| PrimaryID | RaDec | Con | Type | Magnitude | Size | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n40 | 001300.98+723119.3 | Cep | pn | 10.7 11.61m* | 60"x40" | 2b |
| Fri 1985/08/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Barely visible at x49 without UHC. UHC hurts - just darkens. Central * shows with x122 without UHC. Wed 1985/09/11 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The center "*" of 3 ** in a line. Sun 1986/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT pn at x49. Its off the 3 * line. Central * is easy at x122 without UHC. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 Pale blue. Its the 2nd "*" from the f in a zig-zag line of 4 * 60°. Its on the sp side of the best-fit-straight-line. 11m* at center with a 50"x45"pf glow surrounding. UHC hurts. | ||||||
| n129 | 0029.9+6013 | Cas | oc | 6.5 8.57m* | 21 | IV 2 p/III 2 m |
| Tue 1984/12/25 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Immediate asterism is a 15' W-shape made of 2 half C-shapes. FT. 14 **. Sketched. My sketch does not match WS at all but nothing else is in the area. The double shown in FG is 25'p 150's, and is 4'350°. 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. Sun 1985/12/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Its the p part of a LGr group. The oc itself matches WS exactly. All WS ** seen. W-shape is really not a good dcrp at all. Fri 1986/09/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed 19851215 observation. Its a 5' triangle of 3 9m** filled in with FTr ones. Many FT** np. The vBT* 20's is shown as a double in T even though I can't resolve it at x272. WS sketch is perfect. Sun 1987/10/25 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed, except I see more ** than WS on meridian. Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Pretty loose 30'x20'150°. The 9m triangle is at the s edge and that area is only part of the oc according to U chart. At least 50 ** were seen. S edge is well detached from field but N edge is not. No central condensation. No colorful **. 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 oc at the n edge, but I'd say its 20'x15'150°. BT equilateral triangle of 10m** at the s edge, and that s edge is what's drawn in the WS sketch, but I believe the oc extends to the n as well. At x131, the SM part in the WS sketch, which is 7' in size, contains 25 **, including the 3 10m** and a couple of 11m**, but is mainly 12m..13m**. When I extend it to 20'x15', I count an additional 25 **. Located in a rich field. Stands out pretty well from the field, except the n edge is hard to define. Not compressed. 5m* 15'165° of the triangle. 3 BT** in a 3' arc are 15'75°. No colorful ** in the oc. No conspicuous pairs. | ||||||
| n136 | 0031.6+6131 | Cas | oc | vFT 13pm* | 1.2 | II 2 p/II 1 p |
| Fri 1986/09/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. I can't see 13m..18m**. Thu 1986/11/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 1' fuzzy patch at x61, x98, and x122. Cannot see in x272. A couple of ** barely resolved with averted vision at x98 and x122. 12m..13m** are sp, p, and np. No ** immediately f. Very difficult oc. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 About 5-10 vFT (14m?) ** resolved over a 1' glow at x272. Those nearby 13m** mentioned above are about 2' away from the cluster. Nearest * f is a 13m* 4'95°. 9m* 7'220°. Located 90's from CHI Cas. | ||||||
| n157 | 003446.5-082348 | Cet | eg | 10.41:11.00 | 4.17x2.69 40° | SAB(rs)bc I |
| Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Sure of location. Tue 1990/10/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sure of location. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 3'x2'10° glow. No BTr nucleus was seen, nor was any mottling. Extremely soft edges. 13m* on n edge. 8m* 5'np. 9m* 4'sp. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 3'x2'20° glow. No BTness increase toward the center. 13m* on n edge. Mon 1995/10/16 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 vLG 3'x2'30° pretty BT eg which is extremely mottled and just slightly BM. It was well worth the extreme trouble it gave me finding it. There's a 12m* superimposed just barely inside the glow near the nf edge. The nf end appears to curve slightly toward the f and sf. The sp end curves a little toward the p and np. 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 pix (later at desk) that isn't the morphology at all. Difficult to find, but fairly BT and easy to see once found. 8m* 8'345°. 9m* 6'195°. | ||||||
| n185 | 003858.0+482018 | Cas | eg | 9.18:10.10 | 11.75x10.00 35° | dE0/E3P |
| Thu 1986/11/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1987/10/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT and LG glow. Need T + patience to find. Field was sketched. Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 6' glow. Easiest in x49+LPR or x61+LPR. My sketch is worthless. U is better. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 6' eFT circular glow location sf the midpoint between the 2 8m U**. Easiest at x61 alone. No mottling, nucleus, or any other features. Very homogeneous glow. No BTness increase toward the nucleus -- its kind of like the crab nebula -- constant glow that fades quickly to background sky. LPR doesn't help from here. 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 pFT 4' glow BM. Forms an isosceles triangle with 2 9m** at 8'255° and 7'45°. !SCAG1-15 identifies a gc, which was noted on the K19910914 p. From comparison to skymap **, I think it should be about 14m. Give it a try. | ||||||
| M110 | 004022.5+414111 | And | eg | 8.07:8.92 | 21.88x10.96 170° | E5P |
| Wed 1985/10/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT shapeless glow was seen. Located 40'np M31. Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Sun 1986/12/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Using CUpl2 I tried to see arms but nothing in the glow stands out as a nucleus at all. I'm probably just seeing nucleus. Wed 1987/11/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 7'x3'175° glow surrounding a 3' nucleus. Note that I don't think this is elliptical -- it looks like a spiral. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 7'x3'175° glow. No stellar nucleus. Very gradual BTness increase from edge to center. No structure, mottling, or dust lanes show. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 725 PM EST. Nope. 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'x3'160° halo with a 3'x1' BTr core and a stellar dot 12m nucleus. The f 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 12m* lies within the halo near the s edge, and a 13m* is near the n edge. 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 14m**. !Try to observe the dust patch. | ||||||
| n225 | 0043.5+6147 | Cas | oc | 7.0 9m* | 12 | III 1 p n |
| Mon 1984/11/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 x49 field is rich but FT. Mon 1984/12/10 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Poor seeing. x49 field is very sparse. x122 is rich. x98 sketched. All but a couple of the ** sketched in WS were seen but WS is sketched with n on bottom and WS says BTst ** are at s edge and I say p edge. Sun 1985/11/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I see more ** than WS. Shape is duplicated like this - write a double capitol Y. Turn it upside down and write a SM y to the upper-left. Don't know what the note about BT** in WS is all about. WS pix looks right (those notes were written 2 weeks after telescope bought). Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 WS sketch is either poor or old or indicates rapid motion. Need to make my own sketch. Fri 1986/10/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sketched. Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 10' equilateral triangle pointing p. Made of a higher percentage of BT** than the average oc. A ns chain of 5 9m** 5'f. Well detached from the field. No colorful **. No central condensation. No * chains. A pretty evenly-distributed equilateral triangle. Counted 10 10m**, 6 11m**, and 9 12m..**. 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. | ||||||
| n246 | 004703.32-115219.3 | Cet | pn | 8.0 11.94m* | 225"x210" | 3b |
| Wed 1985/10/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Too far s for a pn from here. Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1987/10/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 3' glow with x49+UHC. Used T to find -- many nearby BT **. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT 4' glow with x61+UHC. Glow does not show without UHC. Without UHC, I see 5 11m..** over the glow which I can see with UHC. 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 ** at x61+UHC, too. x61 is best power -- very difficult at x122. WS sketched ** perfectly but whereas WS sees a very partial annular glow, I see a more complete circular 4' glow. X122+UHC shows a hole in the middle. 6 ** involved within 8'. The 3 BTst are the n-most 3 of those 6 **. They form a triangle with 75°-75°-30° vertexes. The 30° vertex points 330°. The pn surrounds the 2 75° vertexes of that triangle. Mon 1995/10/16 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 vLG 3' perfectly round glow just slightly darker in the middle, with 3 superimposed ** and 2 ** just s. One of the superimposed ** is centered, one is near the n edge at pa 330°, another is near the p edge at pa 240°. Pn is best viewed at x131+UHC. UHC enhances it quite a bit, and its barely visible at x131 alone. The entire p side all the way from n to s is BTr and sharper-edged than the f side. vFT 13m* near the 120° edge of the pn. Very nice pn. | ||||||
| n247 | 004708.7-204538 | Cet | eg | 9.11:9.67 | 21.38x6.92 174° | SAB(s)d IV |
| Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Skyglow. Sun 1988/01/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope with or without LPR. Skyglow. Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 20'x5'ns glow seen only in x49+LPR. Ends on the s with a 9m*. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 15'x4'ns glow seen easiest with x61. Invisible at x122. No details at all were seen. No BTr nucleus region, no mottling, etc. The only detail seen was that its wider at the center and tapers off towards the n and s. 9m* at s edge. Thu 1994/09/29 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 vFT xLG 15'x3'165° glow with a 10m* at s tip. Very low surface BTness. Very gradually very little BM to a 2' round core. No stellar nucleus. No dust lanes, but slightly mottled. | ||||||
| n253 | 004733.1-251718 | Scl | eg | 7.07:8.04 | 27.54x6.76 52° | SAB(s)cP |
| Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Skyglow. Sun 1988/01/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope with or without LPR. Skyglow. Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 vFT 15'x5'45° glow. Easiest at x49+LPR. Center is about 10's an 8m 8m* 5'f pair. Still seeable in x122+LPR but no details added. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 vBT 25'x6'45° glow. A couple of 12m** are superimposed on this eg. Very slight BTness increase towards the center. No stellar nucleus but nuclear area is BTr than the surrounding glow. N edge is rather hard. Probably a dust lane cuts it off. Entire surface is slightly mottled. 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'x4'30° glow gradually BM. 3 superimposed 12m**, 2 are nf center, 1 is sf center. 2 9m** about 10's the core. 11m* just 5'p the nucleus. Nf extension ends on a 14m*. A dust lane encircles the sp edge of the core and the center of that lane (that is, the part due sp the core) runs straight out into the halo to the sp, cutting the sp halo in half and dividing it into a loop. The halo fades rapidly and suddenly on the nf edge of the core, and maintains a constant FT glow as it extends np till it reaches the edge of the halo. The dust lane continues along major axis np of core all the way across the core to the nf side, then seems to wrap weakly around that side of the core. A truly fantastic sight. Possibly the 5th best eg in the sky, after M51, M31, M33, and M82. 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 eg from here tonight. I see a 25'x4'60° pBT glow much BM in the core. There's a 5'x2' central core that is much BTr than the rest of the eg. 12m* on the nf edge of the core, but its hard to judge the magnitude because its superimposed, and because this object is so far S. 12m* just at the edge of the glow on the 60° end of the core. 13m* just outside of the core within the spiral arms. Its is due s of the center. The whole face of the eg is mottled. There are BT field ** sp the eg, and one 9m* nf. An obvious dark lane begins in the np 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 BTr and there's a stellar pip which is just slightly BTr 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. | ||||||
| n278 | 005204.6+473300 | Cas | eg | 10.83:11.47 | 2.09x2.00 | SAB(rs)b |
| Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT circular 2' blob. Not too hard to see at either x49 or x122. Found via BT* above the n278 label in T. Mon 1988/10/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Easily seen at x122. 2' featureless glow. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 2' circular featureless glow. 9m* 3'n. No mottling, stellar nucleus, or other details. Easiest at x122. | ||||||
| n288 | 005248-2635.4 | Scl | gc | 8.10 12.6m* | 13.8 oval | X |
| Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Skyglow. Sun 1988/01/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope with or without LPR. Skyglow. Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 5' glow found with x49+LPR+TAPS. Won't take x122. No resolution. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Very nice, LG, 8', pFT gc. Easily resolved at x122 into at least 30 ** over a vFT remaining glow. 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' gc easily resolved to the center at only x131. BT 11m* at n edge. Streamers come out the s edge, both sp, due s, and sf, and they make this gc triangle-shaped. | ||||||
| n381 | 0108.3+6135 | Cas | oc | 9.3 10pm* | 6 | III 2 p/III 1 m |
| Fri 1985/10/11 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 20 FT members at x122 + averted vision. BT handle **. Easily identified with WS field. At x49 its just a line of ** (handle) with a few vFT members. Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed easily. WS sketch is perfect. Fri 1986/09/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 30 ** in 7' circular area with a curved handle coming out to the n. Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Nebulous smudge in x30 becomes a well-detached, 6', round group of 11m..** in x122. The "handle" mentioned before is a 12' chain of 5 11m** which begins just n of the oc's center and runs n. No central condensation or colorful ** were noted. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 30 11m..13m** in a 6' round group with a handle coming out to the n. I see no yellow or orange-red coloring in any of the **. 8m U* 8'95°. | ||||||
| n404 | 010927.0+354304 | And | eg | 10.27:11.21 | 3.47x3.47 | SA(s)0-: |
| Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' glow just np BETA And. Must put BETA just out of field and then eg is barely in field. Seeable at zenith at both x122 and x49. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 Same observation. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 2' glow which becomes BM, but has no stellar nucleus. Easiest at x272 since that power lets me get BETA And well out of the field with n404 centered. Located 7'350° from BETA And. Fri 1994/12/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 vBT and easy 2' round glow much BM to a 20" core and a slightly BTr stellar nucleus. BETA And is just out of the field with eg is almost centered in x136, so eg is about 6' from BETA And. BT and easy to see even at x131 with BETA And in field. 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' round glow gradually BM with a suddenly BT 12m stellar nucleus. | ||||||
| n436 | 0115.7+5849 | Cas | oc | 8.8 11m* | 6 i | I 3 m/I 2 m |
| Mon 1984/11/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 15' field sketched. Not sure if this is it. 8 minutes of time f is a white, blue double and a blue, yellow, white triple. Fri 1985/08/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy to find off n457. Just follow 2 BT** thru long axis of oc for 1 more x49 field. The nebulous area in WS is a 6 * circlet pointing away from the oc. A FT nebulous glow of too-FT** surrounds the circlet. Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 WS sketch is poor and mine is even worse. The oc is the circlet mentioned before, and its' immediate surroundings. The circlet is 3' in diameter and opens to 285°. The 3 BTst cluster members are in the cirlet, and 1 of them is a close x122 pair. Those 4 ** are all 11m**. The 2 other 11m** in the oc are 5'ssf and 5'nnf the cirlet. I count 20 ** total in this 6' oc at x122. Slight central concentration (the circlet). Overall shape is round. No * colors were noted. 8m* 14'p. Easiest at x122 or higher. Easy to find at 50'300° from the owl oc (n457), can easily be in same x30 field. Averted vision not needed. Pretty well detached from the field. 2 10m** f the s edge by 5' and 10'. 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. 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 x43. Easy to find off n457; they can be in the same field of view at x43. At x252, there are 30 9m..13m** in 6'. There's a BT C-shape of 11m** at the center, and the n-most of those ** is an equilater triple, composed of a BT double and a FT third **. The BTst * 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 ** in between. WS sketch looks like the x43 field; again he sketches the field with a misty patch, but really the cluster is the misty patch. | ||||||
| n457 | 0119.1+5820 | Cas | oc | 6.4 8.59m* | 13 | I 3 r/II 3 r |
| Fri 1984/11/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vBT and richer than average. 2 BT** in the middle of the base of a teepee. Tue 1984/12/04 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 x61 field sketched. 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 FG is at 0124+578. Wed 1990/09/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 x122 is best power. The main concentration is a 10'x6'135° bar of 33 **. The bar begin at PHI Cas (the BT wide double) at the sf edge and runs np to 2/3 of the way from PHI Cas to 2 9m** 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 * centered on the np edge, and several tight pairs of **. A chain of 9m..10m** runs along the sf edge of the major axis of the bar. A subgroup of 6 13m** is at the nf corner of the bar. Coming off the bar to the sp are 4 ** in a nearly-rectangular-shape. A chain of BT** runs off to the fnf, beginning with the red * mentioned before. Easy to find -- PHI Cas is naked eye. It is well detached from the field. My original impression of the oc was a teepee-shape, which is formed by viewing it with PHI Cas at the top of the field. The ** which come off the bar to the sp and fnf form the sides of the teepee. Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Detailed cmap completed. Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT misty patch of light with no ** resolved. Located just p PHI Cas. 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" of aperture. At x131 it appears as a pretty densely packed round 13' grouping of 88 **. 2 BT ** are at the ssf edge pa 150°. BT red * in the f half of the cluster. Magnitudes range down from EPSILON to a bunch of 10m**, down to 14m when I count 88 **. This is really a great cluster in x131. In x43, the cluster looks just like the familiar owl without all the 14m**. | ||||||
| n488 | 012147.1+051517 | Psc | eg | 10.28:11.15 | 5.25x3.89 15° | SA(r)ab I |
| Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1987/10/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 1.5' round glow with very soft edges, possible elongated very slightly ns. 13m stellar nucleus shows easily at x122. 10' past the U* is a 12m*. 13' past the U* is a 10m*. The eg is 2'30° the 12m*. Very easy to find, pretty easy to see, even with direct vision. Smooth surface except for the stellar nucleus. Very gradual BTness increase toward the center until the stellar nucleus is reached. | ||||||
| n524 | 012447.8+093221 | Psc | eg | 10.25:11.3 | 2.75x2.75 | SA(rs)0+ |
| Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1987/10/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2' pBT round glow with no discernable details except a 13m stellar nucleus. Very soft edges and very even BTness increase toward the center. 11m* 4's. 13m* 3'n. 13m* 5'nf. Easy to find and see, even with direct vision. Stellar nucleus shows at x122 with averted vision. No mottling noted. LPR does not improve. | ||||||
| n559 | 0129.5+6319 | Cas | oc | 9.5 11.4m* | 4.4 | II 2 m/I 1 m |
| Thu 1984/12/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I don't resolve nearly as many ** as the WS sketch. Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM glow at proper location in x49. x122 resolves only a few. BT central *. On meridian during observation -- I guess this is as good as it'll get for me. Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 A rich but vFT 5'x4'ns oc located at the f end of an elontated 100° chain of 4 11m**. An 11m* 12m* pair is at the sf edge. Another 11m* is 2'np those 2 **, at the oc center, and is reddish. The remaining 20 ** are all 13m. The dcrp in "Observe the Herschel Objects" is for the 30' field surrounding the oc, which does indeed appear clusterish and detached. But I believe the true oc is at the f edge of this group, and is really quite difficult. Best power is x122 or x272. Definitely requires averted vision for all those 13m**. Pretty well detached (once you see whats really the oc), but this one can fool you and is invisible at all powers x61 and below, except for the few 11m..12m**. Easy find off EPSILON Cas. | ||||||
