow. Observation on Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 faint circular 1 arcminutes glow. No elongated or other details. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. Last quarter moon has risen. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 45° glow. Non-stellar 11 magnitude nucleus shows easily at 122 power magnification. No arms were clearly seen. Nucleus is off-center to the south preceeding. 10 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 100°. Extemely easy find off PI Peg. Observation on Sat 1994/09/10 at Island Lake State Recreation Area, near Brighton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Round 1.5 arcminutes glow brighter in the middle to a 0.5 arcminutes core and then to a stellar nucleus. 9 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 105°.
2215.3+4953	oc	n7243	9	87	6.4 8.47m*	21	IV 2 p/II 2 m	Lac
Observation on Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find. Triangle-shaped. bright central tight 49 power magnification double with a faint red star north. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketched center part only. Observation on Wed 1988/09/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Very easy find using Uranometria 2000.0 page 87. 30 arcminutes OpenCluster of at least 50 stars. Well isolated. Triangle points to the south. Observation on Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 Detached section to the following (or finder chart) is missing completely from Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch. Need to sketch. Observation on Mon 1990/01/01 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Detailed cmap was begun in fall 1989 but not yet completed. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 I'm not too satisfied with the descriptionsouth I've written so far. Its a 30 arcminutes OpenCluster of about 50 stars divided into 2 parts. The preceeding (or picture) part is a 30 arcminutes by 10 arcminutes half-ellipse. Visualize it this way-- take a 30 arcminutes by 20 arcminutes ellipse and cut it in half along a line which runs through both foci, then fill it in with stars. The straight edge runs 150° and bows out toward the preceeding (or picture). There are 8 9 to 10 magnitude stars in this half, including the double mentioned before, which is resolved at 61 power magnification. I count 30 stars total in this half. Fnf that half is a 40 arcminutes by 10 arcminutes in position angle 150° band which has only a few 12 magnitude and fainter stars in it. Fnf that band is a 15 arcminutes-per-side equilateral triangle pointing to the fnf, with 20 stars. None are 9 magnitude, 4 are 10 magnitude. The entire OpenCluster stands out well from the field. The dark band running through the center looks like a DarkNebula, but none is plotted here on Uranometria 2000.0 page 87. Observation on Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Observation on Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 large splashy 25 arcminutes cluster with about 70 stars. In the center is a very tight 8.5 magnitude 8.5 magnitude 10 arcseconds in position angle 15° double STRUVE2890 with a red star to its north. That double is actually a triple, but the third component is way out from the double, about 70 arcseconds following. V-shaped with almost no stars on the north edge. Empty dark lane within the cluster toward the south following. Wide variety of stellar magnitudes, with the brightest stars being about 9 magnitude or 10 magnitude stars. Moderately well detached from the field. Located in a rich star field, but the cluster is an obvious overdensity, especially of bright stars. Two star chains radiate outward from the center. Observation on Sun 1995/10/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 Shows easily in the viewfinder. At 68 power magnification its a large 40 arcminutes by 20 arcminutes in position angle 90° splash of bright stars divided into two clumps. The smaller clump is on the following (or finder chart) end, and its triangular, pointing to the following (or finder chart). The larger clump is on the preceeding (or picture) end and is pretty round. Overall, its kind of eyeball-shaped, with the no stars in the iris or pupil area. Cluster is composed of stars of all magnitudes from 9 magnitude to 12.5 magnitude. I count 26 in the following (or finder chart) clump, 36 in the preceeding (or picture) clump, and about 8 13 magnitude stars in the dark lane which separates the two (the iris of the eyeball). On the north edge of the preceeding (or picture) clump is a very bright tight low power double star with stars of equal magnitude, and just north of that double star is a faint star with an orangish tint. The many bright stars in this cluster are pretty well detached from the field, but the fainter stars are not really much richer inside the cluster than in the surrounding fields. I don't really see this as a parabola, as described in Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects. The Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is terrible, the descriptions are fairly reasonable.