| n584 | 013120.9-065206 | Cet | eg | 10.48:11.44 | 4.17x2.29 120° | E4 |
| Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 1' glow. Only found due to close surrounding **. Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 eFT 1' glow easiest at x49+LPR. Located slightly p an imaginary line connecting the 2 nearby ** and slightly closer to the s-more of those 2 **. Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 1.5'x1'45° glow with a pBT 12m stellar nucleus. Very soft edges. Best at x122. Easy to find but a bit difficult to see since its FT. 13m* comes and goes at the n edge. | ||||||
| n596 | 013252.1-070157 | Cet | eg | 10.94:11.84 | 3.24x2.09 140° | E2P |
| Fri 1987/10/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 eFT 2' glow was seen with x49+LPR. Easy nearby guide **. Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 1' glow with a pFT 13m stellar nucleus. No other details at all. Easiest at x122. Invisible at x30. Easy to find - very difficult to see. Requires averted vision. Forms an equilateral triangle with a 9m* and a 7m* (both U**). Barely seeable in x61 as a 12m "*" + xFT fuzz. | ||||||
| M33 | 013350.9+303937 | Tri | eg | 5.72:6.27 | 70.79x41.69 23° | SA(s)cd II-III |
| Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 5-10' circular glow about as BT as the crab nebula. Located 55 minutes of time f DELTA And. 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 S198610422 (align with the BT** f) I saw n604, the nucleus, i133 (barely), and i132 (barely). 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 UHC. Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 M33 is actually quite BT from here. I see a pBT 30'x20'ns glow. This glow gets BTr from the edges toward the nucleus, which is off-center to the np. At x30, this nucleus is non-stellar. x122 shows the nucleus to be a round 5' BT glow, with several ** atop it, the BTst of which is 12m on the nf edge. All of these ** are assumed to be foreground **. Panning outward from the nucleus, the BTr arm leaves the 30'x20' glow from the sp, then curves to the p, then to the n. The p-most edge of the glow is at the edge of the x30 field when the glow is centered, making it 40' from the center of the glow. The arm becomes FTr and patchier as you follow it outward. The other arm leaves the 30'x20' glow at the sf edge, bends f, then bends n. Its not as BT as the previously described arm. The arms run counter-clockwise. N604 is easy with x61+UHC. Sat 1995/08/19 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 LG amorphous 1° subtle glow slightly BM. 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 eg. Arms show very well tonight. Observing with x68. BT 2' central core with a 5' FTr core surrounding it. More-obvious arm comes out the np side of the core, wraps toward the n, with a slight curl toward nf on the end. Coming out the s side of the core is a much thicker arm that runs s for quite a while and then curls a little bit toward the sp. Then I lose it, but after a short distance I see a BT emission region. There are several nonstellar glows strewn across the face of the eg, and the subtle glow of the eg almost fills the 37' x68 field. The glowing region is 30'x25'30°. At x262, I can see an 11m* superimposed at 2'30° from the core. Several other ** are superimposed but that is the BTst of the ** superimposed on the core. n604 is on the n end. There's a 12m* right next to it. It stands out well at x68 alone, and x68+UHC makes it the BTst thing in the eg. Its clearly nonstellar at x131, elongated in pa 120°. A85, A87, and A66 were not seen. A75 is easily seen at x131 alone as a 13m stellar dot with a general round BTening of 1' surrounding it. This was seen before I tried to identify anything from a pix. A14 is an easily-seen vBT nonstellar glow much BM. | ||||||
| n613 | 013417.5-292458 | Scl | eg | 10.05:10.73 | 5.50x4.17 120° | SAB(rs)bc I-II |
| Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 2' round featureless glow. 9m* 2'np. Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 xFT 3'x2'120° glow very slightly BTr towards the middle with a 1' nonstellar BTr (but still FT) nucleus. No stellar nucleus was seen. 9m* 3'nf, not 2'np. 9m* 7'np. Thu 1994/09/29 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 3'x1'105° glow BM to a vBT 1'x30"105° core. 8m* 3'nf. | ||||||
| n615 | 013505.8-072027 | Cet | eg | 11.61:12.47 | 3.63x1.45 25° | SA(rs)b II-III |
| Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Barely seeable in x61 as xFT 2' fuzz. At x122 becomes a very difficult 4'x2'170° glow with a vFT 13m stellar nucleus, seeable only with averted vision + TAPS. 9m* 5'240°. Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation, except 9m U* is 6'250°. | ||||||
| M76 | 014219.7+513435 | Per | pn | 8.0 12m* | 65" | 3+6 |
| Sun 1985/02/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nothing seen without UHC. With UHC a haze was seen at all powers. Confirmed with * at same declination 4 minutes of time f. No distinguishable shape--just a smear. Thu 1985/11/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Hourglass-shape evident at x122+UHC. vFT. Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Easily seen at x49 alone or with UHC or LPR. Filters increase definition a lot. Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 1.5'x0.5'45° bar-shape, pinched in the middle. vFT glow surrounds the whole thing at x122+UHC. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 730 PM EST. Nope. I have the T* right next to it, but see no pn. Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. | ||||||
| n637 | 0143.0+6400 | Cas | oc | 8.3 10m* | 3.5 | I 3 p/I 2 m |
| Fri 1984/11/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SMr than M103 (at 0132). To find it get my n663 (my diamond at 0144) and move 30'p 175'n. 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). Fri 1986/09/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 In x49 this oc is a 5 * ns chain with a double f. x122 shows more **. Sketched. Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 The oc stands out easily at x30, but only the BTst ** show at that power. At x122 the oc turns into a 10'ns chain of 9 ..12m** with a tight 10m pair 5'f. The center of the ns chain contains a 2' triangle of 11m**, and that triangle marks the oc. The p vertex of the triangle is a tight pretty double, and 2'nf the nf vertex is a 12m*. When I use averted vision on the 4' surrounding the triangle, I see 11 13m**. No * colors stand out. Pair of 8m** 10's. | ||||||
| n654 | 0144.1+6153 | Cas | oc | 6.5 7.4m* | 5 i | II 3 m/II 2 r |
| Thu 1984/12/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Many WS ** were resolved, but many more are not. x122 is best field. There is a slightly nebulous haze at the tightest area. Its possible to just barely get this in same x49 field as n663 (my diamond). Sat 1984/12/22 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 To find this get n663 (my diamond). This oc is the hazy patch 40'np. Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 In ortonville this is a gorgeous x49 salt-and-pepper oc. Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 18 11m..** + nebulousity in 5'. 8m* 150°. Really a nice salt-and-pepper oc at x30. No * colors. Well detached from the field. No central condensation. The whole oc is a dense knot. | ||||||
| n659 | 0144.2+6042 | Cas | oc | 7.9 10m* | 5 | III 1 p/I 2 m |
| Sat 1984/12/22 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very similar to oc n654 but s of oc n663 (instead of n) by same amount. Get n663 (my diamond). This oc is the hazy patch 40'sp. Wed 1985/01/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This is much harder than n654. Needs x122 to see the component **. Find the 3 BT** that point towards my diamond and this oc is towards my diamond from the BTst * (the * in the center). Wed 1985/09/11 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not all of the knot in WS was seen, but all other ** were seen. Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 In ortonville this is a gorgeous x49 salt-and-pepper oc. Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 4' half-circle of 4 12m** which opens toward nf and is surrounded by about 15 13m** + nebulousity. Medium detachment from the field. No colorful **. | ||||||
| n663 | 0146.1+6115 | Cas | oc | 7.1 8.4m* | 16 | III 2 m/II 3 r |
| Fri 1984/11/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I found this oc near M103 a few nights ago and now know what it is. Very beautiful. Lots of doubles. Several pairs within this oc are oriented such that they form diamond-shapes, which leads me to my name for this oc. Fri 1986/09/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I see a couple of magnitudes FTr than my reticle sketch. See separate database entries for the 3 doubles. Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Football-shaped 15'x7'135° group of 9m..** with a 10'x2' lens-shaped dark area running along the center of the major axis. Medium detachment from the field. No central condensation. 2 of the 9m** are orange. Diamond-shapes are at the np, sp, and sf edges. Nf section is the richest part of the oc. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 950 PM EST. vFT pLG glow with no resolution guarded from DELTA Cas by an arc if 3 7m**. | ||||||
| n720 | 015300.4-134421 | Cet | eg | 10.18:11.16 | 4.68x2.40 135° | E5 |
| Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 1.5' circular gradual glow with a 12m stellar nucleus. The stellar nucleus is off-center to the sp. Unsure whether its really a stellar nucleus or a superimposed *. No elongated noted. Easiest at x98. 13m* 4'sp. 12m* 7'f. Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 FT 2'x1'160° glow with a 12m stellar nucleus (which appears centered tonight). | ||||||
| n752 | 0157.8+3741 | And | oc | 5.7 9m* | 50 | III 1 m |
| Mon 1984/11/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vLG and beautiful. There's a pair of BT** separated by 9' located 50's of oc center. 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 s of oc center. Wed 1985/02/27 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 BT red * in middle. LGr than x49 field. All but the FTst ** on BCH151 seen. For example, 2 of 4 ** in the part between ** #8 and #11 were seen. The BCH152 pix is about 4 x49 fields. Wed 1990/09/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 At x30 its a 45' pretty round group of about 75 **. 1 orangish 7m* is about 10'ssf the cluster center and is part of a orange 7m / blue 9m / red 10m triplet which I called white, blue, red on 19850115. The 2 5m** are 40'ssp of cluster center. There is 1 9m* at the f edge and several at the p edge. The rest are 10m..**. The oc is an easy find s of GAMMA And, and very easy to see once found. Although class says its not condensed I see a 15'x8'15° football-shaped central knot of 20 **. Just sp this central knot is a 15' round area with no ** except 1 11m in the center of it. At sp edge of the void is a nice chain of 5 **. Cluster is well detached from the field in that the general vicinity does not contain nearly the concentration of 11m..12m** that the oc does. Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Detailed cmap completed. 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 K19910946, but could not see any of these egs for sure. Just a few xFT possible glows. 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'x30'90° glow with a few resolved **. BTst * is a 9m* near the sf edge. A BT J-shape of ** is sp. | ||||||
| n772 | 015920.3+190022 | Ari | eg | 10.31:11.09 | 7.24x4.27 130° | SA(s)b I |
| Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 eFT glow 3'x1'pf. Found using sketch UB13. The 2 ** are 10's of the eg. The eg is 50'n of the T*. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 3'x2'pf glow surrounding a BT stellar nucleus. 13m* at p edge. Very soft edges on this eg's glow. | ||||||
| n779 | 015942.6-055753 | Cet | eg | 11.16:11.95 | 3.98x1.17 20° | SAB(r)ab II-III |
| Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 3'x1'165°. This is a very pretty classical near-edge on eg. Very thin extensions to the N and S around a thicker and BTr nuclear bulge. Very occasional 13m stellar nucleus appears on sp edge of nuclear bulge at x98. 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. 9m* 5'150° (shown in U). Best power is x98. All observations except simply seeing that it was there required averted vision. | ||||||
| n869 | 0219.1+5709 | Per | oc | 4.3 6.5m* | 30 | I 3 r |
| Mon 1984/10/29 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Note the red * in the center. To find, begin between ALPHA Cas and ETA Cas and move f. 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. Wed 1990/09/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Oc n869 is the p-more of the 2 ocs in the double oc. It is by far the richer, more condensed, and prettier of the 2. It is a 30'x20'135° group of over 100 **. Dominated by 2 orangish 8m** -- 1 is near the center of the oc, and the other is 4'30°. The 1 near the center is flanked to the p by a gorgeous arrowhead of 4 8m** and 1 11m*. 3'f the BT center * is the condensed core of 20 11m..** in a 5'x3'15° oval. The remainder of the cluster is a not-especially-dense background of 11m..** with only a few BTr. Easy to find -- it's naked eye. Well detached from the field because its so rich and so dense in the center. 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. P-more (n869) has 2 close 9m** at its center with no other resolved **. F-more (n884) is BTr and LGr with more **. A vLG loop of 8m** extends np from these clusters. 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 p-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 p of the mushroom are two legs that point downward, and two arms that go outward. The BT * that's the stalk of the mushroom becomes the nose of the man. S of the central knot is a line of 3 equidistant 13m**. Well detached from the field. n869 has more multiple ** than n884. | ||||||
| n884 | 0222.5+5707 | Per | oc | 4.4 8m* | 30 | I 3 r |
| 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 oc. Most of the ** are in a 30' equilateral triangle. The center of the equilateral triangle is very sparse. The p-most vertex of the equilateral triangle is the richest knot of the oc, containing about 20 ** in a 6' circular area. 10'p this vertex (about 1/3 of the way from oc n884 to oc n869) is a red *. Running sf from the knot is a 25'x5' group, which is the sparsest leg of the equilateral triangle. Running sp from the knot is a 30'x10' richer and BT leg. N of this equilateral triangle are 2 6m** and a sparse smattering of FTr ones. The cluster is an easy find -- its naked eye. Its pretty well detached from the field, but not nearly as detached as 869. 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. P-more (n869) has 2 close 9m** at its center with no other resolved **. F-more (n884) is BTr and LGr with more **. A vLG loop of 8m** extends np from these clusters. 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 f-more of the double cluster. This is not nearly as compressed as n869, but has more FTr ** than n869, yielding a higher * count than the BTr n869. I think n884 gains from this higher aperture more than n869. Well detached from the field. | ||||||
| n891 | 022233.1+422048 | And | eg | 9.93:10.81 | 13.49x2.51 22° | SA(s)b?sp |
| Thu 1986/10/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1986/10/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Wed 1987/11/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 30° glow. Just barely glimpsed with averted vision. Used WS pix to locate field and align on AD122 pix. Confirmed other AD **. The BT* sf should be just barely on the edge of the x49 field. To find, get GAMMA And (a double) and let drift for 19 minutes of time. Tue 1990/01/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=3/9 Nope. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 10'x2'10° pBT glow. 12m* at both ends. 11m* about 1/2 way from center to N edge near P edge. Dust lane is difficult but seeable in S half, not noticed in N half. Central 1/3 is wider than the rest of the eg. Fri 1991/08/09 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 15'x2'20° glow. Wider in middle. BTr in s half. 10m* on np edge of nucleus. 12m* at sp end. BTst part is just sf the 10m*. Dust lane was not seen. 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. Fri 1994/12/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 13'x2'20° glow with a thin equatorial dark lane that shows easily at x131 with averted vision. Comparing to pix AD122 I'm seeing almost the entire eg, except much FTr than pix. No sign of the companion shown in pix just opposite the BT* at the edge of the bulge. Eg is slightly BTr in the wide ellipse-shaped core. The n half of the eg is BTr and wider than the s half, but the equatorial dark lane is easier to see in the s half. Several ** are nearby, a few touching the eg, and 2 are superimposed just f the dust lane near the s end. | ||||||
| n908 | 022304.6-211400 | Cet | eg | 10.18:10.83 | 6.03x2.63 75° | SA(s)c I |
| Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 pFT 3'x1'85° homogenous glow. No BTness increase toward the center. No stellar nucleus. Difficult find -- needed to use U. 9m U** 10'sf and 5'np. 11m* 3'n. Sat 1994/10/01 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 5'x2'80° mottled glow. Pretty homogenous glow. Only very very slightly BM. No stellar nucleus. The core is 30"x10" and is off-center to the p. On the f half of the eg, there is more mottling and a possible dark lane. 14m* in contact at sf edge. Many ** in the 15' which is n of the eg, then very few ** are p, f, s, or further n. Cannot trace any definite arms, but I can certainly see how they match up with the WCAG pix on this off-center spiral. | ||||||
| n936 | 022737.6-010917 | Cet | eg | 10.15:11.12 | 4.68x4.07 135° | SB(rs)0a |
| Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 pBT 4'x3'100° glow BTr toward the center with a stellar nucleus. Located at s end of a chain of **. Easy find off 75 Cet using T alone. 8m T* 30'n. Beginning at that T* and moving toward the eg is a 10m 11m 11m 5' equilateral triangle of **, then an 11m*, then the eg. | ||||||
| n1022 | 023832.8-064041 | Cet | eg | 11.34:12.09 | 2.40x2.00 | (R')SB(s)a |
| Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 pFT 2' round glow which becomes much BM, which is still non-stellar. Easiest at x122. 9m U* 18'p. 10m* 12'nf. 11m* 7'f. Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 1.5'x1.25'75° slightly elongated glow gradually BM, then suddenly BM to a 13m nucleus. No other details show. 13m* 2'60°. 11m* 4'105°. | ||||||
| n1023 | 024024.1+390346 | Per | eg | 9.35:10.35 | 8.71x2.95 87° | SB(rs)0-P |
| Fri 1986/10/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1' glow is 3rd "*" of 3 in a row. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 5'x3'80° glow with a BT stellar nucleus. Its the sf most "*" of 3 in a row. Very soft edges. Glow builds very slowly toward the center until the vBTr stellar nucleus is reached. The glow is very even and soft -- no mottling. | ||||||
| n1052 | 024104.9-081522 | Cet | eg | 10.47:11.41 | 3.02x2.09 120° | E4 |
| Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 pBT 2' round glow with a much BTr middle and a stellar dot in the center. Easy with direct vision, but stellar nucleus requires averted vision / direct vision blinking. 9m U* 25'140°. 10m* 22'50°. 11m* 8'10°. 11m* 10'270°. 12m* 6'250°. Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 BT concentrated 1' round glow BM to a core with a superimposed 12m stellar nucleus. This is the BTst eg I see in the area. n1042 15'225° is much FTr and LGr. 13m* 2'255°. 13m* 3'240°. 14m* 2'210°. | ||||||
| n1055 | 024144.7+002631 | Cet | eg | 10.59:11.40 | 7.59x2.69 105° | SBb:sp II-III |
| Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Easy BT* nearby allowed me to see this while looking for n1068. Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 xFT 5'x2'120° homogenous glow. Very slight BTness increase toward the middle. No stellar nucleus was seen. Invisible at x30. Seeble at x61. Best at x122 + averted vision. 10m* superimposed near p edge. 2 12m** just p the p edge. 8m T* 7'20°. 8m T* 7'310°. Sat 1993/10/23 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT glow. | ||||||
| n1027 | 0242.7+6133 | Cas | oc | 6.7 9.3m* | 20 | III 2 p n/III 3 m |
| Tue 1984/12/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT and sparse. 1 BT* and many FT doubles. Try again in good seeing. Sun 1985/02/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not so sparse. At least 40 ** were seen in the field. Fri 1986/09/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sparse oc centered on a 7m*. WS pix is good. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 No, WS sketch is not that good. Its a 60' field, not 30' as stated, and is missing many **. I count 47 7m..13m** in a 20' circle here. BT 7m* near center. Its hard to define a boundary since the oc is not very well detached, but I'm using the catalogued size of 20' as a guide. This 20' size makes the boundaries be 5 10m** in a line at the f edge, 2 10m** at the s edge, a 4' triangle of 3 12m** at the p edge, and a 2' triangle of 11m..12m** at the n edge. There is a sprinkling of 13m** throughout, richest in the condensed nf region, and sparsest in the p region. An unusual 25' arc of 6 evenly-spaced 10m** surrounds the cluster from the n edge around the p side to the s edge. It forms an eyebrow over the cluster in the field orientation I happen to have right now. | ||||||
| n1084 | 024559.8-073442 | Eri | eg | 10.73:11.31 | 3.24x1.82 115° | SA(s)c I-II |
| Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 FT 3'x2'30° glow. Very little BM. No stellar nucleus shows. 8m U* 30'190°. 2 9m U** and 1 10m* in a pf line are 17'n. Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 vBT pLG 2'x1'30° glow slightly BM. Its a pBT 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 eg is not mottled at x135 nor at x270. Pretty smooth glow with no superimposed **. No really close ** to it either. The closest ** I can see are a 12m* 7'300° and a 13m* 6'105°. There are a few other ** in that pa 105° area. | ||||||
| n1245 | 0314.7+4715 | Per | oc | 8.4 11.16m* | 10 round i | III 1 r/II 2 r |
| Wed 1985/04/03 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 15 ** glimpsed with averted vision at x272. FT field in x49. To find, get T chart 4, WS3+187 and BCH1452. 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. S to red, red 40' double. Sp to unnamed *. N to oc. Fri 1988/03/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Not hard to find using T. Not nearly as many ** as WS pix but a few FT ones are seen in the oc proper. Definitely not a binocular object. Easy to find. Difficult to see. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 WS sketch is really quite good. 20 12m..14m** counted at x122 in a 7'x5'60° oval. Zig-zag line of 5 12m* lines the n edge, and the rest of the ** in the cluster are 13m... SM condensation of about 6 ** in 2' is located 6'n the main cluster body, and may be part of the cluster. T draws the cluster too LG. Very condensed. Well detached. I think the OHO description is for the surrounding field, not the oc. 9m* 9'f. 8m* 7's. Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. 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' cluster without any BT** but with many FT**. BTst * is 11m. At x262, there are 2 11m**, at the nf and at pa 105°, 2 12m** are between those 2, and the rest of the ** are 13m..**. Cluster is not concentrated, in fact there's a hole in the center. U* is about 6'165°. I don't see any colorful **. The nf edge has a 1.5' condensation which is the richest part of the cluster that I see. | ||||||
| n1342 | 0331.7+3720 | Per | oc | 6.7 8.7m* | 14 | III 3 p/III 2 m |
| Tue 1984/12/04 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 S-shaped. x61 field sketched. Tue 1985/12/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. My pix looks good. Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Very detached 15'x12'pf oval of 9m..13m** in x122. BTst ** form an s-shape with the top of the s-shape missing. Bottom of the s-shape is at the p edge of the cluster. Pretty loose cluster. No colorful ** were noticed. Not condensed. 10m pair 25'p. | ||||||
| n1407 | 034012.4-183452 | Eri | eg | 9.67:10.7 | 4.57x4.27 35° | E+0 |
| Fri 1986/10/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Skyglow. Sat 1988/03/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 Nope. Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 FT 2' glow with a pBT central region and a stellar dot in the center. 8m T* 15'310°. Arrowhead made of 3 8m T** 70's points right to the eg. | ||||||
| n1444 | 0349.4+5240 | Per | oc | 6.6 6.7m* | 4.0 | IV 1 p |
| Fri 1985/08/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Found the double * but no more. Thu 1986/02/27 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The double * is 6"250° in x61. vFT companion. No other ** seen. Thu 1986/10/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Double * is yellow, blue 6"250° x122. x122 + averted vision shows 5-10 other vFT** surround. Fri 1986/10/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 A couple of other FT** were seen on the p side of the double * at x122 + averted vision. Fri 1991/08/09 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 The double is green, blue 10"270°. 8 12m..13m** within 3'np of that double. 5'sp the double is another 3' group of 6 12m..13m**. | ||||||
| n1501 | 040659.41+605514.5 | Cam | pn | 13.3 14.39m* | 56"x48" | 3 |
| Mon 1985/03/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Barely seen using UHC + averted vision. Takes x122+UHC. BT* f. Thu 1986/10/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. vFT. Fri 1991/08/09 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 1' round mottled glow seen easily with direct vision at any power. UHC enhances slightly. No central * was seen at any power. Looks like a water spot. 8m* 12'110°. 9m* 9'340°. | ||||||
| n1502 | 0407.7+6220 | Cam | oc | 5.7 6.9m* | 8 i | II 3 p/I 3 m |
| Tue 1984/12/04 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Striking in its compactness and BTness. WS sketched with n on bottom. 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. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 30 6m..13m** in an 8' arrowhead-shaped grouping. Arrowhead points np. 9m* at forward tip of the arrowhead. Rear end of the arrowhead is a V-shape pointing p, which contains the BTst 10 ** in the cluster. The point * of that V-shape is the double STRUVE485, which is 6m 6m* 18"300°. One of those ** is SZ Cam. 13m** are most concentrated between the V and the tip of the arrowhead. Extremely well isolated. 7m* 20'210°. Pretty yellow-blue wide 2'210° pair is 10'p the SZ Cam double. Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Detailed cmap completed. | ||||||
| n1513 | 0410.0+4931 | Per | oc | 8.4 11m* | 9 | II 1 m |
| Wed 1985/02/27 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very difficult. 6 of BTst ** form an empty ring. x49 field shows a spiral of ** around the oc. To find, from ALPHA Per, find the 0.7" double * sf, then move f to the nebulous patch. Mon 1987/03/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 20 ** counted at x122. Not that hard to find at all. Sat 1991/10/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 10' comma-shaped group of 35 11m..13m**. Seeable at x30 but best at x122. 3 subgroups for the comma shape. (1) the round 5' area described 19850227, with 12 **. At p end of the circle is (2), a 4'x8'ns group of 10 13m**. The n end of that bar curves into (3), a 5'x3'pf bar of 10 12m..13m**, which ends on the f edge with a 10m*. That BT* is the 1st of 2 running n, which lead into a chain of BT** which curve f, then s, then p in the surrounding field. The whole field looks like a human ear, with the cluster being the hole in the ear. | ||||||
| n1535 | 041415.78-124421.6 | Eri | pn | 9.6 12.24m* | 18"/44" round | 4+2c |
| 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 * at all powers. UHC enhances a little. No detail seen. To find, use GAMMA Eri n to *, then f. Fri 1988/03/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Easy blue featureless 0.5' glow. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Very nice pn. 11m or 12m central * easily seeable at x272, seen marginally at x122. Surrounding this is a round BT shell, then a FTr one which is slightly elongated ns. 10m* 9'sp. 10m* 15'sp. 8m T* 40'nnp. | ||||||
| n1528 | 0415.4+5114 | Per | oc | 6.4 8.7m* | 24 | II 2 m |
| 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 ** which make up the main part of the oc. Tue 1984/11/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed ngc#. FT but medium rich. Did a real close comparison with WS sketch. It is a lot more accurate than my sketch but mine looks more like the object. The central quadruple in the WS sketch is barely resolved at x122 + averted vision. The S-shape is hidden at x49 but becomes obvious at higher powers. Fri 1991/08/09 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 15' round cluster of 70 9m..13m**. Well detached. Not condensed. The mushroom shape is at the p end, and the staulk points sp. BTr ** are at the p end, and form the mushroom. The f half of the cluster is almost all FTr **. Easy find off LAMBDA Per. Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Detailed cmap completed. Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT thumbprint of a glow with no ** resolved. 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' triangular cluster with the base running n-s along the p edge. About 40 ..12m**. BTst ** are at p end, except for one of equal BTness at sf end. No colorful ** were seen. Two mushroom-shapes are present. The BTr is really just an arc of BT** with FT** for the stem. The base of the stem is toward the s. The FTr mushroom has the base of its stem pointing f. | ||||||
| n1545 | 0420.9+5015 | Per | oc | 6.2 7.13m* | 18 | II 2 p/IV 2 p |
| Wed 1984/11/21 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Triangle of 3 BT** with 1 other BT* at x49. x122 barely shows the other ** in the WS sketch. Fri 1986/10/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Sun 1986/12/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 WS sketch looks real good. Fri 1991/08/09 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 38 ** in a 25' round cluster. Most ** are 11m..13m except for the BT 5' triangle of 3 10m** in the middle. Those 3 ** are all colorful - the sf-most is yellow, the nf-most is greenish, and the p-most is deep blue. There is a double on the n edge. 2 6m** 30'p. Thu 1992/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 Central * is double s445. Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. | ||||||
| n1647 | 0446.0+1905 | Tau | oc | 6.4 8.61m* | 45 | II 2 m/II 2 r |
| Wed 1984/11/21 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Seems sparse to me. All 13m..** except for a 9m* and a 11m* on n side and a few scattered 12m**. Located 20 minutes almost due f the n-most BT* of the Hyades. Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 50 loose but pBT** in 35'. Make all of the magnitudes in prior observation 2 BTr. Thu 1987/02/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sketched. Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 BT splash of 80 ** in a 50'x35'60° oval. 6m* 8m* pair 30's of oc center. The 6m* is yellow. 6 oc member ** are 9m, including a tight double in the center. The remaining ** are pretty evenly distributed, 10m..13m. Well detached from the field. Chain of BT** aligned 120° runs through center. Central half of cluster is condensed, but there's no SM central knot. Easy to find and see. Stands out well. | ||||||
| n1664 | 0451.1+4342 | Aur | oc | 7.6 10.56m* | 18 | III 1 p |
| Tue 1984/12/04 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT and hard to find. x49 field sketched. x122 also sketched. Asterism also sketched. The WS sketch is upside down and has ** added onto the top of my LG sketch. Located exactly 2° p EPSILON Aur. 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). Sat 1991/10/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Umbrella-shaped 15' group of 40 11m..13m**. BT 9m* at the s edge. Just p that * begins a chain of 5 11m** which run n and lead to the main condensation of the oc. Those 5 form the stem of the umbrella, and the FTr oc ** at the n edge form the canopy. The edge of the oc is very well-defined on the n, np, and nf edges by arcs of 12m** filled in with FTr ones. Several parts of the oc show an xFT glow at x122, suggesting ** beyond the light grasp of my scope/eye system. The BTst of these glows is on the F edge. At x30, the oc is seeable but FT. Its really better detached at x30 than at x120. | ||||||
| n1750 | 0503.9+2339 | Tau | oc | 8pm* | ||
| Tue 1987/03/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I guess its the sp part of oc n1746. Sun 1988/01/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Oc n1746 is rather clumpy and I guess part of it could be a separate oc but nothing stands out as obviously detached and nothing is sp the whole thing. Fri 1990/10/26 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 n1750 is in the s-central part of n1746. At x30 it looks like a 15' T-shape of 11m**. Its located 1/2 of the way between the 11m* 12m* pair at the sp edge of n1746 and the 10' equilateral triangle of 10m* 10m* 12m* at the sf corner. At x122 I count 15 11m..13m**. The vertical line of the T-shape runs 150° and contains a 11m* 11m* 12m* triangle of BT**. The ssf corner of that triangle is a tight x122 double. The T-shape's crossbar runs 60° along the nnp edge of the upright. | ||||||
| n1788 | 0506.9-0320 | Ori | gn | BT 10.12m* | 8x5 | R |
| Sat 1988/03/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 Slightly nebulous glow in the area with x49+UHC. Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 5'x3'ns glow. N end has a 10m* in it. A 2' BTr glow located 3'165° that * is the BTst part of the nebula. A 13m* is possibly within that BTr glow. Nebula is located 4'300° the center of a 20'-per-side square of 9m**. UHC hurts. Best at x122 alone. 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. 11m* 2'315°. UHC nakes it disappear. Easiest at x68 and x131 alone. | ||||||
| n1817 | 0512.1+1641 | Tau | oc | 7.7 11.17m* | 16 | III 1 m/IV 2 r |
| 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 WS as far as I can tell. Try this again. 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. WS sketch is far better but I didnt see nearly all of those **. It fills the x49 field. For identification, there is a BT* on the s edge. Thu 1985/12/19 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed at home. The WS sketch is 75'. Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Extremely loose oc. Tough to match to WS. The p edge of this oc is oc n1807. Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 20' round oc with BTst * being an 8m member on the np edge. The area sketched in WS contains 2 clusters - n1817 and n1807. n1807 is the sp-more 15' cross-shape of 9m**. n1817 is much richer in FT**. There seem to be 2 populations of ** in n1817. 10 8m..9m** run along the p and s edge of the oc, then 60 12m..** fill in the rest. Very slight central compression. Central 5' appears richer and slightly nebulous. BT* 35'sp. Easy find off Aldebaran. WS sketch is poor -- too LG a scale and is missing most of the **. | ||||||
| n1857 | 0520.2+3921 | Aur | oc | 7.0 7.4m* | 6 | II 2 m/I 3 m |
| Sun 1985/02/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Used Capella to find the orange * but only 1 or 2 FT** were within the oc radius. Mon 1985/03/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Requires x122 + averted vision. Pretty rich and tight. About 10-15 ** centered on a BT orange * are obvious. To find it, follow Capella * chain s. 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 ** are even seen in x49. Sat 1991/10/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 FT glow + speckling around an orange 7m* at x60 turns into a 10' round group of 3 10m..11m** and 30 12m..13m** at x122. Very condensed core surrounds the orange * and I'm sure the glare of that * blocks out more ** which are probably there. OC s surrounded all the way around except for nf by a 10' wide dark ring. The 30' field is 10' dark, 10' cluster, 10' dark. | ||||||
| n1907 | 0528.0+3519 | Aur | oc | 8.2 11.26m* | 7 round | II 1 m n/I 1 m |
| Fri 1984/11/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 At x49 this is a vSM nebulous area in a rich * field. x272 doesn't help much due to the loss of BTness, but does resolve a few more **. Thu 1984/11/22 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Red, blue double * s. Tue 1985/01/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT nebulousity 30's M38. Its near a double *. 30' more s is a pretty field with 2 greater-than-signs. They are made of blue and white ** with 1 BT red * in the greater-than-sign farthest from M38. Fri 1985/10/25 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed easily. Sun 1986/12/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Almost looks like a gc except no glow under the resolved **. At least 30 uncountable ** seen with x122 + averted vision + hood. Gorgeous salt-and-pepper oc. Thu 1988/01/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 A gorgeous salt-and-pepper gc lookalike on meridian. Sun 1990/01/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 About 30 ** in a 5' area. Sat 1991/10/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Very well-detached 5' jewel of 30 **. Very compressed. Stands out extremely easily from here. No averted vision required. 2 9m or 10m** just outside the oc to the sf. The red, blue double * mentioned on 19841122 is probably the wide pair 30's. Located 40'190° from M38. | ||||||
| n1931 | 0531.4+3415 | Aur | oc | 11.3 11.49m* | 1.0 round | I 3 p n |
| Thu 1987/02/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 At x49 it is a vSM 1' area of nebulousity within a LGr group of FT**. This LGr group is a 20'x4'105° oval. The oc is the 2nd * from the p point along the n edge. At x272 it shows as a still-very-nebulous area with 3 ** (presumably the triple aids 4112) showing. 2 of these are BT and easy, 3rd requires averted vision. Field sketched. Thu 1988/01/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. Nebulousity seeable at all powers/filters. Sat 1991/10/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 At x272 I can resolve a tight double * 9m 10m 7"250°. pBT 2'x1.5'135° glow surrounds. | ||||||
| n1931 | 053125.5+341638 | Aur | gn | 3x3 | E+R | |
| Thu 1988/01/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 SM 2' soft glow seeable in all powers with or without filters. Easy find off PSI Aur using AD59. Mon 1990/01/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 BT nebula at all powers. vBT center with FTr glow surrounding. Sat 1991/10/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 2'x1.5'135° glow with a vBT 9m center (which resolves into **. See oc observation). UHC does not enhance at all. | ||||||
| n1964 | 053321.1-215651 | Lep | eg | 10.81:11.58 | 5.62x2.14 32° | SAB(s)b |
| Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 xFT 3'x1'45° glow with a much BTr nonstellar 1' round nucleus. Nucleus is seeable with direct vision. Surrounding glow requires averted vision and TAPS. 9m* 3'300°. That 9m* has another 9m* 4'n and a 10m* 6'sp. | ||||||
| n1980 | 0535.2-0555 | Ori | gn | 2.77m* | 14x14 | E |
| Wed 1985/01/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No nebulousity, but the 2 double ** are nice. Tue 1985/02/19 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nebulousity was seen at x122 with or without UHC. The double * is a FT 15"245°. The other nearby double * is wide BT 60"200°. Thu 1985/11/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy at x49 alone. Sat 1988/03/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 No nebulousity was seen with any UHC/LPR/power combination. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 5' nebula around 2m IOTA Ori was seen at x122 alone. Slightly better with UHC. I'm not experienced at estimating the magnitude of extended objects, but this nebula is slightly BTr in surface BTness than eg n1961. Located 40' due s M42. Not difficult from here. Direct vision was used. | ||||||
| n1980 | 0535.3-0555 | Ori | oc | vFT 2.4m* | 14x14 | III 3 m n |
| Wed 1987/02/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Central 3m* is ads4193. In addition to the its companions I see only 5 ** within 10'. If this is the oc then its poor. A much nicer group is 10'sf surrounding the BT double * which is shown in T outside of gn n1980. Sat 1988/03/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 Very wide oc. Size here is wrong -- its 30'. Ads4193 is on n edge. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Sparse and scattered 20' group of 20 2m..13m**. BTst * is a 2m 7m* 11"140° double (IOTA Ori = ads4193). BT 6m 6m* 1'30° pair near s edge. S edge of oc has a pf line of BT**. An arc of 4 BT** guards IOTA Ori on the p side. 5' nebula around IOTA Ori is slightly enhanced by UHC. Located 40' due s M42. | ||||||
| n1999 | 0536.5-0643 | Ori | gn | 9.3m* | 16x12 | E+R |
| Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 2' round glow surrounding a 10m*. Looks like a pn to me. x272 still shows only one *. UHC makes it FTr. I do not see a 16'x12' nebula, only a 2' glow at any power using averted vision and TAPS. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Agreed. Only 2' glow at x61 and x122 with or without UHC. | ||||||
| n2024 | 054043.7-022650 | Ori | gn | BT 2.05m* | 30x30 i | E |
| Wed 1988/02/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope using pix AD67 with any power or UHC or LPR. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 FT 30' glow cut into 2 parts by a wide (about 8') ns dark lane. Located 50'f ZETA Ori. 11m* at s end of both halves. 11m* near n end of f-more half. Best at x122 alone. UHC erases the nebula. Must take ZETA Ori out of field to see. 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 FT nebula. Surprised I could see it in the 8". Division is obvious. 2 nebulous glows running approximately n-s. | ||||||
| n1961 | 054204.4+692246 | Cam | eg | 10.99:11.73 | 4.57x2.95 85° | SAB(rs)bcP I |
| Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 xFT 3'x2'pf glow with a nonstellar 1' nuclear ball and some mottling across the entire surface. 11m* at p end. Many ** in field. 13m* on sf edge of nucleus. 9m* 25'260°. 10m* 8'240°. Triangle of 9m** 25'p. | ||||||
| n2022 | 054206.18+090510.3 | Ori | pn | 12.4 15.20m* | 28"x27" | 4+2 |
| Sun 1988/03/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=5/9 xFT glow was seen at x122 without UHC using location from pix A19880394. Not seeable in x49 or x49+UHC. Couldn't find without pix at any power. Located 90'f the T** PSI Ori (just s of LAMBDA Ori). Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pSM 0.5' round green glow at all powers. No central * or other details show. UHCblinks easily. Best at x272 alone. Located just s of the 11m* which is pointed to b 2 ** from the p. | ||||||