2228.2+5218	oc	n7296	3	57	9.7p 10.0pm*	4.0 i	III 2 p/II 2 p	Lac
Observation on Thu 1986/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Found and sketched at 49 power magnification using 272 power magnification for details. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is oriented wrong but fixed. I see more stars than Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. Runs north south. brightest star at south edge. Next brighter at north edge. Speckling of 19 very faint stars mainly near the north star. Not very much is visible at 49 power magnification. Observation on Wed 1988/09/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Easily confirmed using Uranometria 2000.0 page 57. Jewel-like OpenCluster at 49 power magnification, but sparser than the jewel at 122 power magnification. Sketch was made on 19861020 but was thought to be n7295. Sketch was relabelled tonight as n7296. Observation on Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Prior observation is correct except the true 4.5 arcminutes OpenCluster is just the speckling of stars surrounding what was called the north-more star. Its a triangle-shape pointing to the preceeding (or picture) with the brightest star on the preceeding (or picture)-point. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 23 stars counted in that 4 arcminutes triangle at 272 power magnification. Triangle points preceeding (or picture), and a 10 magnitude star is almost at the preceeding (or picture) point (a few 13 magnitude stars are preceeding (or picture) it). The 23 stars counted were the 10 magnitude star and 22 12 to 14 magnitude stars. Nice tight jewel cluster with averted vision. Looks sparse with direct vision because I miss all the 14 magnitude stars. 8 magnitude Sky Atlas 2000.0star 25 arcminutes in position angle 190°. 9 magnitude star 8 arcminutes in position angle 175°. Observation on Sat 2005/10/29 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Easily suspected patch at 43 power magnification. At 131 power magnification 4 arcminutes round OpenCluster slightly elongated in pa 90°. brightest star is near but not quite at the preceeding (or picture) edge, and is slightly reddish. The other bright stars in the OpenCluster form a Y-shape with the red star forming the base of the Y, and Y going upward toward the following (or finder chart), then branching out toward the north following and south following. I count about 30 stars at 262 power magnification in 4 arcminutes by 3 arcminutes in position angle 90°. Nice arc of 4 stars centered on the south edge. small clump of stars in the north edge a little preceeding (or picture) the center. Located in a rich field, but still well detached from the field. Not compressed. Easy to find due following (or finder chart) BETA Lac. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 really missed out on the OpenCluster, with the true OpenCluster just being a small piece of the sketch rather than most of the sketched stars. The Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is really of the field rather than the OpenCluster. I agree with the orientation improvement I noted before.
223705.2+342510	eg	n7331	9	123	9.48:10.35	10.47x3.72 171°	SA(s)bc I-II	Peg
Observation on Mon 1986/08/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 135° glow. Observation on Fri 1986/10/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed with 1/4 moon. Observation on Mon 1987/12/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sun 1988/01/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. very faint 3 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 150° glow. 11 magnitude star 7 arcminutes following north following. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter enhances some at 49 power magnification but renders invisible at 122 power magnification. Observation on Wed 1988/09/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Easily found 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 150° glow. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 175° glow. Central 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes is pretty bright. Orion Light Pollution Rejection filter doesn't help at any power. Very soft edges. Very hard to define the north south extents. preceeding (or picture) edge is harder than the following (or finder chart) edge, it cuts off pretty abruptly. Nucleus is off-center to the preceeding (or picture). No mottling, dark lanes, or arms were seen. Observation on Sat 1994/08/06 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 8 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 0° glow with a 1.5 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes core nearer the preceeding (or picture) edge than the following (or finder chart). Best at 131 power magnification or 170 power magnification. The south extension has hints of dust lanes like M31's. Observation on Sat 1994/09/10 at Island Lake State Recreation Area, near Brighton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 pretty bright 5 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 170° glow with a 1 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 170° core and a bright stellar nucleus. The core and nucleus are off-center on the psp edge. 14 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 0°. Observation on Thu 1994/09/29 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 5 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 170° glow with a harder preceeding (or picture) edge. very bright 1 arcminutes by 30 arcseconds in position angle 170° core. 15 magnitude star on south following edge. Dust lane in south half of Galaxy near outer edge of south extension. 12 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 30°.