| n2129 | 0601.0+2318 | Gem | oc | 6.7 7.36m* | 7 | III 3 p/I 3 m |
| Fri 1985/02/08 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Poor and FT. Most WS ** seen at x122. To find, use viewfinder along Gem's n toe from MU Gem to ETA Gem to unnamed. Move 50' to the 3' double *. Switch to x122. Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 All WS ** seen - WS sketch is perfect. 2 BT** and about 10 FT** in 5'. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Poor FT 5' triangle-shaped cluster of 2 11m** and 12 12m..13m**. Not condensed at all. Not a pretty cluster. 10m* 7's. Located 1°n of 1 Gem, not 1°p, as stated in OHO description. 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. | ||||||
| n2126 | 0603.0+4954 | Aur | oc | 10.2p 13pm* | 6 | II 1 p/III 2 m |
| Thu 1985/05/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3 7m** and a sparse scattering of FT**, located between 2 BT**. 3/8 moon. Located n of BETA Aur. Thu 1987/03/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 That wasn't it. Its really about 20 vFT** surrounding the f-more of those **. Requires averted vision. Pretty sight. Mon 1988/03/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 At least 15 ** in the 15' surrounding the * with most of them towards the p. To reduce it down to 6.6' I'd have to call it the 6' group sp the *. BTst ** are 12m, not 13m. Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 6'sp the 6m* plotted in T and U is a 6' round ball of 15-20 12m..** which is the true oc. BTst is a 12m* on the np edge of the ball, next is a 12m* 13m* wide pair on the f edge. This is embedded within a LGr grouping, (what I saw before), which is about 15 11m..12m** surrounding the 6m* -- mainly to the ssp of that *. | ||||||
| n2158 | 0607.4+2405 | Gem | oc | 8.6 12.4m* | 5 | II 3 r |
| Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The field matches WS exactly but no members were seen. Thu 1987/03/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3 ** were seen at x122 + averted vision. No nebulousity. Matches WS exactly except WS sees more **. Try on meridian. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same results on meridian. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Gorgeous 5' angelfish-shaped cluster of at least 100 **. Very compressed. Very rich. Direct vision shows a glow, but averted vision resolves this glow into myriad **. Nose of the angelfish points n. Rear of angelfish has a 10m* near the center. First class salt-and-pepper cluster, but requires dark skies to see. 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' cloud of **. Line of 12m** running in pa 30° along the p edge. A few other scattered 12m..13m** show at x170, but mainly its still an unresolved mass of FTr **. At x478 I count about 30 resolved **. The cluster is definitely concentrated. There's a BTr unresolved spot near the middle of the rest of the unresolved glow. 10m* just off the sf edge. From M35 to here is 30'sp. | ||||||
| n2169 | 0608.5+1357 | Ori | oc | 5.9 6.94m* | 7 | I 3 p n/III 3 m |
| Sun 1984/12/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This is in a field with many BT**. The oc itself is off to one side. It is vBT and striking. Reminds me a lot of n1502 (at 0405). WS sketch is very accurate (note that its at high power). Lots of varied * colors. Saw red green and blue **. Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Mine is not a very good sketch. Wed 1987/02/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Resketched. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Very pretty 7'x4'70° cluster of 17 colorful ** divided into 2 parts. 11 ** in the sp-more part which is 4x3, shaped like a bow-tie. F this is a 2.5' gap with no **. The nf-part has 6 ** in a Y-shape with the base of the Y pointing ssp. Easy find off Orion's club **. Very well detached. Pretty cluster due to * colors. | ||||||
| n2185 | 0611.1-0612 | Mon | gn | 12m* | 3x3 | R |
| Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 xFT 2' round glow with 3 ** inside. Requires averted vision to see nebula. More FT** p. * chain points to nebula from n. 7m* 40's. | ||||||
| n2186 | 0612.2+0527 | Ori | oc | 8.7 9.82m* | 4.0 | II 2 p/II 2 m |
| Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3' smear in an extended group that runs pf. Sketched. Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. Good sketch. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 About 20 13m** in a 4'x2'pf group with a 9m* centered at the n edge and an 11m* at the s edge a bit f of center. Located within a 20'x4'pf cigar-shape of 6 9m**. The cluster is NOT a loose and scattered group, but rather a SM and tightly-packed jewel of 13m**. | ||||||
| n2194 | 0613.8+1248 | Ori | oc | 8.5 12.07m* | 10 | III 1 r/II 2 r |
| Tue 1986/01/07 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Fairly rich field but no trace of oc. Fri 1987/02/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT glow but easily found via location relative to BT pointer ** nearby. 12 ** were counted at x122. WS pix is accurate but missing many FT field ** and a few FT cluster **. Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 WS sketch is poor. I see at least 15 ** in 4' at x122. vFT -- requires long study. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 30 13m** in 10'x6'pf 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 gc. Trail of ** runs off to the fsf from the oc. 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' thumbprint at x68. Still shows unresolved underlying glow at x170, but its pretty much resolved into **. Overall, the shape is round, but the BTr ** form an X shape. Pretty well detached from the field. BTst * is on the f edge. Not compressed. | ||||||
| n2204 | 0615.7-1838 | CMa | oc | 8.6 12.2m* | 13 | III 3 m/II 2 r |
| Tue 1986/01/07 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I definitely have the * at the p edge - its easy to find off BETA CMa, but no trace of an oc at any power. 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 ** at all. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Extremely difficult cluster. The 6m T* is part of a 2' parallelogram. 20's is a triangle of 9m* 5'x15'ns. The oc is about 20 13.5m** scattered inside that triangle. Requires x122 and averted vision. Does not look extremely rich or tight, but I suspect I'm only seeing the tip of the iceburg. | ||||||
| n2215 | 0621.0-0717 | Mon | oc | 8.4 10.52m* | 11 | II 2 p n/II 2 m |
| Thu 1985/12/19 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 At x122 counted 13 ** in 10'. Roughly circular. Judging from WS I'm only seeing the BTr ones. Requires x122. To find, BETA Mon to sp double to double by n2215. Fri 1987/02/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 20 ** counted at x122. Thats a few more than WS. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Loose triangle-shaped 10' group of 11m..12m**. Not condensed at all. Fairly well detached. 8m* 20'p. | ||||||
| n2232 | 0626.5-0444 | Mon | oc | 3.9 5.03m* | 30 | IV 3 p/III 2 p |
| Tue 1984/12/25 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sparse. 1 vBT*. 3 BT**. 12 FT**. Wed 1985/02/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Most WS ** seen. Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Still only most WS ** were seen -- not all. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 WS and U apparently disagree about what the oc is, and I'd have to agree with WS. This matches the OHO description, too. Its a 30'x10'ns Andromeda-shaped triangular grouping of 25 5m..13m**. BTst * 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 FT** surrounding that BT* within 2'. The rest of the cluster runs s from here. Apparently misplotted in U. | ||||||
| n2237 | 0630.3+0503 | Mon | gn | 5.5 | 80x60 | E |
| Tue 1986/01/07 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No trace of nebulousity with or without UHC. Sat 1986/11/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Tried to see nebulousity using sketch UB129 but couldn't see any. Good transparent night. Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 See oc observations for this night. The nebula is huge compared to the oc. Its about 80' (one x30 field). Entire 80' 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. N-edge arc is especially BT. LPR is slightly better than no filter at all, and UHC is best view of all. x30+UHC is best view. Nebula is seeable without any filter at all, though. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 940 PM EST. pBT group of 3 ** surrounded by about 1° of nebulousity. | ||||||
| n2244 | 0632.4+0452 | Mon | oc | 4.8 5.84m* | 24 | II 3 p n/II 3 r |
| Wed 1985/01/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 BT circular 20' oc. In a very rich * field but it stands out due to about 6 BT member **. Easily found by beginning at GAMMA Ori (lower shoulder). Oc is 25's and 1 hour f. About 75'nf the oc is a SM equilateral triangle triple. Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No nebulousity seen with UHC. Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 WS sketch is poor. Wed 1987/02/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Resketched. Wed 1988/02/17 at Utica, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Shows up well in binoculars too. Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 25' cluster of about 50 6m..**. If all ** are included, the oc is round, but the 6 BT** are in a 20'x10'150° bar-shape in the center. BTst * is yellowish at sf corner of the bar. The 6 ** are evenly spread on the outside edges of a 20'x10' rectangle. The central * of the f edge is a 10m x30 double. The center of the p edge is a 7m* 11m* green, blue x30 double. Cluster is best in x61. Nebulousity was also seen tonight. See gn 2237 entry. | ||||||
| n2251 | 0634.7+0822 | Mon | oc | 7.3 9.1m* | 10 oval | III 2 p/III 2 m |
| Tue 1986/01/07 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find. Well detached. Every WS * was seen. Looks like another oc 20's and 2 minutes of time p. Fri 1987/02/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Extremely easy. Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Extremely easy. Perfect match to WS. Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 30 ** in a 20'x5'135° group. 5' wide in the middle tapering off to the np and sf. Slightly compressed. Pretty well detached. Sp half has a slight glow behind the resolved **. 5' V-shape in the sp quadrant of the center contains the BTst *. That BTst * has a FT companion at 5"270°. There is a BT* 35'210° and 35'150° the cluster. 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 x68, I count about 25 ** in this vBT very elongated 18'x3'315° cluster. Seems to be composed of mainly BT**, and these BT** are somewhat detached from the rich-in-FTr ** field. On the s edge is a BT blue *, just n of it is a red *, and to the sp is a very close companion. | ||||||
| n2264 | 064048.5+095429 | Mon | gn | 4.66vm* | 60x30 | E |
| Fri 1988/01/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=5/9 Nope using x49 alone or +UHC or +LPR using BCH1201-11 or AD76-7 or WS3+121 (no pix in WS). Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Slight glow around S Mon and the V-shape of BT** 10'sp. Easiest at x61 alone. Aversion helps. UHC does not enhance the nebulousity, and darkens everything too much. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 740 PM EST. pSM group of a few pBT** and several much FTr ones at the f edge of the xLG vFT nebula n2261. | ||||||
| n2264 | 0641.0+0953 | Mon | oc | 3.9 5pm* | 20 | IV 3 p n/III 3 m |
| Wed 1985/01/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 BT. Many doubles. Especially pretty asterism is on n end with a vBT* surrounded by 3 close doubles. The sketch in WS is extremely accurate and is a good representation of the appearance of this oc. Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No nebulousity seen with UHC at any power. Tue 1987/04/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No nebulousity was seen using UHC + BCH1207-11. Fri 1988/01/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=5/9 No nebulousity was seen with x49 alone or +UHC or +LPR using BCH1207-11 or AD76-7. Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 50 ** in a 20'x15' a xmas-tree-shaped area. Extremely well detached. BT S Mon at center of base is surrounded by 11 ** in 5', one of which is a tight x61 double of about 10"110°. The BT* at the top of the xmas tree also has a FT 11m* 15"170° companion. Nebulousity was finally seen tonight as described in gn 2264 entry. | ||||||
| n2266 | 0643.2+2658 | Gem | oc | 9.5p 11pm* | 7 | II 2 m |
| Tue 1985/05/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Used EPSILON Gem to the one BT T* due n to find. Put these 2 ** at opposite edges of viewfinder and oc is 25'p. 3 members were seen. Sure of field **. Try again higher in sky. Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT glow at x49 resolved into about 30 FT** at x122 + averted vision. 1 BT* and 2 FT** seen on s edge of x49 field. Added finder directions. Mon 1987/03/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Fri 1990/03/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 About 15-20 FT** in 5' circle at x122 + averted vision. One 9m* on s edge. 2 11m** just n of it. Rest are 12m..**. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Another fine cluster. At least 40 ** resolved with x122 and averted vision, mainly on the n side of the 9m*. 7' round cluster. An unresolved 3' ball remains, making this appear gc-like. Running nf from the 9m* is an unusual chain of 11m**, and it is really out of place in this cluster of 13m**. | ||||||
| n2286 | 0647.6-0309 | Mon | oc | 7.5 9.71m* | 15 | IV 3 m/III 2 m |
| Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vLG and loose. Full x49 field sketched. Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT but easy find. WS pix looks good. Its LGr than 50'. My sketch is not as good as WS -- its out of perspective near the center of the oc. WS is slightly wrong near the edges. Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 WS is a very good low power field sketch but misses the oc entirely. The oc is really a 15' ball of vFT** on the p edge of the ** sketched in WS. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 30 12m..13m** in a 15'x8'120° rectangle. BT outliners along n and s edge. S edge has a BT pair in the middle and another at the sf corner. I don't think the cluster is the scattered group which surrounds this tight FT group, which is the identification in WS and the OHO guide. | ||||||
| n2281 | 0649.3+4104 | Aur | oc | 5.4 7.3m* | 15 | I 3 p/I 3 m |
| Wed 1985/01/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This SM oc stands out well because of the degree of concentration. WS sketch is accurate but doesn't do justice to the richness or delicateness of the telescopic view. Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 15'x8'135° oval of 33 **. Well detached. Sf part is much richer and BTr. Focal point is a trapezium of BT** on the sp edge. F-most of those 4 is a 10"300° double *, and s-most is a 15"220° double *. At sf-most edge is a FT 15"31°0 pair. 7m* 2's the trapezium. 7m* 25'p the trapezium. Best at x61 for overall cluster view, but best detailed view is at x122. | ||||||
| n2301 | 0651.8+0029 | Mon | oc | 6.0 8.01m* | 12 i | I 3 m/I 3 r |
| Wed 1985/01/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Rich with FT**. I mainly saw the p edge but could see other WS ** when I looked for them. 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 FT ones. Runs ns. Mon 1990/01/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Situated in a 30'0° line of ** with a projection out to the f from the center. Vaguely similar to the coathanger oc but vSMr and denser. Center of the line and the projection to the p is the oc n2301. Its a gorgeous group of 30 ** with a red * in the center. | ||||||
| n2304 | 0655.0+1801 | Gem | oc | 10.0p | 5 | II 1 p/II 1 m |
| Fri 1987/02/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 At x122 + averted vision I can barely see the glow of the oc. Perfect WS sketch. I added field info to the sketch. Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Perfect match to WS. At x122 + averted vision I see about 10-15 **. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT nebulous glow in x61 turns into about 25 resolved ** + underlying glow at x122. ** are FTr than 13m. Very condensed. Well detached. Required U to find. I'm quite sure the OHO description is for the field, not the actual oc. 10m* 8'f and 10'p. 11m** 5'n and 9'n. 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'x2'90° patch of about 25 13m..**. Best at x262. | ||||||
| n2311 | 0657.8-0434 | Mon | oc | 9.6 12m* | 7 | III 2 p/III 2 m |
| Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not visible at x49. Barely visible at x122. 10 ** counted. Found by finding the field ** in WS especially the 3 BT ones in an arc. Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 10 ** in 4' at x122 + averted vision. WS pix is excellent. At x49 this shows as a barely visible nebulous patch. Fri 1990/03/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Confirmed via location on U228. At x122 + averted vision I counted 15 ** in a 7'x4'135° area. Its vFT even at x122 with no members BTr than 12m. Sat 1991/10/12 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 15 12m..13m** in a 6' ball. Located 15'260° from the p-most of 3 9m..10m** in a line which are separated by 4' each and aligned 100°. | ||||||
| n2324 | 0704.2+0103 | Mon | oc | 8.4 10.35m* | 8 | II 2 r |
| Tue 1985/01/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 All WS ** were seen except the rich part. The oc is 20's a BT white, white double with 2' separation. Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Rich part partially seen. See WS sketch to find this. The 2 BT** added are the most prominent ** in the field. In the rich area, 5 ** are prominent, and 15 more come and go with averted vision. Trapezium of 1 BT and 3 FT** at nf edge. FT* at n center of the rich area. Wed 1987/02/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 15 rich-area ** were seen at x122 pretty steadily including the easy ones mentioned above. Its nowhere near what I'd call salt-and-pepper though, and not as rich as WS pix either. Fri 1990/03/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 About 15 members at x122 + averted vision. BTst ** are at the nf corner. The x49 view of the BT asterism to the nf looks like dots painted on a ball. Both lines curve in an arc that looks like the surface of a bubble. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 12'x6'30° eyeball-shaped group of about 45 12m..13m** with 2 10m** - one at the nf corner of the eyeball and one centered on the np arc edge. I don't see a compressed core, but this oc is very rich and well detached. The dots-on-the-ball asterism is 15'nnf. 9m* 12'80°. Again, I think the OHO description is for the field **, not the true oc. | ||||||
| n2335 | 0706.6-1003 | Mon | oc | 7.2 9.5m* | 12 | III 3 m n/III 2 m |
| Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT and loose. Only field ** show at x49. x122 required to see members. Almost all WS ** were seen. Found via WS field **. Wed 1987/02/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation except slightly visible at x49. Wed 1988/02/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Matches WS pretty well at x122. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 12' circular group of 25 scattered 11m..13m**. Slightly compressed. Not very well detached from the field. Easy to miss. 5' core with an empty ring surrounding, then outliners. | ||||||
| n2343 | 0708.3-1038 | Mon | oc | 6.7 8.39m* | 7 | III 3 p n/II 2 p |
| Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 All WS ** seen. Very sparse oc. Wed 1987/02/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. 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 ** in 6' at x122. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 10'x6'150° half-circle of 22 10m..13m**. Flat line runs 150° on psp edge. One of the 3 10m** is centered on that edge, and the other 2 are on the fnf curved edge. Not compressed. Well detached. 9m* 15's. 2 9m** 25'n. | ||||||
| n2354 | 0714.3-2543 | CMa | oc | 6.5 9.13m* | 20 | III 2 m/III 2 r |
| Thu 1987/02/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very sparse LG group of FT**. Too much skyglow. Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Unfortunate there's so much s skyglow. Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 20' cluster of FT**. About 40 11m..** in a triangle shape with about 10 BTr **. Easy find off DELTA CMa. BTst ** form a 20'x10'pf band. 5 10m** are 10'-20'f. I'm sure the prior observations are way off base and that this is my first sighting of this cluster. | ||||||
| n2353 | 0714.6-1018 | Mon | oc | 7.1 9.19m* | 20 | II 2 p/III 3 p |
| Tue 1985/01/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Saw and confirmed, but many ** are missing. It looks like decent seeing but s horizon has a glow. Thu 1985/02/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1 vBT* surrounded by about 20 pBT** including a close x49 pair. Speckling of FTr ** was barely seen. Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Almost all WS ** seen at x122 after a while of looking. 2 of the members are obvious in viewfinder. Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 All WS ** were seen. I'd call it medium-rich, not poor. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Round 10' knot of 26 10m..13m**, mainly to the nf of a 6m*. Continuing n is a 5' nearly-empty band, then a 25'x5' crescent of about 20 10m..13m**. Horns of the crescent point sp and sf. 15'n that crescent is another 6m*. | ||||||
| n2355 | 0716.9+1346 | Gem | oc | 9.7p 13pm* | 9 | II 2 p/II 2 m |
| Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Tried too late in the year. Thu 1988/03/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 FT glow at x49 matches WS perfectly at x122. About 15 ** in 10' at x122. Tightest knot is along the p edge. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 5' round group of about 40 12m..13m**. A 7' line of 13m** shoots out to the s, and an extremely interesting 7' arc of ** shoots out to the n, which ends on an 8m T*. 10m* at sf edge of cluster. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 10' round oc with one 10m* and about 25 12m** and 25 more 13m..14m**. Not really isolated from the field, but much richer than the field, so it stands out well. A bit concentrated just p the 10m*. No outstanding * colors, but the 10m* appears a bit yellow. DSO defines the boundary of this cluster a bit differently, so comes up with a different size, shape, and orientation. Pretty easy to find. 8m* 8'15° from center. | ||||||
| n2360 | 0717.7-1537 | CMa | oc | 7.2 10.36m* | 13 | II 2 m/I 3 r |
| 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 SMr. One BT* is at the p end of several lines that extend about 15'. About 5 minutes of time away from that * they all blend into salt-and-pepper which then has arms that wrap back toward the * only n and s of it. 1 vBT* about 40'f (not in oc). Sat 1988/02/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Gorgeous oc. Easy find off ALPHA CMa to GAMMA CMa then f to BT*. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 12' circle of 50 11m..13m**. Another beauty of a cluster. No condensation was seen but this is a gorgeous, rich, and well detached oc. 9m* at f edge. 7m T* 30'p. | ||||||
| n2362 | 0718.8-2456 | CMa | oc | 4.1 4.39m* | 8 | I 3 p n/I 3 r |
| Tue 1985/01/08 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 20 ** in a 5' triangle. 1 vBT* in the center. I don't see 16' at all--very compact and dense. The central * can be seen in the viewfinder. Wed 1985/02/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 25 ** in 15'. Pretty tight oc. The central * (TAU CMa) looks like a double 6"80°. Wed 1987/02/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Sat 1988/02/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Gorgeous oc. Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Gorgeous 15' triangle of 30 ..11m** and about 15 12m..**. Vertices are at n, s, and f corners. vBT triple TAU CMa (10"90° and 20"80°) at center. Not condensed. Well detached. All ** appear blueish. 7m* 20'f center. 7m* 20'nnp center. Best view was in x122. Finding cannot be simpler -- just center on TAU CMa. | ||||||
| n2371 | 072534.71+292926.3 | Gem | pn | 13.0 15.5m* | 74"x54" | 3a+6 |
| Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No trace with or without UHC. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Nope with or without UHC. WS pix is no help. Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 2 2' blobs in contact. Aligned 265°. Each blob has a BTr nucleus, but the p-more's nucleus is BTr and SMr. Located 10'nnf a 10m* and in the center of a triangle-shaped group of 11m..**. vFT. Does not look like sketch A19880395 to me. Looks more like WS or sketch A19880394 or sketch K19901224. | ||||||
| n2372 | 072534.71+292926.3 | Gem | pn | 13.0 15.5m* | 74"x54" | 3a+4 |
| Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 See 19910416 observation of n2371. | ||||||
| n2395 | 0727.1+1335 | Gem | oc | 8.0 9.96m* | 12 | III 1 p/IV 2 m |
| Thu 1988/03/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 15' group FT** seeable in x49 pretty easily. Matches sketch K19870633 well. That sketch has n on top. About 20 ** at x122. Center contains a 10m 4' triangle aligned the same way as a 6' 9m-9m-11m triangle 8'n. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 15' triangular group of 30 **. Triangle has empty center. A couple of condensed areas are in the cluster - one is at the sf vertex of the triangle, and the other is at the nf vertex. 3 10m**, and the rest are 12m..13m. Not rich. Pretty well detached. 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'x15'150° triangular grouping of many **. Fairly rich. Triangle is flat -- 30° 30° 120°, with the flat side on the psp edge. BTst ** is almost centered along the psp edge. Next BTst is near the s corner. A slightly FTr ** is right at the s corner, and those 2 ** form the "tail" mentioned in DSO. 43 10m..14m** counted. Sketch K19870633 is missing many **, including the entire detached part at the s corner. No outstanding ** colors. Fairly well detached. Located in a pretty rich field. A bit compressed at the nf corner. Chain of 3 11m** separated by about 1' each, running in pa 0° at np corner. I disagree with DSO's stated orientation, but this is obviously simply a difference in the boundaries he chose. He apparently didn't count the tail of ** as part of the cluster, but that tail has many FT** in it so I do count it. | ||||||
| n2392 | 072910.77+205442.9 | Gem | pn | 9.9 10.47m* | 13" round | 3b+3b |
| Thu 1985/02/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM blue-green fuzzy glow at x49 and x122. x122 shows a point of light at the center. x122+UHC shows a LGr and BTr nebula but the center * is gone. 7m* 3'n. Tue 1985/03/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1' glow shows clearly at all power/UHC combinations including x272+UHC. Central * clearly seen at all powers. Easiest to find with x49+UHC. Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 1' BT blue glow surrounding a vBT 10m stellar nucleus at x122 alone. UHC loses the * and adds nothing. LPR dims the central * somewhat and adds nothing. x272 shows same features, only a little better. x272 best. Gradually BTr toward the center, then very suddenly BT cental *. 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 x400 unfiltered, there's really quite a bit of detail here. I see the vBT 11m central *, and the surrounding 1.5' glow is blueish. That glow seems to be divided into two regions. The BT inner-more disk is about 0.5', 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 BTness profile. Outside of that ring is a definitely FTr, (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' diameter. This is one excellent planetary. | ||||||
| n2421 | 0736.3-2036 | Pup | oc | 8.3 10.45m* | 10 | I 2 m/I 2 r |
| Wed 1987/02/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 30 ** in 7' at x122. Only 6 ** show easily at x49. Easiest 3 at x49 are a 2' triangle pointing s (one of these is a double). These are at the n edge of the oc which is a triangle pointing to the n. Field sketched. Several BT** in the area to aid in finding. Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Matches my pix well. Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 10' round cluster of about 30 10m..** located at the n point of a 20' equilateral triangle of 10m**. Well detached. Not condensed. Seeable in x30 but best at x122. Fairly densely packed. | ||||||
| M47 | 0736.6-1429 | Pup | oc | 4.4 5.68m* | 30 | III 2 m/I 3 m |
| Tue 1985/01/08 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vBT and LG. 60 ** in a 30' area. Double ** ads6208 and ads6216 were seen clearly. Sun 1985/03/10 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 BTst ** sketched. Both doubles seen at x49. Both orange ** in BCH1512 seen. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Easy BT 30' group of about 70 5m..13m**. Central * is a tight double in x61. Just n of that double is a greenish *. The * chains here are amazing. Just n of those central ** is a V-shape of 9 ** very nearly in straight lines. SF the central ** is a nearly perfect half-circle of 6 **. 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 BT** in a pf line with about 10 FTr ones surrounding the p-more 2 of those, mainly toward the s of those 2 **. | ||||||
| n2403 | 073654.5+653558 | Cam | eg | 8.46:8.93 | 21.88x12.30 127° | SAB(s)cd III |
| Thu 1986/02/27 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Oval glow with a 10m* at both edges. Fri 1986/05/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 5'x2' glow with a 10m* at both ends. Thu 1987/02/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Exact same observation. Sun 1988/03/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=5/9 Exact same observation. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 vBT 6'x3'pf glow. The 10m** are not quite at the edges. A 13m* is at the p edge. A 12m* is near the sp edge of the BT 2' ball-like nucleus. Rating changed from 2-5 to 4-3. Kidney-shaped, with the missing part of the oval being the s-central part. 2 9m** 15'p. 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'x4'105° oval with a 12m stellar nucleus. 9m* near p edge in pa 240°, another on the f edge at pa 90°. Except for the stellar nucleus, its a soft FT glow with some mottling apparent. The 12m stellar nucleus is just slightly n of the line connecting the 2 9m** mentioned, and a little closer to the p-more of them. BT 0.5' round nonstellar patch on the nf edge of the eg appears to be a disconnected HII region. The UHC makes this patch slightly more prominent, and surprisingly it doesn't block out the eg completely. There's also a hint of a spiral arm coming out of the s edge of the core and arcing toward the p, then slightly n. 14m* 2'165° from the nucleus. 13m* just 1.5'240° from the 9m* on the f edge. 9m* on the p edge has a 13m* 2'255°. 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 *, not even on center. That * is on the s edge of the 2' round core. HII region is in the sf quadrant and it shows as a fuzzy * on UB25. With the UHC, that HII region is the most prominent feature of the eg. A short disconnected arm segment extends toward the p from near the s edge of the core. At x239, there are a lot of 13m..14m** strewn ato the eg, especially over the s edge of the core. There is still no stellar nucleus which shows at this power. | ||||||
| n2423 | 0737.1-1351 | Pup | oc | 6.7 9.02m* | 19 | IV 2 m/II 2 m |
| Tue 1985/01/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 nebulous areas spotted at x49. 30' and 36's of oc n2422. Neither showed more at x122. 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 WS pix but its still nice and rich. M47 @195°. Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 BT* in the center. About 30 others at x122. Easy find off M47. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 20' round group of 35 11m..13m** surrounds a 10m*. M47 1° ssp. | ||||||
| n2419 | 073809+3852.9 | Lyn | gc | 10.3 17.3m* | 4.1 oval 90° | II |
| Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 xFT glow in x49. Resolved into 4 ** at x122 with averted vision. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 I'm quite sure of an eFT glow at x49. Easy find with nearby T** but quite difficult to see. x122 shows about 6 ** but the glow is gone completely. I can't see anything in x272. Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT 4' round glow. Seeable in x61 and x122 and barely in x272. Best at x122. A couple of xFT** resolved on the outskirts, but they're probably foreground **. Easy find off a 3 * pf 13' line. Last 2 of that line point right at the gc. Center of those 3 is a 25"350° double. No bite out of the gc, like on pix A19850238, was seen. | ||||||
| n2420 | 0738.5+2134 | Gem | oc | 8.3 11.06m* | 10 | I 2 r/I 1 r |
| Wed 1986/01/08 at Ortonville, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I have a glow similar to n2266 only slightly BTr. Resolved into 30 ** at x122. Not as difficult as n2266. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 A gorgeous salt-and-pepper oc. Nebulous patch under a few FT** at x49. 20 ** in 5' at x122. Sat 1988/02/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Confirmed. Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 7' round cluster of 20 11m..**. BTst * is on P edge. 9m* 8'195°. 9m* 11'n. 9m* 8'30°. Easy find off KAPPA Gem. | ||||||
| n2438 | 074150.59-144407.1 | Pup | pn | 10.1 17.7m* | 73"x68" | 4+2 |
| Wed 1985/03/13 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Requires UHC. Takes x122 nicely. The 2 BTst ** in oc n2437 point directly to the pn. A pBT* is p the pn and the pn is slightly triangle-shaped pointing p away from the p *. Thu 1988/03/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 I see no ring structure at x49+UHC or x122+UHC. Instead I see a solid circle at both powers. Without UHC I can't see it at all. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 vLG pn (over 1'). Very slight darkening in the middle at x122 + UHC. Easy to see with x122 alone. No central * was seen. | ||||||
| n2440 | 074155.37-181231.4 | Pup | pn | 10.8 14.24m* | 74"x42" | 5+3 |
| Thu 1988/03/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 vBT blue-green pn easy at all power/UHC combinations -- even x122 alone. Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Easy fuzzy blue * in x61. UHCblinks easily. 15" blue glow at x272 with a much BTr but still nonstellar center. No central * was seen. | ||||||
| n2482 | 0754.9-2417 | Pup | oc | 7.3 10.04m* | 12 | III 1 m/IV 1 m |
| Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 BT 10m triangle within a FTr triangle. Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 10' triangle of 30 10m..**. Vertices are sf, sp, and n. I'm sure I didn't see it before. That triangle of ** is located 25'fsf the oc. 9m* 10'p. Oc is not compressed. Best view is in x122. | ||||||
| n2479 | 0755.1-1742 | Pup | oc | 9.6p | 7 | III 1 m |
| Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. 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 K1986127 dcrp at the location plotted in T. Its located exactly 50'n the 2 T** and right in line with the T* 10 minutes f. Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 15' group of all 11m..12m**. The p half is a fairly even distribution of ** but the f part is a nearly-empty 7' ring of * with only one * inside that ring. FT cluster. x122 required to see. I'm sure I missed it before. Its way too FT for at home. 9m* 10'np center. 8m* 10'sp center. | ||||||
| n2489 | 0756.2-3003 | Pup | oc | 7.9 11.11m* | 8 | II 2 m/I 2 m |
| Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 20 11m..** in a 10' circular area. Not visible at x30. x122 is best view. 7m* 20's. Richer in the middle. Stands out well from the field. Easy find by running due s from EPSILON CMa. An arc of 11m** is 5' past the f edge of the cluster, forming a fence to keep the cluster ** in. | ||||||
| n2506 | 0800.2-1047 | Mon | oc | 7.6 10.76m* | 7 | I 2 r |
| Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 25 members seen in x122. Very sparse. Invisible at x49. Very difficult to find. This is the FTst field in the area. Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I'm missing the bottom couple of magnitudes. 10' nebulous patch at x49. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 Very elusive 5' glow at x30. x122 shows a 5' glow which is usually unresolved, but occasionally snaps into perhaps 50 xFT**. Scattered 11m..12m** surround the glow but I doubt they're members. 2 11m** at p edge. Sat 1992/02/01 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 BTst ** are in a 0° chain of 3 ** near the center. | ||||||
| n2509 | 0800.8-1903 | Pup | oc | 9.3p | 8 | II 1 p/I 1 r |
| Mon 1985/03/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Many FT** in a 5' area. Nebulous at x49. Resolved at x122. 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 oc ** at x122 + averted vision. Mon 1991/03/11 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 WS sketch is excellent. More than 25 ** plus nebulousity in a 5' area. vFT. Averted vision required. Very rich, tight, and compressed cluster. 9m* 10'150°. | ||||||
| n2527 | 0805.3-2808 | Pup | oc | 6.5 8.59m* | 22 | III 1 p/II 2 m |
| Tue 1987/04/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find. Good match to WS. Just about 10 ..11m** and the rest are vFT. I don't see all WS magnitudes. Not a bad oc at all for the declination. Looks roughly circular with the BTst ** at the nf edge. Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed easily. Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 Easy BT 15' group of 15 8m..10m** sprinkled with FTr ones. Circular. Slightly compressed. Little detached from the field. Best at x49 or x122. | ||||||
| n2539 | 0810.8-1249 | Pup | oc | 6.5 9.15m* | 22 | II 1 m/III 2 m |
| Sun 1985/03/10 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 75 ** 30'. 4.5m* 19 Pup is p. No central knot noted but there are a few 1' areas with more than 3 **. Mon 1985/03/25 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 A meduim rich salt-and-pepper oc. Easy to identify using the multiple to the f. Several strong hints of FTr ** - just beyond by seeing limit. Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I see more ** than WS here. Medium rich with no central knot. LG oc fills x122. BT* ads6647 f. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 30'x10'pf group of 75 10m..13m**. Very well detached. Not compressed but pretty rich. 5m T* (19 Pup) is 15'fsf the center of the oc. | ||||||
| M48 | 0813.7-0547 | Hya | oc | 5.8 8.2m* | 54.0 | I 2 m/I 3 r |
| Sun 1984/12/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 40-50 pBT** and many more FT ones in 50'. Mon 1985/03/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sketched. Best viewed in x49. Thu 1987/03/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 There's an s-shape in the middle. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Central knot is pronounced. BTst ** are in central knot and on n edge. Surrounding the central knot is a ring of almost no ** at all then the outliners. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 LG 50' cluster of about 70 10m..13m**. Slightly compressed. Well detached. Many 10m** in this cluster. Sat 1994/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using Sears Dosciver 7x50 Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 920 pm EST. vFT pSM glow which makes a perfect equilateral triangle with 2 ** at the f edge of Mon (29 and 30 Mon). SMr than M50. No ** resolved. | ||||||
| n2567 | 0818.6-3038 | Pup | oc | 7.4 10.1m* | 10 round i | III 2 m |
| Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 10'x5'80° group of 20 10m..**. An unusual ns line of 7 12m** cuts the oc in the middle. The p half is richer and made of BTr **. 9m* 8'sp the p-more half of the oc. | ||||||
| n2571 | 0819.0-2944 | Pup | oc | 7.0 8.82m* | 13 | IV 1 p/II 3 m |
| Tue 1987/04/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 An x49 double (9m 9m* 25"50°) surrounded by 10 10m..** + lots of skyglow in 10'. Easy find due to BT** to the p. Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 Loose 25'x10'30° oval of **. Has a 10' concentration of ** in the n half. That condensation is 25 9m..** with about 15 of them in a 5' area. Compressed. Center contains 2 9m** aligned 30°. Best at x122. 7m* 25'np. 7m* 25'sp. | ||||||
| n2613 | 083322.6-225824 | Pyx | eg | 10.25:11.16 | 7.24x1.78 113° | SA(s)b II |
| Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 5'x1'pf glow with a stellar 12m nucleus. 9m* 6'np. 9m* 9'fnf. Very uncertain observation. Eg was 30°p meridian and was just barely seen with aversion at x122 with TAPS. Wed 1992/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=9/9 Same observation, except its an xFT glow, and there are lots of xFT** superimposed across the whole glow. | ||||||
| n2627 | 0837.3-2956 | Pyx | oc | 8.4p 11pm* | 11 | III 2 m/II 2 r |
| Tue 1987/04/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sure of location according to nearby T**. I have several 11m** here but none FTr because of the skyglow. Wed 1987/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sure of location. No oc seen -- just a few **. Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope at x49 and x122. Sure of location. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 10'x7'pf group of 20 **. 9m U* 8'80°. 10m* 7'n. I'm sure more ** would show if oc was closer to the meridian. Now it's 25°p meridian. 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. | ||||||
| n2683 | 085241.0+332503 | Lyn | eg | 9.75:10.64 | 9.33x2.19 44° | SA(rs)ab II-III |
| Tue 1987/03/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 5'x1'45° glow. Many easy guide ** are nearby. Thu 1987/03/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 5'x1'45°. No details show at x49 or x122. Non-stellar nucleus just slightly BTr than the overall glow. Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 6'x1.5'30° streak. Central 2'x1' BTr. 12m* just p the N arm. 11m* 3'f the nucleus. Eg is widest at nucleus and tapers off to the ssp and nnf. UHC and LPR filters do not help. | ||||||
| n2681 | 085333.1+511853 | UMa | eg | 10.29:11.09 | 3.63x3.31 | (R')SAB(rs)0a |
| Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. No nearby guide ** to assist in location. Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 2' FT glow with a 11m stellar nucleus. Field sketched. Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2' round vFT and very soft glow with a 12m stellar nucleus which shows at x122. 9m** 7'nf. 9m* 9'sf. 11m* 5'p. 11m* 4'nnf. | ||||||
| n2655 | 085538.7+781328 | Cam | eg | 10.10:10.96 | 4.90x4.07 90° | SAB(s)0a |
| Thu 1987/03/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' FT glow. Looks like a BT stellar nucleus that really stands out over the fuzz. Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Fairly easy eg to find because its pBT. I see about a 3' glow surrounding a 1' BTr non-stellar nucleus. The nucleus is not eBT. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 pBT stellar nucleus with a 2' FT fuzzy glow surrounding. 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 x131, a 1.5' round glow with a 12m stellar nucleus. 8m* 15'240°. | ||||||