2247.0+5806	oc	n7380	3	58	7.2 8.58m*	12	III 3 p n/III 2 m	Cep
Observation on Sat 1985/07/06 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find. Mostly faint stars. Almost all Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars seen. bright double in same 49 power magnification field just preceeding (or picture) the OpenCluster. I don't think this double is the one shown in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. Other groups are 25 arcminutes south and 50 arcminutes north following. Observation on Fri 1985/09/13 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Identify with the bright stars north and preceeding (or picture). There's another double north. The next few fields south are great and so is the field 100 arcminutes south of the "50 arcminutes north following" group. Observation on Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Great match to Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 picture except bright double has a very faint companion. Observation on Tue 1989/09/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=5/9 All Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars + more were seen. A few are drawn too bright in Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7. 30 stars in 8 arcminutes. Triangle-shaped with 1 triangle point pointing south. brightest star is at north preceeding edge. 6 arcminutes preceeding that star is the bright 49 power magnification double. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Extremely easy find off DELTA Cep. 10 arcminutes round group of 35 11 to 13 magnitude stars with a 9 magnitude 13 magnitude 40 arcseconds in position angle 350° double at the south preceeding edge. Another double, this one 8 magnitude 8 magnitude 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 135° is at 14 arcminutes in position angle 250° from the center of the cluster. 6 magnitude star 25 arcminutes preceeding. 6 magnitude star 30 arcminutes north. Observation on Sat 2005/10/29 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Easy 15 arcminutes round group of 48 stars. Extends a little beyond the round to the 150°. bright 10 magnitude star on the preceeding (or picture) edge has a faint companion. Remainder of the stars are 11..14 magnitude stars. Well detached from the field, but not compressed. Pretty wb bright double separated by 1 arcminutes is 12 arcminutes in position angle 255° from the center of the cluster. I see no nebulosity.
230003.7+155857	eg	n7448	17	213	11.71:12.20	2.69x1.23 170°	SA(rs)bc II	Peg
Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Need to try from darker skies. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 1.5 arcminutes by 0.5 arcminutes in position angle 170° streak. No nucleus shows up, even at 272 power magnification. Just a very homogeneous faint glow. Located 30 arcminutes from the Uranometria 2000.0star. 11 magnitude star 5 arcminutes in position angle 280°. 10 magnitude star 3 arcminutes in position angle 100°. Observation on Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 pretty bright 3 arcminutes by 1.5 arcminutes in position angle 0° glow. brighter core with a barely brighter stellar nucleus. Definite mottling shows. Spiral structure is evident. Double star at 4 arcminutes in position angle 120° is easily mistakable for a companion Galaxy at 131 power magnification. 262 power magnification shows it to be a double star.
230457.1+121918	eg	n7479	17	213	10.85:11.60	4.07x3.09 25°	SB(s)bc	Peg
Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Need to try from darker skies. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 2 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes north south glow. No nucleus at any power. Easiest to see at 61 power magnification. Tough at 122 power magnification. Can't see at 272 power magnification. No details, no mottling, no arms, no dust lanes. Not too hard to find because its right where the sets of Uranometria 2000.0stars to the north preceeding and south following would cross. 11 magnitude star 2 arcminutes south preceeding. 10 magnitude star 7 arcminutes south preceeding. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 faint 4 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes north south glow with a slightly brighter nonstellar nucleus and a 13 magnitude star at the north end at 122 power magnification. Can barely see in 272 power magnification, but 122 power magnification is better. After looking at picture on Deep Sky Magazine, September, 1990, page 5, I see that I'm only seeing the bar in a barred spiral, not the arms at all. 12 magnitude star 4 arcminutes in position angle 190°. 10 magnitude star 10 arcminutes in position angle 200°. Observation on Sat 1994/08/06 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 This one's a superb treat if you take the time to observe carefully. Begin at ALPHA Peg (south preceeding-most of the great square). 5° south is 55 Peg, the north preceeding-most of a group of 4 5 magnitude stars. A 7 magnitude star lies half way between these 2, and is the most obvious star in Felicity's finder at the half-way point. Its part of a close triangle in the finder, which becomes a 5 stars group in the main scope. Anyhow, 40 arcminutes in position angle 240° from there is n7479. At first glance, its a 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 0° glow located 6 arcminutes north a 9 magnitude star. 262 power magnification reveals a slightly brighter 1.5 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 0° core. A 12 magnitude star lies on the north tip, and a 13 magnitude star preceeds the south half by 1.5 arcminutes. But the real treat comes when you use averted vision. The Galaxy wraps past the south edge to the following (or finder chart), continues south the 13 magnitude star and hooks back north-ward, making the Galaxy for a perfect upside-down letter J. The letter J in space makes this Galaxy heretofore known as "Jeff's Galaxy". Observation on Fri 1995/07/28 at SMURFS star party airport runway, 25 miles n of Mio, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 4 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 0° mottled bar with a 12 magnitude star slightly preceeding (or picture) of the major axis almost at the north end. very bright core superimposed on the bar. The south end of the bar curls around toward the preceeding (or picture) and wraps back around south, and seems to end right near a 12 magnitude star.