| n2742 | 090734.1+602846 | UMa | eg | 11.44:12.03 | 3.02x1.55 87° | SA(s)c: II |
| Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2'x1'80° glow. Central 1'x1' is vFT but seeable with direct vision. P and f extensions require aversion and TAPS. 12m* 4'sp. 8m* 7'np. | ||||||
| n2775 | 091020.5+070219 | Cnc | eg | 10.13:11.03 | 4.27x3.31 155° | SA(r)ab |
| Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 2' glow 125'f the ns T pair. Takes x122 but no details. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. vFT. Needed TAPS to find it. Very difficult find. Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Need a darker site. Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 vFT 3'x2'165° glow. Very soft outer glow. Mottled toward the center with 2 BT points which come-and-go fairly often in the nuclear region when averted vision is used. The BT points are aligned with the overall glow of the eg. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 vFT 3'x2.5'165° halo at x95 which very gradually becomes BTr as you move inward, until it hits about a 1' diameter 12m core which jumps pretty suddenly in BTness. Inward still, the core has a fairly gradual BTness increase until a vBT 11m stellar nucleus is reached. The FT haze is indicative of a face-on spiral eg, but shows no details or markings at all. Higher powers still do not show any details. The halo is of very even surface BTness with no evidence of mottling, dark lanes, or superimposed **. 9m* 10's. 11m* 5'60°. 12m* 5'105°. 13m* 4'135°. Sat 1995/03/25 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The pix in WCAG shows only a BT core with a broad ring of * formation regions but no global spiral structure, and is really quite close to the view I had of this eg last night. | ||||||
| n2768 | 091137.7+600222 | UMa | eg | 9.87:10.84 | 8.13x4.27 95° | E6: |
| Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT 2'x1.5'pf glow. x49 double * 15'np. Makes a 4'x5' near-right triangle with 2 **. Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 4'x2'pf glow. BT nucleus is 2'x1'pf and is slightly mottled. FTr extensions fill out the FTr glow to 4'x2'. The double mentioned on 19870424 is a blue, yellow 90" pair 15'np. Several 11m** are in the vicinity of the eg. The closest 2 are 4'pnp and 6'n. | ||||||
| n2782 | 091405.5+400652 | Lyn | eg | 11.63:12.30 | 3.47x2.57 | SAB(rs)abP |
| Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT 2' glow slightly BM. Easiest at x122. Barely suspected at x30 and x61. 12m 1.5"90° pair @4'n. 9m* 12'15°. | ||||||
| n2811 | 091611.3-161847 | Hya | eg | 11.27:12.23 | 2.51x0.87 20° | Sbc II-III/SB(rs)a |
| Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Need a darker site. Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 eFT soft 2'x1'45° glow. BTr in the non-stellar middle. 9m* 5'nnf. | ||||||
| n2787 | 091918.9+691211 | UMa | eg | 10.76:11.82 | 3.16x2.04 117° | SB(r)0aP |
| Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' vFT glow. 7m* 8'pf. 7m* 8'sp. When this eg is centered the guide * just nf is at the edge of the x49 field. 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. x122 shows nothing new. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 vFT 2' extremely soft glow with a weak stellar nucleus. Best at x122. 10m* 6'p. | ||||||
| n2841 | 092201.8+505831 | UMa | eg | 9.22:10.09 | 8.13x3.55 147° | SA(r)ab: I |
| Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pBT 3'x1'45° glow. 8m* 5'f. 37 Lyn is at the np edge of the x49 field when eg is centered. 34 Lyn is a wide x49 double green, blue 240"135° with a vFT 5"30° c * in x272. Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Identical observation except it runs 135°. Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 5'x2'135° BT glow with a vBT stellar nucleus. Gradually BTr toward the middle till the stellar nucleus is reached. Looks very much like a mini M31. From this site, the glow of the eg just barely reaches an 11m* 3'np the nucleus. 8m* 5'nf. Easy find off THETA UMa. Good view at either x61 or x122. | ||||||
| n2859 | 092418.9+343046 | LMi | eg | 10.90:11.83 | 4.27x3.80 85° | (R)SB(r)0a |
| Fri 1986/05/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 2' glow was spotted surrounding a stellar nucleus. Easy find even though its FT because of nearby BT**. x122 gave the best view. I couldn't see any bar. Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Mon 1988/03/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation -- still seeable at x272 but best definition is at x122. LPR makes it less visible. Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 2' round glow with a BT stellar nucleus which shows at x122. Extremely easy find off ALPHA Lyn. | ||||||
| n2903 | 093209.7+213002 | Leo | eg | 9.01:9.68 | 12.59x6.03 17° | SAB(rs)bc I-II |
| Tue 1985/03/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT smeary haze barely seen in great seeing near meridian. Too FT for UHC or x122. Seen best with x49 alone. Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find. Ns glow. Fri 1986/05/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 4' circular glow. Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3'x4'30°. Sat 1988/02/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Easy 3'x4' glow. Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pBT 3'x4'30° glow. Very slight and very gradual BTness increase toward the center. Central 1/2' is BTst but is neither stellar nor that much BTr than the surrounding glow. Seems to be a pretty mottled surface. LPR improves slightly. UHC shows no embedded nebulousity. All these observations at x122. At x272 I couldn't hold the image. Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 6'x3'5° pBT glow with a vBT mottled 1' nucleus. Wed 1992/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=9/9 Exvellent 6'x3'10° BT glow. Gradually BM to a core, then a BT 12m stellar nucleus which is off-center toward the p. Entire disk is slightly mottled. Forms a triangle with an 11m* 5'ssf and a 10m* 7'ssp. 9m* 13'nnf. 8m* 25'n. | ||||||
| n2974 | 094233.3-034159 | Sex | eg | 10.87:11.87 | 3.47x2.04 42° | Sa/E4 |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. (30° f meridian). Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Sure of location. Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Nope. Sure of location. Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sure of location. Need a darker site. Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 2'x1'120° FT glow. Non-stellar BTr ball-nucleus in the center. 9m* 2'psp. Best at x122. Found only with U -- couldn't find it with T alone. | ||||||
| n2950 | 094236.4+585108 | UMa | eg | 10.94:11.84 | 2.69x1.78 145° | (R)SB(r)0aP |
| Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT 1' glow easily found via 2 guide ** sp. Its 25'nf the f-more of them. 9m* is 30'nf that * and 5'f n2950. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 xFT 1' glow with a 11m stellar nucleus. 12m* 4'fnf. Easy find off NU UMa and 2 other nearby **. | ||||||
| n2964 | 094253.9+315051 | Leo | eg | 11.31:11.99 | 2.88x1.58 97° | SAB(r)bc: II |
| Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Very soft vFT 3'x2'pf glow. No stellar nucleus -- extremely gradually BM. 11m* 5'165°. 2 9m** a bit further s. Found off ALPHA Lyn using only T. | ||||||
| n2976 | 094715.6+675450 | UMa | eg | 10.16:10.82 | 5.89x2.69 143° | SAcP |
| Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 4'x2'135° glow. Very difficult to see. Barren field. Located 7'np a 7' equilateral triangle of 10m**. Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Confirmed. Difficult to find -- even using pix AD101 from M81. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 xFT 5'x3'135° glow. 13m* or nucleus on sp edge. A superbly LG but xFT glow. Best in x122. | ||||||
| n2985 | 095020.9+721645 | UMa | eg | 10.44:11.18 | 4.57x3.63 0° | (R')SA(rs)ab I |
| Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 1' glow 35'f 27 UMa. Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 vFT 2' glow located 35'f 27 UMa. Located in the exact center of a 20' near-square of 10m**. Its a very soft glow -- no nucleus stands out at x122 or x49. 12m* 2'sf. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 3'x2'pf glow with a nuclear ball and a centered stellar nucleus at x122. 12m* on f edge. Eg fattens-up quicker than the average eg -- its a full 2' wide for about 2.5' out of the 3' total size seen. 10m** 12'n and 12's. | ||||||
| M82 | 095554.0+694057 | UMa | eg | 8.41:9.30 | 11.22x4.27 65° | I0spP |
| Wed 1985/02/27 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Long thin 15'x2'70° smear. Mon 1988/03/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Hydrogen filaments were not seen with LPR or UHC. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Very mottled surface at x122. About 3'f the center is a ns dark lane that cuts the eg. The part of the eg just f that lane is BTr than the rest of the eg. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 8'x3'10° xBT glow. Very mottled. Dark lanes cut ns near f edge and also just f the center. Between the dark lanes is the BTst part of the eg. 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'x2' cigar-shaped streak of glow located 1° due n of M81. 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. 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 BT spot between the 2 major dark lanes has a stellar dot in the center. The eg is slightly curved. Its very mottled, with several BT stellar spots superimposed all along the central axis. 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 s end and working toward the n end, the eg begins with a diffuse edge which gradually becomes BTr and thicker for about 1/3 of the eg's length. Then a very weak dust lane cuts the eg in pa 20°. The n side of this dust lane is slightly BTr than the s side, and both are diffuse edges. The eg then becomes very rapidly BTr to another dust lane cutting in pa 0°. There's a vBT core just s of the lane, with a stellar dot in it. The n side of the lane is even BTr, and has a BT dot within it, too. Then the eg fades rapidly as I move n. Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. | ||||||
| n3079 | 100158.2+554043 | UMa | eg | 10.86:11.54 | 7.94x1.45 165° | SB(s)bcsp II |
| Sun 1987/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Wed 1987/05/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 eFT 5'ns streak. 50'p the T* is a 10' triangle of **. The eg is near the center of the n leg of that triangle. See WS pix and pix A19880495. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 6'x1'175° xFT glow. The f edge seems just a bit sharper than the p edge. | ||||||
| n3077 | 100321.1+684402 | UMa | eg | 9.85:10.61 | 5.37x4.47 45° | I0P |
| Sun 1987/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 1' glow under fair conditions. Difficult due to nearby BT*. Wed 1987/05/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Poor conditions. Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Easy find using pix AD101. 2' or 3' glow. Very difficult to study due to BT* nearby. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 2' medium-BT glow with the central 1' slightly BTr. No stellar nucleus. Easy find off M81. 7m* 5'ssp. 7m* 12'f. Possibly slightly mottled. | ||||||
| n3115 | 100514.1-074307 | Sex | eg | 8.90:9.87 | 7.24x2.45 43° | S0-sp |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT 2'x4' glow found pretty easily relative to T**. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 2'x1'45° glow. Very easy find due to the f double on T. Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 2'x1'45° glow. Most of that area is a FT glow but the central 0.5' is BTr and there's an obvious BT stellar nucleus at x272. LPR harms. Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 BT easy 4'x1.5'45° glow. Much BTr in the oval-shaped 1'x0.5' (nonstellar) nucleus. That nuclear glow just becomes BTr and BTr towards the middle till we reach a stellar dot nucleus. Sf edge of eg seems a bit sharper than the np edge. 11m* 5's. 2 10m** 10'f. 2 6m** 40'f. | ||||||
| n3166 | 101345.0+032531 | Sex | eg | 10.39:11.32 | 4.79x2.34 87° | SAB(rs)0a |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1'x3' glow not too hard. 2 T** nearby. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 1'x1.5'pf glow. Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation at x122. x272 shows a weak but seeable stellar nucleus. Tue 1991/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 2' glow possibly elongated slightly pf. Little BM, but no stellar nucleus was seen, even at x272. 12m* 3'255°. | ||||||
| n3169 | 101414.4+032808 | Sex | eg | 10.23:11.08 | 4.37x2.75 45° | SA(s)abP |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Just nf eg n3166. Looks FTr than n3166 to me. 1'x2' glow. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 About 15'f n3166. 1'x2'45° glow. 11m* just f. Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Exact same observation at x122. x272 still shows no BTr nucleus. Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 3'x2'45° glow with a slightly BTr stellar nucleus at x122. n3166 10'260°. 11m* 3'f. 10m* 8'350°. | ||||||
| n3147 | 101653.2+732404 | Dra | eg | 10.61:11.43 | 3.89x3.47 155° | SA(rs)bc I-II |
| Sun 1987/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT glow glimpsed with averted vision and sweeping. Sat 1988/04/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Very soft 2' glow located 20'nnp the T*. No nucleus discernable at x49 or x122. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 3' very soft glow with a 13m stellar nucleus. 12m* 4'n. 10m* 10'n. More like 25'nnp the T* mentioned on 19880416. | ||||||
| n3190 | 101805.7+214959 | Leo | eg | 11.15:12.12 | 4.37x1.55 125° | SA(s)abPsp II-III |
| Fri 1986/05/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I have the 2 ** that should be n of this eg but see no glow for any of the 4 egs here. Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pFT 3'x1'pf smudge located due s of the f-more of the 2 T** by about 3/5 of the separation of those 2 **. Sketched. Mon 1988/03/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Same observation. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pBT 3'x1'pf glow. Thicker and BM, with a nonstellar nucleus. BTr than nearby n3193 6'nf. Easy find off GAMMA or ZETA Leo. 8m U* 10'350°. 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 BTr than n3193. 3'x1'105° glow, much BM to an elongated core. The glow seems to be more sharply cutoff on the n edge. The p tip is more rounded and blunter than the f tip, which comes to a point. | ||||||
| n3184 | 101817.3+412526 | UMa | eg | 9.78:10.36 | 7.41x6.92 135° | SAB(rs)cd II |
| Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' FT glow -- the sky is still aglow from recent sunset. Try later at night. Fri 1986/05/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 (later)-Nope. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 4' glow surrounding a BT stellar nucleus. Thu 1987/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Mon 1988/03/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope at zenith. Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 A * with an eFT glow around it. Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 4' round glow with a slightly BTr stellar nucleus and a 12m* superimposed right on the edge @350°. No elongation noted. Added finder directions. S-more of 2 7m T* 12'p. Found by beginning at MU UMa, move 60'p to a wide 15' pair of 7m T**. Move 12'f the s-more of those. | ||||||
| n3193 | 101825.0+215342 | Leo | eg | 10.88:11.83 | 3.02x2.69 | E2 |
| Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. 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 * and slightly f. vFT 1' glow with a stellar nucleus. Sketched. Mon 1988/03/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Prior observation was a 12m*, not the eg. The eg is really a vFT smudge at x122 located 2's a * as shown on my sketch. Not visible at x49. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pBT 1' round glow slightly BM. FTr than nearby n3190 6'sp. Easy find off GAMMA or ZETA Leo. 9m U* 2'5°. 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 FTr than n3190. Located just 2' due s of a 7m*. 1.5' round glow that looks like an elliptical eg, becoming gradually BM to a stellar nucleus. | ||||||
| n3198 | 101954.9+453309 | UMa | eg | 10.33:10.87 | 8.51x3.31 35° | SB(rs)c II |
| Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT pale ghostly 5'x2'30° oval glow located 20'f the 7m T*. Little BM but no stellar nucleus was seen at x61 or x122. Best at x61. 12m* 5'n. 9m* 13'30°. 10m* 10'70°. Chain of 8 9m..10m** 50' long runs n from the 9m* mentioned. | ||||||
| n3226 | 102327.4+195355 | Leo | eg | 11.40:12.3 | 3.16x2.82 15° | E2:P |
| Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Found using pix WS4-174. I match the s (triangle) ** easily but not the n **. In any event, get the s ** at the ssf edge of x122 and you'll see 2 eFT glows that are this eg and n3227. Located 50'f GAMMA Leo. Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 2'x1'20° glow. N-more of n3226 n3227 pair. FTr than n3227. No nucleus shows at x122. See n3227 for nearby **. | ||||||
| n3227 | 102331.5+195148 | Leo | eg | 10.28:11.1 | 5.37x3.63 155° | SAB(s)abP |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sure of location. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Found using pix WS4-174. I match the s (triangle) ** easily but not the n **. In any event, get the s ** at ssf edge of x122 and you'll see 2 eFT glows that are this eg and n3226. Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT 4'x3'165° glow with a FT stellar nucleus at x122. S-more of 2 nearly twin egs with n3226. BTr than n3226. 10m* 12's. 2 11m** 8's aligned pf. These 3 ** make up the triangle in WS pix mentioned in 19880408 finder directions. Several 12m..13m** n. | ||||||
| n3242 | 102446.11-183832.6 | Hya | pn | 8.6 12.10m* | 45"x36"147° | 4+3b |
| Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 30" vSM and BT pn. Can stand x272 but no details seen. Easiest to find at x49 alone - look for the BT*. Mon 1985/03/25 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Round fuzz. No markings. No central *. vBT. Takes higher powers easily. Best at x122. 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. Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 BTr at sp and nf edges. No central * was seen. Elongation of BTr region is obvious at x272. Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 x122+UHC is by far the best view. Shows a blue 1'x0.8'135° BT glow with a central * that is just barely BTr than the glow, and comes and goes with averted vision. This BT glow is surrounded by a vFT 1.5' round gray glow. | ||||||
| n3245 | 102718.3+283029 | LMi | eg | 10.79:11.70 | 3.24x1.78 177° | SA(r)0°:? |
| Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' pretty homogenous glow. Not much of a BTness increase towards the center. Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Slight BTness increase of nucleus noticed in x122. Located on the n side of a chain of ** p the T double *, 3/4 of the way towards the p-most * of that chain. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pFT 3'x2'ns glow with a stellar nucleus. 40'f the 8m/9m T double *. 9m* 13'sf. 10m* 8'sp. | ||||||
| n3277 | 103255.4+283043 | LMi | eg | 11.68:12.50 | 1.95x1.74 | SA(r)ab II |
| Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 1.5' round glow with a very slightly BTr stellar nucleus that blinks on and off with averted / direct vision. Requires x122 + aversion to see. 9m U* 20'300°. 10m* 18'f. 11m* 10'sf. 12m* 8'255°. | ||||||
| n3294 | 103616.1+371928 | LMi | eg | 11.79:12.2 | 3.55x1.82 122° | SA(s)c I |
| Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 3' glow was seen in x49. Won't take higher powers. Begin at the T*, to a FTr * np, to the eg, sp by 1/2 that separation. Another * is due p. No BTness increase towards the nucleus. Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 2'x2'pf oval with a very slightly BTr middle. No other details at x61 or x122. Barely seeable in x30. Forms a triangle with an 8m T* 13'120° and an 8m non-T* 6'80°. 10m* 8'280°. | ||||||
| n3310 | 103846.1+533008 | UMa | eg | 10.80:11.15 | 3.09x2.40 | SAB(r)bcP |
| Sun 1987/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' vFT glow. Maybe slightly elongated 45°. Wed 1987/05/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 2' glow. Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 2' eFT circular glow. 6m* 15'15°. 11m* 4'n. Still seeable in x122 but no detail enhancement. LPR does nothing. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 pFT 1' round glow. No details at x61 or x122. Looks like a pn - very smooth round glow. | ||||||
| n3344 | 104330.8+245525 | LMi | eg | 9.86:10.45 | 7.08x6.46 | (R)SAB(r)bc II |
| Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pFT 4' glow surrounding a 9m double *. No BTness increase towards the nucleus. Just a 4' FT featureless glow. Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Good description. Pix on WS4-174 shows that the BTr of the 'double' is a * and the FTr is the eg nucleus. I suspected this while observing this eg tonight before looking it up in WS. | ||||||
| n3377 | 104741.7+135900 | Leo | eg | 10.38:11.24 | 5.25x3.02 35° | E5.5 |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 1' glow. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 FT homogeneous 3'x2'pf glow. Slightly BTr stellar nucleus but not overpowering at all. Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 3'x2'45° glow at x122. Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2' round glow with a pBT stellar nucleus. 10m* 10'120°. 5m U* 30'300°. 9m* 15'15° is not in U. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 3'x1'15° glow with pBT 11m stellar nucleus inside a BT core. Not especially close to any **. 13m* 7'195°. 9m* 20'30°. n3367 25'210°. | ||||||
| M105 | 104749.9+123457 | Leo | eg | 9.28:10.24 | 5.37x4.79 | E1 |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' pBT glow 30'sf a BT T*. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 2.5'x2'ns glow. BT nucleus stands out above the rest of the egs glow. n3384 is about 10'105°. Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation. Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 3' round glow which very linearly increases in BTness from the edge to the pBT nuclear area, until a suddenly much BTr nucleus is reached. 13m* 5'5° is the same * as the one mentioned in n3384 observation of this date. n3384 is 8'65°, not 105°. Triangle of BT** 40'60°. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 3'x2'30° halo with a vBT 10m nonstellar core but no other details. Its a high surface BTness bland elliptical. 12m* 6'45°. Forms a BT easy isoceles triangle with n3384 and n3389, which all easily fit in x94. N-S chain of 3 ** follows the triangle. n3384 10'nf. n3389 15'f. | ||||||
| n3384 | 104817.2+123749 | Leo | eg | 9.92:10.85 | 5.50x2.51 53° | SB(s)0-: |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1' pBT glow. M105 10'p. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 1' pBT glow. M105 @285°. Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 1' glow. I see no elongation coming out of that 1' glow. Center of the glow has a stellar nucleus. Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 1.5' round glow with a vBT stellar nucleus. Looks BT at first, but I think that's only because of the vBT nucleus. When I look objectively at the glow itself, ignoring the nucleus, its really pFT. 13m* 6'280° is the same * as the one mentioned in n3379 observation of this date. Triangle of BT** 40'60°. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 2'x0.5'30° with BT 10m nonstellar core with a centered stellar nucleus. Forms a BT easy isoceles triangle with M105 and n3389, which all easily fit in x94. N-S chain of 3 ** follows the triangle. M105 10'sp. | ||||||
| n3395 | 104949.5+325851 | LMi | eg | 12.07:12.4 | 2.09x1.23 50° | SAB(rs)cdP: |
| Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT 1' glow with a slightly BTr nonstellar nucleus. P-more of 2 with n3396 2'45°, which is an xFT 0.5' glow slightly BTr in the nonstellar middle, too. Both are really easiest to detect at x61 but separated best and clearest to see at x122 + averted vision. Rating is so high because this is an unusually BT contact pair. Located 45'p the 8m T*, which is really a red blue 3'90° double *. 10m* 23'260°. 13m* 6'280°. | ||||||
| n3412 | 105053.2+132446 | Leo | eg | 10.54:11.45 | 3.63x2.04 155° | SB(s)0° |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 1' glow. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. 8m** 20'np. 9m* 40'ssp. Wed 1990/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Exact same observation at x122. No stellar nucleus shows. Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 3'x1'160° glow with some mottling and a pBT stellar nucleus that looks a little off-center toward the p. 2 13m** 7's. 10m 11m pair 15'240°. 2 BT 8m U** 20'30°. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 pFT pSM 3'x1'150° very slightly BM to a nonstellar core which is off-center toward the np, and an 11m stellar nucleus at the center of the core. 13m* superimposed at np end. Halo is a bit mottled, but I cannot make out any definite spiral pattern. The 2 6m T** are 20'nf. | ||||||
| n3414 | 105116.3+275833 | LMi | eg | 10.99:11.96 | 3.55x2.57 | SB0a/S0P |
| Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sure of location but no glow spotted. Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 2' glow. Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Very difficult FT x49 glow easily confirmed with WS pix. Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT 2'x1'ns glow with a stellar nucleus off-center to the np at x122. 6m T* 44 LMi 20'p. 8m T* 24'100°. | ||||||
| n3432 | 105231.3+363708 | LMi | eg | 11.25:11.67 | 6.76x1.48 38° | SB(s)mspP |
| Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT 5'x2'40° glow with no BTr nucleus, but 3 ** superimposed. 2 of them (11m and 13m) are at the sp edge, and the other (12m) is not almost at the nf edge of the eg, along the sf edge. The eg is slightly curved, with the top (sp edge) and bottom (nf edge) pointing a little bit toward the np. I think this might just be because I'm really seeing 2 egs. My theory is that n3432 is really only about 4'x2'30° and I'm seeing u5985 p of the sp edge. I cannot say I really saw the companion, I'm just guessing that that may explain my observation of a curved eg, which I've never seen before. 9m* 8'70°. 10m* 8'250°. 10m* 11'330°. | ||||||
| n3489 | 110018.2+135408 | Leo | eg | 10.29:11.12 | 3.55x2.04 70° | SAB(rs)0+ |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. I have M105 and n3384 but no trace of 3489. (Oops--i was looking for 3389. Try again). Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 2' vFT soft glow. Exactly 2 fields p the T*. Confirmed in x122 to be nonstellar. x49 field was sketched. No nucleus shows in x122 - just a slight BTness increase towards the center. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 2'x1'80° glow with a 12m stellar nucleus at x122. 10m* 10'80°. | ||||||
| n3486 | 110023.6+285833 | LMi | eg | 10.53:11.05 | 7.08x5.25 80° | SAB(r)c II |
| Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT 3'x4' glow. Not too hard to find off 43 UMa at 1050+280 n to 44 then f 2 **. This eg has slight BTness increase to a 1' nucleus -- its not BT but just BTr than the overall glow. Nearest * 25'n and slightly f. | ||||||
| n3504 | 110310.8+275825 | LMi | eg | 10.92:11.67 | 2.69x2.09 | (R)SAB(s)ab |
| Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 2' round glow with a 12m stellar nucleus. n3515 is also visible. 8m U* 18'260°. 11m* 11'260° is the nearest * to the eg. | ||||||
| n3521 | 110548.9-000215 | Leo | eg | 9.02:9.83 | 10.96x5.13 163° | SAB(rs)bc II |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pBT 4'x2'150° glow. Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. 9m* 10'f. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Very soft 5'x3'135° glow with a 12m stellar nucleus. 9m* 12'nf. Easy find off DELTA Leo. | ||||||
| M108 | 111131.8+554015 | UMa | eg | 10.03:10.69 | 8.71x2.24 80° | SB(s)cdsp |
| Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 5'x1'pf glow. Easy find off nearby guide **. Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 FT 5'x1'80° glow. BT stellar nucleus. 9m* 10'f. 9m* 20'f. 8m* 25'sp. After observation I see that A19880495 says a foreground * is superimposed at the center of the eg so maybe my 'BT stellar nucleus' is just that *. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 6'x1'85° pBT glow with a 13m stellar nucleus (or, apparently, a foreground *). 10m* at p edge. 10m* 7'p. 9m* 13'p. Wed 1992/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=9/9 5'x2'80° FT glow. Lens shaped. 11m* 1'p center. 8m* 15'p center. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 1020 PM EST. Nope. Sat 1994/05/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 BT 8'x2'70° glow with a stellar nucleus or superimposed * just inside the n edge and a bit f of center. The eg is a bit mottled, but no dark lanes or hard edges show. | ||||||
| n3593 | 111436.1+124907 | Leo | eg | 10.92:11.86 | 5.25x1.95 92° | Sb III/SA(s)0a: |
| Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT very soft 2'x1'pf glow. No details at all. 6m* 25'f. Easy find off THETA Leo. 11m* 10'ssp. 11m* 12'ssf. 10m* 15's. | ||||||
| n3607 | 111654.1+180312 | Leo | eg | 9.89:10.82 | 4.90x2.45 120° | SA(s)0°: |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' pBT glow. Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 2' round glow with a BT nonstellar 0.5' nucleus. n3608 8'n. 11m* 4'p. 3' triangle of ** 6'sf. | ||||||
| n3608 | 111658.7+180857 | Leo | eg | 10.76:11.70 | 3.16x2.57 75° | E2 |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1' FT glow. n3607 10's. Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT 1'x0.75'50° glow. Just barely BTr stellar nucleus. Center of a 4' triangle of 12m..13m** 3'n. n3607 8's. | ||||||
| n3621 | 111816.8-324849 | Hya | eg | 9.56:10.18 | 12.30x7.08 159° | SA(s)cd III-IV |
| Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Skyglow. Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 eFT 3'x2'ns glow. Only visible in x122, and even then, the glow is extremely difficult. Observed when way f meridian. | ||||||
| n3610 | 111825.9+584714 | UMa | eg | 10.84:11.70 | 2.69x2.29 90° | E5:P |
| Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 vFT and SM 1' glow. T* 12'nf. Looks like a 12m* at x49 but x122 shows that its non-stellar. | ||||||
| n3613 | 111836.2+580005 | UMa | eg | 10.89:11.82 | 3.89x1.86 102° | E6 |
| Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT 3'x2'pf fairly even glow except for a pBT stellar nucleus. Between 2 10m** 6'160° and 8'340°. xFT n3619 20'155° is almost on same line. | ||||||
| n3619 | 111921.8+574535 | UMa | eg | :12.5 | 2.69x2.34 | (R)SA(s)0a: |
| Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT 1' round glow with a stellar nucleus. 10m* 12'335° is the * between n3613 and n3619. 11m* 7'n. n3613 20'235°. | ||||||
| n3626 | 112003.7+182130 | Leo | eg | 10.96:11.78 | 2.69x1.95 157° | Sab II/(R)SA(rs)0+ |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Tried very accurate location off * f and s and TAPS but I couldn't see any glow. Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 vFT 2'x1'ns streak. Slightly BTr stellar nucleus appears at x122. Found begining at the T** to the s. 50'n are 2 9m** 30'ns. Put the s-more one just outside the x49 field then move 17'p. Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 3'x1.5'ns glow with a BT stellar nucleus at x122. Easy find using U alone off n3607 and n3608. 11m** are 10'40°, 10'190°, 10'210°, 10'290°, and 15'340°. | ||||||
| n3628 | 112016.3+133522 | Leo | eg | 9.48:10.28 | 14.79x2.95 104° | SbPsp II |
| Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1987/04/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Glimpsed using pix S198704459. vFT 8'x1'pf glow. Use pix to find. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 vFT long thin sliver. This time I used pix S198804451 to find. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 8'x2'pf vFT sliver. No details show, even at x122. Used U to find. M65 and M66 show easily and are BT. Cannot see and dark lanes, as mentioned on S198604427. Sat 1992/01/25 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 8'x3'110° oval. Mottled at x122 with a BTr nonstellar core. Sat 1994/05/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 FT 8'x2'90° soft glow. There are a couple of superimposed 14m**. The eg has hard n and s edges, and 0.5's of the s edge, there seems to be an xFT 4'x0.5'90° xxFT glow, making me think I'm seeing an intervening dark lane. 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 eg. Riyad sees the FT flared extensions p and f the BT inner regions. These do not show on UB109, but show well on A19920373. I can perhaps see the one on the f end but definitely not the one on the p end. | ||||||
| n3631 | 112102.7+531017 | UMa | eg | 10.43:11.01 | 5.01x4.79 | SA(s)c I |
| Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT 3' round glow BTr in the central 1' with a stellar nucleus. 13m* 5'20°. 13m* 5'280°. 11m* 13'95°. | ||||||
| n3640 | 112106.8+031408 | Leo | eg | 10.44:11.36 | 3.98x3.16 100° | E3 |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 eFT 2' glow. Difficult to find but I finally found it by aligning accurately on the * s and the * f and TAPS and using averted vision. Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT 2' round glow gradually BM with a stellar nucleus that blinks on and off when using x122 + aversion. Found using T alone and viewfinder. Begin at RHO Leo, move s till at same declination as 82 and 83 Leo, then the eg shows at x30. Maybe I was just lucky. 12m* 6'200°. 10m* 10'160°. 11m* 12'40°. | ||||||
| n3655 | 112254.7+163527 | Leo | eg | 11.65:12.30 | 1.55x1.02 30° | SA(s)c: |
| Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 1' xFT glow. Difficult find -- required U. 13m* 3'f or 4'f. 1st of a 9m pair is 12'nnf and 2nd of that pair is 18'nnf. No details show at x122 or x61. | ||||||
| n3665 | 112443.3+384547 | UMa | eg | 10.82:11.77 | 2.45x2.04 30° | SA(s)0° |
| Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' glow glimpsed with averted vision. Seems pBT but I can't hold it with straight vision. Easiest find is to use viewfinder to center the 2 BT T**. Mon 1988/04/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Can't see it at all tonight. Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nor tonight. Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nor tonight. Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 2' round glow gradually BTr to a 12m nonstellar 0.5' nucleus at x122. Easy to find in viewfinder using position relative to a wide pair of BT T**. Its just f the center of those 2 T**. 12m* 4'100°. 12m* 11'250°. 9m* 20'265°. | ||||||
| n3675 | 112607.8+433506 | UMa | eg | :11.00 | 5.89x3.09 178° | SA(s)ab II |
| Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pBT 3'x1'5° glow with a slightly BTr nonstellar nucleus. 10m* 15'0°. 10m* 17'330°. 20' group of several 12m** 30'285°. | ||||||
| n3686 | 112744.1+171325 | Leo | eg | 11.32:11.89 | 3.24x2.51 15° | SB(s)bc II |
| Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT 2.5' round glow only visible at x61 + aversion or x122 + aversion. Difficult find. No details at all at any power. 11m* 4'350°. 10m* 10'10°. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 I still don't see a BT stellar nucleus as described by OHO. I think that maybe the * 4'350° was interpreted as being the nucleus. The eg and that * are disconnected, though. I'll stick with my previous observation. | ||||||
| n3726 | 113320.9+470139 | UMa | eg | 10.42:10.91 | 6.17x4.27 10° | SAB(r)c I-II |
| Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pFT 5'x3'5° glow with no nucleus visible. Seeable in x122 and x30, but best at x61. 13m* at n edge. 6m T* 45'240°. 6m T* 55'95°. | ||||||
| n3729 | 113349.8+530737 | UMa | eg | 11.43:12.03 | 2.82x1.91 15° | SB(r)aP |
| Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 5'x2'10° streak of constant BTness except for a 12m stellar dot nucleus off-center to the ssp, which I assume is a foreground *. Best at x122. 12m* 7'350°. 11m* 9'300°. 12m* 10'f. 9m U* 18°350. n3718 13'250° is a 3' round pale ghostly homogenous glow with no details at all in x122. | ||||||
| n3810 | 114058.5+112817 | Leo | eg | 10.77:11.35 | 4.27x3.02 15° | Sc I/E5 |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT 2' round glow with no details at all. Can barely hold with direct vision at x122. Difficult to find and see. Used U to find. 5' triangle of 12m..13m** 12's. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Same observation except its slightly BTr in the non-stellar middle. Just a very gradual BTness increase. Sat 1995/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 LG BT 4'x3'30°. Slightly BM with a LG core but no nucleus. Hint of spiral structure in the periphery. | ||||||
| n3813 | 114118.2+363249 | UMa | eg | 11.65:12.23 | 2.24x1.10 87° | Sc/(R)SAB(s)ab |
| Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Very soft homogenous 2'x1'pf glow. No BTness increase toward the center. 8m* 15'255°. 15' group of 7 12m** begins 5'sf. | ||||||
| n3877 | 114608.0+472939 | UMa | eg | 10.99:11.79 | 5.50x1.29 35° | SA(s)c: |
| Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sure of location. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pFT 5'x1'40° glow slightly BM. CHI UMa 22'n. 11m* 4'np. | ||||||
| n3893 | 114839.1+484240 | UMa | eg | :11.16 | 4.47x2.75 165° | SAB(rs)c: I |
| Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 At x122 its a 3'x2'135° very soft fuzzball. 11m* 4'sp. No nucleus stands out. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 2' round slightly mottled glow with no stellar nucleus visible. Very slightly BM. 14m* just off p edge. 12m* 4'sp. | ||||||
| n3900 | 114908.9+270126 | Leo | eg | 11.35:12.2 | 3.16x1.70 2° | Sbc III/SA(r)0a |
| Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 2'x1'ns glow gets BM and has a 12m stellar nucleus. 13m* 4'n. 13m* 6'100°. Invisible at x30 but easy to find at x30. The nearest T* has a 1' nearly-ns pair at 15'200°. From that nearest T*, there is also a 12m* 15'110°, forming a right triangle with the * I've been calling the nearest T* being the 90° vertex. The eg is at 6'190° from that 12m*. Use x122 to see it. | ||||||
| n3898 | 114915.4+560502 | UMa | eg | 10.70:11.60 | 4.37x2.57 107° | SA(s)ab II |
| Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT 3'x2'110° glow with a very suddently BT nonstellar nucleus. 9m U wide double * 25'p. 10m non-U similar double * 10'pnp. | ||||||
| n3912 | 115004.2+262847 | Leo | eg | :13.21p | 1.55x0.85 5° | SAB(s)bc?P III |
| Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 xFT 2'x1'ns glow with a slightly BTr nonstellar 0.5' nucleus. This was quite possibly the most difficult Hershel object. 11m* 6'5°. 13m* 3'175°. 13m* 7'100°. 7m U* 30'np. | ||||||
| n3938 | 115249.8+440726 | UMa | eg | 10.38:10.90 | 5.37x4.90 | SA(s)c I |
| Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. No close **. Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT and soft 1' round glow at x49 and x122. No nucleus. No details. Can't see in x272. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pFT 3' round glow BM and fading outwards. Best at x61, although seeable in x122. No stellar nucleus shows. No elongation was seen. Pretty 5' chain of 3 10m..12m** 30's. 9m* 10'np. | ||||||
| n3941 | 115255.1+365914 | UMa | eg | 10.34:11.25 | 3.47x2.29 10° | SB(s)0° |
| Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Very soft 2'x1.5'0° glow with a BT nonstellar 10m nucleus. There may be a stellar dot in the nucleus -- it comes and goes at x272. | ||||||
| n3945 | 115314.7+604036 | UMa | eg | 10.85:11.8 | 5.25x3.47 15° | SB(rs)0a |
| Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 vFT 1' homogenous smear - must be the nucleus only. No details at all, even at x122. Easy to find but hard to see. To find, begin with the T** fsf, to a 10m x49 double * 15's, to an 11m* 20'p. Eg is now 15'p. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 3' round glow with a pBT 12m nonstellar 0.5' BTr nucleus off-center toward the np. 13m* on s edge. 10m* 9'f. 9m pair 25'f is plotted as a double in U. GAMMA UMa 7°n exactly. Located 7° due s from GAMMA UMa. | ||||||
| n3949 | 115341.5+475135 | UMa | eg | 11.09:11.54 | 2.88x1.66 120° | SA(s)bc: |
| Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT and soft 1'x2'120° glow at x49 and x122. No stellar nucleus shows. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pFT 2'x1.5'pf oval glow slightly BM. A possible 14m stellar nucleus may be there at x122. 12m* 7'190°. 9m* 50'175°. 9m* 50'200°. | ||||||
| n3953 | 115349.5+521939 | UMa | eg | 10.07:10.84 | 6.92x3.47 13° | SB(r)bc I |
| Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Sure of location according to AD113 chart. Thu 1988/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 I can see the * right on the edge of the eg in x122 but not the eg itself. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT 5'x3'ns glow with a BTr 1' nonstellar nucleus. 1.5° due s of GAMMA UMa. 12m** 4'80° and 5'130°. | ||||||
| n3962 | 115439.8-135823 | Crt | eg | 10.67:11.62 | 2.57x2.24 15° | E1 |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Skyglow. Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 vFT 2' glow possibly elongated 20° with a very suddenly pBT nonstellar nucleus. Forms a right triangle with 2 ** s which are an 11m* 4's and an 11m* 3'sp. Another 11m* 10'p. Used U to find because T alone was too tough. A very easy finding technique is to put the 7m U* fnf and the 8m U* psp at the edge of the x30 field, then switch to x122 and n3962 will be centered. | ||||||
| n3982 | 115628.1+550729 | UMa | eg | :11.78p | 2.34x2.04 | SAB(r)b: |
| Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT 1.5' very soft featureless round glow. 12m* 6'195°. 13m* 6'170°. I think the description in WS is wrong -- they're describing what sounds a lot more like n3998 to me. | ||||||
| M109 | 115736.2+532231 | UMa | eg | 9.83:10.60 | 7.59x4.68 68° | SB(rs)bc |
| Mon 1986/06/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 eFT 1'-3' glow surrounding a FT (but BTr than the glow) stellar nucleus. Very hard to define the boundary since its so FT. I don't understand how Messier could have seen something so FT. To find, 40'f GAMMA UMa is a 10m*. Another 10m* is 20'190° from first 10m*. Eg is 5'nf the second 10m*. Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 4'x3'60° soft glow with a stellar nucleus. Best at x61. A * is within the glow @1.5'345° from the nucleus. 10m* 5'np. 12m* 7'280°. Easy find off GAMMA UMa. | ||||||
| n3998 | 115756.6+552715 | UMa | eg | 10.66:11.61 | 2.69x2.24 140° | SA(r)0°?P |
| Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 1.5' FT round glow with a vBT stellar nucleus. Its one of the base "**" on a 10' bowl-shape with 3 other **, and looks like a soft 10m* or 11m* at x30. Eg n3990 is a 1' eFT featureless glow inside that bowl. | ||||||
| n4026 | 115925.6+505743 | UMa | eg | 10.75:11.67 | 5.25x1.29 178° | S0sp |