2311.5+6034	oc	n7510	3	58	7.9 9.68m*	4.0	II 2 m n/II 3 r	Cep
Observation on Wed 1985/10/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 very small and faint 3 arcminutes fuzzy patch at 49 power magnification reminds me of the diamond in my wife's ring, so I've called it "the jewel". 122 power magnification shows all Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 stars. 10 distinct but faint stars were counted in the nebulous region. No trace of PlanetaryNebula i1470. Found via DELTA Cep, 1°n 5°f to viewfinder 6 magnitude triangle, 5 arcminutes following 70 arcminutes north from following (or finder chart)-most. Located 75 arcminutes north and 13 arcminutes following 2 Cas. Observation on Thu 1985/11/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 17 stars counted without any trouble at 122 power magnification + averted vision. Sort of Y-shaped with the top of the Y filled-in. Observation on Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 small dazzling glow. Observation on Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 60°. 24 stars at 272 power magnification. brightest is 10 magnitude red star. Area and detailed cmap sketched. Observation on Tue 1990/10/23 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 That 10 magnitude red star is at the base of the Y-shape at the fnf corner, and the Y-shape runs to the psp. faint stars fill in and surround the Y-shape. Observation on Wed 2005/11/02 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Gorgeous jewel at 43 power magnification. At 131 power magnification it's shaped like a shark. A 5 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 75° triangle of 20 stars, the main body of the cluster, forms the body of the shark, with its fin sticking up. A perpendicular arc of 5 stars follows the cluster, forming the tail. Several 11..12 magnitude stars along the preceeding (or picture) edge, which I called the top of the Y-shape before, really form the hungry open mouth of the shark. To best see the shark shape, you want north at the top of the field of view. brightest star is a 10 magnitude star near the following (or finder chart) edge, but I don't see its red color tonight. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is terrible. Well detached from the field. Not compressed.
231904.9-082908	eg	n7606	17	304	10.75:11.51	5.37x2.14 145°	SA(s)bc I	Aqr
Observation on Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sun 1986/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1988/08/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Need to try from darker skies. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 very faint 3 arcminutes by 1 arcminutes in position angle 0° glow. No stellar nucleus. No brightness increase towards the center. 13 magnitude star on south edge. Observation on Sat 1994/09/10 at Island Lake State Recreation Area, near Brighton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 4 arcminutes by 2 arcminutes in position angle 165° glow located half way between 2 14 magnitude star which are 8 arcminutes in position angle 0° from each other. Slightly brighter in the middle. Nonstellar nucleus.
232553.93+423206.1	pn	n7662	9	88	9.2 13.17v?m*	32"x28"/130"	4+3	And
Observation on Fri 1985/08/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very blue haze at 49 power magnification. Lumicon UHC filter has no effect. No details at any power. Observation on Sat 1986/08/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Observation on Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 Blue-green nonstellar 0.5 arcminutes glow at 49 power magnification alone. Easy to pick out from the field. Mottled surface at 272 power magnification with a darker spot near the 255° edge. Lumicon UHC filter does not improve. Observation on Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Homogenous bright blue-green round 30 arcseconds glow seeable with any eyepiece. Easy at 49 power magnification and 272 power magnification alike. No eyepiece shows a central star when I blink averted / direct vision. Lumicon UHC filter does not improve. Observation on Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Use of a blue filter does not help me see the central star at all. Observation on Sat 1995/07/01 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 large blue perfectly round 1 arcminutes featureless glow at 131 power magnification. At 262 power magnification it is clearly annular with a black dot in the center. There is a 3d donut-shaped appearance to it because the inner and outer edges of the ring are fainter. No central star spotted. 13 magnitude star 2 arcminutes in position angle 45°.
2330.2+4907	oc	n7686	9	88	5.6 6.17m*	15	IV 1 p	And
Observation on Sun 1986/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Loose group of about 10-15 stars surrounding a 7 magnitude central star. Sketched. Observation on Wed 1987/11/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed easily. Observation on Tue 1988/09/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed easily using Uranometria 2000.0 page 88. Observation on Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 20 arcminutes by 15 arcminutes in position angle 30°. Central 7 magnitude star is red. About 20 stars. Observation on Mon 1990/01/01 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Detailed cmap was begun in fall 1989 but not yet completed. Observation on Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 About 35 stars counted tonight. I don't think I've ever seen the 10 very faint stars which are in the couple ' due preceeding (or picture) the bright star. !Try is for cmap only.
233857.1-125742	eg	n7723	17	304	11.21:11.94	3.47x2.34 35°	SB(r)b	Aqr
Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Need to try from darker skies. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 2 arcminutes round faint glow. Shows mottling at 122 power magnification. Not seeable in 272 power magnification. Possible stellar nucleus comes and goes. Forms a 6 arcminutes equilateral triangle with 2 11 magnitude stars. The Galaxy is the south preceeding-most corner of that equilateral triangle.
233953.8-121736	eg	n7727	17	304	10.59:11.50	4.68x3.55 35°	SAB(s)0aP	Aqr
Observation on Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sun 1986/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1988/08/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Not found, or not observed. Sure of location. Need to try from darker skies. Observation on Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 faint 2 arcminutes round glow with a stellar nucleus. No other details show.
2357.0+5643	oc	n7789	3	35	6.7 10.7m*	16	II 1 r/II 2 r	Cas
Observation on Sun 1984/12/30 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Didnt see Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch at all but did see a large OpenCluster with many bright stars. faint stars speckled within and around. Doesn't look rich. One part of it has an Orion asterism with 4 bright stars for corners and 2 belts each with 2 stars only. Observation on Fri 1985/08/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The Orion asterism is 50 arcminutes south the OpenCluster. The OpenCluster is very faint and from what I can see Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 is accurate. Observation on Wed 1985/10/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 west south sketch is missing many stars when you look at this OpenCluster and its near the meridian. Observation on Fri 1987/09/25 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Slightly open but rich salt-and-pepper OpenCluster. Definite central knot. Observation on Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 At 122 power magnification on meridian this OpenCluster shows at least 50 stars in 15 arcminutes. Outer-more stars are the brightest ones and toward the center the OpenCluster is much richer in faint stars. Mike O'Dowd thinks this is shaped like a spiral Galaxy and when I look at it from that point of view, I see that the OpenCluster is one long star chain. The chain begins in the center and winds to the preceeding (or picture), then south, then following (or finder chart). Observation on Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Detailed cmap completed. Observation on Sat 2005/10/08 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Gorgeous 15 arcminutes grouping of at least 100 stars at 131 power magnification. No unresolved glow. Tonight I see it as triangular shaped. No especially bright stars, made of 10 magnitude and fainter stars.
2358.4+6112	oc	n7790	3	15	8.5 10.9m*	17	III 2 p/II 2 m	Cas
Observation on Fri 1985/08/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Most nebulous part is south preceeding. Requires 122 power magnification to see. very faint nebulousity at 49 power magnification when I know where to look. Webb Society Deep Sky Observer's Handbooks, vol 1-7 sketch is poor but good overall impression. Observation on Thu 1986/09/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Gorgeous prominent glow at 49 power magnification. Field sketched. Found using BETA Cas north to pointers preceeding (or picture). Observation on Fri 1987/09/25 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 On meridian its a gorgeous 5 arcminutes thumbprint at 49 power magnification (don't know why catalogued size is 16 arcminutes). At 122 power magnification myriad (40?) stars were resolved, especially to the finder chartand sketchand finder chart with averted vision. First class tight salt-and-pepper OpenCluster. I'd not call it poor. Observation on Fri 1988/10/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Easy thumbprint in 49 power magnification but the night is not good enough to show much in 122 power magnification. Observation on Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Detailed on n7788 cmap. Observation on Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 5 arcminutes by 2.5 arcminutes half-circle running preceeding following. Straight edge is toward the following (or finder chart). brightest stars are toward the preceeding (or picture). No particularly colorful stars. Well detatched from the field. Observation on Sat 1994/09/03 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 8 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes in position angle 240° group of 50 stars. Nebulous at 85 power magnification, but resolved very well at 262 power magnification. Arc of 3 10 magnitude stars at north preceeding edge, then all other stars are 12 magnitude and fainter There's a tight 13 magnitude triplet on the south edge inside the richest part which is following (or finder chart) half of the grouping. The preceeding (or picture) half may just be field stars. Well detached from the field, if the entire 8 arcminutes by 4 arcminutes group is considered. 8 magnitude star 5 arcminutes south following. Limiting magnitude is now 14.0. Arc of stars opening to the following (or finder chart) lies on the following (or finder chart) side. My sketch is good, but Felicity adds many faint stars.