| Wed 1988/04/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. No nearby guide **. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 3'x1'170° glow with a nonstellar 1'x0.25'170° BTr nucleus. Classical edge-on spiral. I love it. Easy find off GAMMA UMa. 9m U* 7'20°. 3 13m** 5's. | ||||||
| n4027 | 115930.1-191605 | Crv | eg | 11.12:11.66 | 3.16x2.40 167° | Sc/SB(s)dm |
| Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 xFT and diffuse 2' glow found only with U at x122 using TAPS. Can't hold in direct vision. Aversion shows no details -- just a 2' featureless glow. Also seeable in x61+LPR. 11m* 8'255°. 2 12m** 12'f. 5m U* 30'sf. | ||||||
| n4030 | 120024.1-010604 | Vir | eg | :11.42p | 4.17x3.02 27° | SA(s)bc I |
| Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2' round glow slightly BM. Slightly mottled in the central 0.5'. 11m* 4'ssp. 11m* 3'n. | ||||||
| n4036 | 120127.3+615341 | UMa | eg | 10.66:11.57 | 4.27x1.70 85° | S0- |
| Wed 1988/05/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 2' soft glow easiest seen at x122. Field sketched. Possibly elongated but I can't see it for sure. LPR enhances a little. No stellar nucleus shows. Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pBT 2'x1'pf glow gradually BM with a BT stellar nucleus. n4041 15'10°. 9m** 12'285° and 12'75°. | ||||||
| n4038 | 120152.9-185154 | Crv | eg | 10.7:10.91p | 5.25x3.09 80° | SB(s)mP |
| Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Skyglow. Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 2' round glow was seen where n4038 and n4039 are. I assume I'm only seeing n4038. No BTr nucleus was seen -- just a very pale homogenous glow. No tails were seen. 9m* 8'340°. 10m* 15'185°. 12m* 12'175°. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 2' eFT round glow. I see no BTr nucleus. | ||||||
| n4041 | 120212.0+620821 | UMa | eg | 11.30:11.88 | 2.69x2.51 | SA(rs)bc: II |
| Wed 1988/05/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 eFT 1' soft glow appears only at x122. Field sketched. No stellar nucleus shows. Invisible at x49. Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 FT 1.5' round glow gradually BM with a BT stellar nucleus at center. n4036 15'190°. 9m* 15'150°. 11m* 6'200°. 13m* 8'5°. | ||||||
| n4051 | 120309.2+443206 | UMa | eg | 10.18:10.83 | 5.25x3.89 135° | SAB(rs)bc II |
| Wed 1988/05/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Nope. Sat 1990/04/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sure of location. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 5'x3'120° glow gradually BM with a 12m stellar nucleus. 11m* 3'260°. 9m* 15'100°. 9m* 20'280°. 8m* 30'275°. | ||||||
| n4085 | 120522.9+502114 | UMa | eg | 12.37:12.95 | 2.82x0.79 78° | SAB(s)bc:? III |
| Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 1' glow very slightly BM. n4088 20'10°. 9m U* 6'sp. 9m U* 8'fsf. | ||||||
| n4088 | 120535.4+503232 | UMa | eg | 10.56:11.15 | 5.75x2.24 43° | SAB(rs)bc I-II |
| Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 FT 4'x2'75° glow with a mottled surface and a stellar dot off-center to the p, which could either be the stellar nucleus or a superimposed *. 9m U* 20'175°. n4085 20'190°. | ||||||
| n4102 | 120623.4+524241 | UMa | eg | :11.99 | 3.02x1.74 38° | SAB(s)b? |
| Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pBT 3'x2'80° glow slightly BTr in the nonstellar 1.0'x0.5' middle with a still BTr stellar nucleus at very center. 12m* superimposed 2'p the stellar nucleus. 8m U* 15'330° is shown as a double but not split at x122. 12m* 6's. 13m* 4'85°. 12m* 7'p. 11m* 14'285°. | ||||||
| n4111 | 120702.7+430402 | CVn | eg | 10.74:11.63 | 4.57x0.98 150° | SA(r)0+:sp |
| Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 FT 3'x1'165° glow with a BT 12m stellar nucleus. 9m* 7'60°. Very suddenly BTr at the nucleus. 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 x239, a beautiful edge-on 3'x0.5'150° eg with an xBT core elongated in the same pa, but no stellar nucleus. Core is offset along the minor axis toward pa 60°. The halo is BTr on the pa 330° end of the major axis than on the pa 150° end. A 9m 11m pair at 4'45° from the core point right at the core (from the BTr * through the FTr * and 4' further is the core). | ||||||
| n4143 | 120936.6+423211 | CVn | eg | :11.65 | 2.29x1.45 144° | SAB(s)0° |
| Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2' round glow gradually BM with a 12m stellar nucleus. Best at x122. 9m* 6'sp. 9m* 15'160°. 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 BTr than n4013, n4111, and n4138. pBT 3'x1.5'105° glow, BM to an elongated core and a stellar nucleus. 9m* in pa 45°. | ||||||
| n4147 | 121006+1832.5 | Com | gc | 10.4 14.5m* | 4.0 round | VI |
| Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT. I found this by aiming and looking for a moving haze. UHC no help. No resolution. Way too FT. 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 x49 field. Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3' glow -- no resolution. Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2' gc with no resolution. Easy to see with direct vision at x61, x122, and x272. A bit tougher at x30, but seeable there, too. 10m* 10'nf. 8m* 20'nf. | ||||||
| n4151 | 121032.4+392430 | CVn | eg | 10.77:11.5 | 6.31x4.47 50° | (R')SAB(rs)ab:P |
| Tue 1988/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=3/9 Easy find using S198803292 f. Stellar nucleus surrounded by a vFT 1/2' glow. Nothing else on that finder chart was seen. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 xFT 2' glow surrounding an eBT 11m stellar nucleus. 11m* 3'n. 9m* 6'ssf. 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 eBT stellar nucleus. Situated in a 2° field of 6m..8m** shown in T. | ||||||
| n4150 | 121033.5+302406 | Com | eg | 11.64:12.44 | 2.34x1.62 147° | SA(r)0°? |
| Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 1' round glow with a stellar nucleus. 9m* 8'p. 12m* 3'ssp. | ||||||
| n4179 | 121252.2+011800 | Vir | eg | 10.99:11.91 | 3.98x1.12 143° | S0sp |
| Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 1'x0.5'135° even glow. No details. 10m* 3'nf. 10m* 9'nf. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pBT 2'x1'140° glow BM. Much BTr 0.25' nuclear region with a vBT stellar dot nucleus in the middle. Located at the sp end of a 20' chain of 7 10m** running 45°. | ||||||
| n4203 | 121505.3+331153 | Com | eg | 10.86:11.8 | 3.39x3.16 10° | SAB0-:P |
| Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 3' round glow with an 11m stellar nucleus. Located in an easy V-shape of BT**. 8m* (one of the ** in that V-shape) 3'345°. | ||||||
| n4214 | 121539.5+361939 | CVn | eg | 9.78:10.24 | 8.51x6.61 | IAB(s)m III-IV |
| Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Mon 1986/06/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Thu 1988/06/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Nope. Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 3' round homogenous glow. No nucleus shows. Slightly mottled at x122. Possibly slightly elongated 135°. 12m* 5'sf. | ||||||
| n4216 | 121553.1+130858 | Vir | eg | 10.01:10.99 | 8.13x1.78 19° | SAB(s)b: II |
| Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM round glow. Tue 1986/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 5'x2'45° sliver. BT nucleus. 8m* 25'nf. 10m* 15'p. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 5'x2'30°. BT nucleus. Easiest at x122. First-class eg. With averted vision I see FT extents and can easily see a textbook edge-on spiral. Sun 1992/04/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 BT 6'x2'10° spindle with a suddenly much BTr 1.5'x1' core. 10m* 12'p. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 8'x2'0° long spindle with vBT nonstellar core offset toward the np. 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 f edge than on the p edge. There appears to be an xFT glow f-more of the sharply-cutoff f edge, so I might seeing a dust lane, but this observation is very unsure. After I saw this, I read that DSO says its real. No ** superimposed or very close to eg. Easy finding 9m* 15'nf. n4206 15'210°. 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 eg. 6'x1'30° with an intensely BT core which is elongated in same PA. In moments of steady seeing a very slightly BTr nucleus shows. The FT glow of the halo surrounds the nucleus completely, so this is not really completely edge-on. I see no superimposed **. I see no structure in the arms or outer halo. No stellarings. F edge is sharply cutoff, indicating a dark lane. Need to view this on a super-night since I don't see the superimposed * which should be 1'f the nucleus. Perhaps on a great night I'll see some glow outside of the dust lane. 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 vBT 8'x2'45° glow pretty suddenly BM to an elongated core which is off-center along the minor axis toward pa 135° and has a stellar nucleus superimposed. n4206 is 15'sp. | ||||||
| n4245 | 121737.0+293634 | Com | eg | 11.40:12.31 | 2.88x2.19 | SABbc III/SB(r)0a: |
| Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 1' round FT glow with no details at all. Located amid a 15'pf arc of 4 11m** p and one 12m* f. Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 2' round slightly-mottled haze with a suddenly BTr 0.5' 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' chain of 4 10m..11m**. | ||||||
| n4251 | 121808.0+281032 | Com | eg | 10.72:11.58 | 3.63x1.48 100° | SB0?sp |
| Tue 1988/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=3/9 FT 0.5' glow easily seeable in both x49 and x122. x122 shows its nonstellar. Easy find off Com oc using pix AD123. Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 2'x1'pf glow with a BT stellar nucleus. From here I don't need any tricks or pix to find -- just a U chart. 6m* (9 CrB) 20'f. Best at x122. | ||||||
| M106 | 121857.9+471816 | CVn | eg | 8.41:9.10 | 18.62x7.24 150° | SAB(s)bcP |
| Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Elongated glow with a BT nucleus. Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vBT long slender glow. Looks like a very tilted spiral. Central glow noticable and FT spiral edge-wise disks extending nnf and ssp. 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'x2'150° glow. Central 0.5' is BTst. No stellar nucleus was seen. Orientation in 19860508 observation was wrong? Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 5'x3'165° glow. BM with a 11m stellar nucleus which seems to be off-center to the f. 11m* 4'p 11m* 5'sf. Wed 1992/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=9/9 8'x4'170° pBT glow gradually BM. Fri 1994/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 BT 8'x3'160° glow. Entire halo is BT and not really BTr toward the middle, until an xBT 11m 0.5'x0.25' nucleus is reached, which is off-center slightly. Entire disk is slightly mottled. | ||||||
| n4261 | 121922.8+054936 | Vir | eg | 10.42:11.41 | 4.07x3.63 160° | E2.5 |
| Tue 1991/06/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT 2' round glow with a stellar nucleus at x122. A 60' long ns line of BT** is just f. 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 np, rising up to about 20° (completely and just barely covering Cas), and falling back down to the ground nf. Just a 10°-wide arc of light. Then 1/2 hour ago, that arc rose up 10° toward the s, 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 eg. Now, when I looked up, the display had burst into a huge 1/4 sky BT and dancing glow. It runs from the zenith to the nf and sf horizons, and is filled-in completely within that pie wedge. Lights dance all around in all directions at random. The p and f edges are pretty hard, and they dance most of all. After a while, the p 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 p became a 15°-wide by 60° tall separate curtain of light. The n-more part of that curtain was greyish-green, and the s-more (or is it p-more) part became slightly pink, then very deep red. The entire display was very active, with wide arcs of light beginning at the n horizon and moving very rapidly s 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 n 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 BTness. 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 n-most extents of Sco. For most of the time, though, the s-most extent was just covering CrB, and the appearance at that point was really interesting. Sometimes it would be a n-facing arc with SM rays running outward s. Sometimes it was a s-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 sf 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. 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. 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 s. He had the same impression of being near M42 as I did. Fri 1991/09/13 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 A19911091-3 shows pix of this aurora. Sat 1995/04/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 2' round glow gradually BM, then suddenly BM at a vBT 12m stellar nucleus. Located in a BT* field which makes it easy to jump from eg to eg in this rich cluster. This is the BTst eg in the field. n4264 4'75°. | ||||||
| n4274 | 121950.9+293654 | Com | eg | 10.41:11.34 | 6.76x2.51 102° | Sbc II-III/(R)SB(r)ab |
| Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 5'x3'pf glow with a 3'x2' BTr nuclear region and a just-barely-BTr stellar dot nucleus in the center. 11m* 5'n. 10m* 20'100°. 10m* 15'75°. Best at x122. n4278 12's. Both fit easily in the x61 field. Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 2nd BTst and LGst eg in the group. Halo is 5'x2'90° and becomes very gradually BTr in the middle to a round 1' core which is a bit off-center to the n, and a sudden 12m stellar nucleus. Looks like an Sb eg, just a bit more face-on than M31. No dust lanes show. 12m* 12'105°. 11m* 4'345°. 10m* 5'180°. | ||||||
| n4273 | 121955.6+052048 | Vir | eg | 11.86:12.39 | 2.34x1.51 10° | SB(s)c |
| Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pFT 2' round slightly-mottled glow. Stellar nucleus in middle is just barely BTr than the glow. The eg certainly doesn't look * like to me, as OHO describes it. Center of 3 egs in a row running 45°. All 3 egs look fairly similar. n4277 8'80° is slightly BTr with a BT stellar nucleus. n4268 4'210° is SMr and FTr. n4270 8'350° is a pFT 1' glow with a slightly BTr stellar nucleus. Sp-most of a chain of 3 9m** running 45° is @15'350°. 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 eg field. Rating (changed from 35) is for the field. 2'x1.5'0°. 2nd BTst in group, after n4281. Slightly BTr elongated core with a slightly BTr still 12m stellar nucleus. | ||||||
| n4278 | 122007.2+291647 | Com | eg | 10.16:11.09 | 4.07x3.80 | E1.5 |
| Tue 1991/04/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 2' round glow with a stellar nucleus. 13m* 4'n. 10m* 10'255°. n4277 12'n. Both fit easily in an x61 field. Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 BTst in group. 1' perfectly round glow with an intense 10m stellar nucleus. FT outer halo becomes very gradually but consistantly BM until the sudden stellar nucleus is reached. n4283 4'45°. !Try for gcs. | ||||||
| n4281 | 122021.7+052313 | Vir | eg | 11.29:12.25 | 3.02x1.48 88° | S0+:sp |
| Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 3'x1'75° glow with no details at all. A really tough eg to see. Requires x122 + averted vision. No nucleus shows at all. Forms an equilateral triangle with a 9m* 10'nnp and another 9m* 10'nnf. 8m* 8'175°. 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 eg field. Rating (changed from 88) is for the field. pBT 1.5'x1'90° glow with a suddenly BTr core and a BT 11m stellar nucleus. BTst in group. | ||||||
| n4293 | 122113.0+182258 | Com | eg | 10.36:11.26 | 5.62x2.57 72° | (R)SB(s)0aP |
| Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 3'x1'80° very soft glow. Gradually BM, but no distinct nucleus shows. Best at x61 or x122. 25' arc of 5 10m..13m** begins just n of the eg and runs f. | ||||||
| M61 | 122154.7+042820 | Vir | eg | 9.65:10.18 | 6.46x5.75 | SAB(rs)bc I |
| Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT glow. Tue 1988/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=3/9 Nope. Sure of location. Wed 1988/05/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=3/9 eFT 1' glow forms a 30' equilateral triangle with a 8m* np and a 10m* nf. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pBT 4'x3'45° glow with a BT stellar nucleus. The triangle mentioned before is not an equilateral, but a right triangle with M61 at the 90° vertex. The ** in that triangle are 8m* 18'250° and 10m* 27'10°. 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' round fairly BT glow with mottling in the halo and a BT 12m stellar nucleus. Looks very much like a face-on spiral. 14m* 3'225°. No sign of n4303a. 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' round glow very gradually BM. Very mottled. vBT 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 * superimposed right at that bend. Tangent to the pa 240° edge of the glow and running in pa 150° is another arm, but much FTr. 14m* 2'60°. | ||||||
| n4314 | 122232.2+295347 | Com | eg | 10.58:11.43 | 4.17x3.72 150° | SB(rs)a |
| Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT even 2'x1'150° glow. No nucleus shows. Little BM. 11m* 10'nnf. 9m* 18'nnf. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 3'x1'150° glow with a pBT 1' nonstellar nucleus and a stellar nucleus in the center of the nonstellar nucleus. Previously mentioned ** verified. 13m* 3'210°. Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 4'x1'120° glow with a round 1' slightly-BTr outer core, a BT 1'x0.25'120° inner core, and a barely-BTr stellar nucleus. xFT oval 4'x3' halo surrounds this structure, which is assumed to be a bar. 11m* 8'30°. 9m* 14'30°. 11m* 10'105°. 13m* 2.5'315°. 14m* 1.5'45°. 14m* 1'135° from the nucleus is right at the nf edge of the sf arm. | ||||||
| n4346 | 122328.0+465939 | CVn | eg | :12.14 | 3.31x1.26 99° | S0sp |
| Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 1' vFT glow surrounding a 12m stellar nucleus. 13m* 5'nf. 11m* 10'nnf. 11m* 10'ssf. | ||||||
| n4350 | 122358.2+164134 | Com | eg | 10.99:11.94 | 3.02x1.45 28° | SA0sp |
| Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 2'x1'30° glow with a pBT stellar nucleus at x122. n4340 6'fnf is FTr 1.5' round glow with a just-slightly BTr stellar nucleus. 7m U* 30'280°. 12m* 12's. 11m* 14's. 9m U* 20's. | ||||||
| n4365 | 122427.9+071906 | Vir | eg | 9.56:10.52 | 6.92x5.01 40° | E3 |
| Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT and LG 4'x3'40° glow gradually BM with a 0.5' nonstellar nucleus and an 11m or 12m stellar nucleus. Best at x122. 11m* 6'160°. 13m* 4'310°. 8m U* 50'f. Wed 1992/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 3'x2'45° glow with a 1' BTr core and a stellar nucleus. 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 BTst eg in field. BT core with gradually fading halo surrounding. 1.5' round. | ||||||
| n4361 | 122430.79-184705.1 | Crv | pn | 10.3 13.18m* | 45"/110"round | 3a+2 |
| Fri 1987/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 1.5' LG pn with UHC. No central *. Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. eFT against the skyglow. Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 2' LG pn. Seeable in x61 alone, and UHCblinks easily. x122 is best view, because it shows a 13m central *, which is just barely BTr than the glow of the pn, and blinks in and out with averted vision / direct vision. | ||||||
| n4371 | 122455.2+114216 | Vir | eg | 10.81:11.79 | 3.98x2.24 95° | SB(r)0a |
| Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Soft 1.5'x1'pf glow. Stellar nucleus. Easiest at x122. LPR doesn't help. Sun 1992/04/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 1.5' round glow with a stellar nucleus. | ||||||
| n4394 | 122556.1+181254 | Com | eg | 10.88:11.73 | 3.63x3.24 | (R)SB(r)ab II |
| Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT featureless 1' round glow. M85 8'260°. 13m* 5's. Used n4382 to find. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Little BM. 12m stellar nucleus shows at x122 + aversion. | ||||||
| n4414 | 122627.5+311329 | Com | eg | 10.12:10.96 | 3.63x2.04 155° | SA(rs)c? II |
| Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 4'x3'160° very gradually BM till an 11m stellar nucleus is reached. Mottled disk at x122. 10m* 10'280°. | ||||||
| n4419 | 122656.9+150252 | Com | eg | 11.16:12.08 | 3.31x1.12 133° | SB(s)asp |
| Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT 2'x1'150° glow with a slightly BTr nonstellar nucleus and a still slightly BTr stellar nucleus. Best at x122 though visible even at x30. 13m* 3'190°. 10m* 7'np. 11m* 7'fnf. | ||||||
| n4429 | 122726.4+110629 | Vir | eg | 10.04:11.02 | 5.62x2.57 99° | (R)SA(r)0+ |
| Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 3'x1'100° glow. Stellar nucleus shows at x122. 9m* 2'np. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT 4'x2'pf glow with a much BTr 1.5' round nonstellar nucleus and a centered 12m stellar nucleus. Located in a ns line of pBT**. Nearest * is a 9m U* 3'10°. Seeable in x30. | ||||||
| n4435 | 122740.6+130448 | Vir | eg | 10.80:11.74 | 2.75x2.00 13° | SB(s)0° |
| Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 S-more glow 50'f M84. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Wrong. Its the n-more glow. 2' round glow with a BT stellar nucleus. Seems much BTr than n4438 to me. Easiest at x122. LPR hurts. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 BT and easy. BT sharp 10m core with a 2'x0.5'30° haze around it. BTr overall and SMr than n4438 @150°, but with a FTr core. n4458 and n4461 at 25'60° from here are oriented in the same direction relative to each other. | ||||||
| n4438 | 122745.5+130036 | Vir | eg | 10.17:11.02 | 8.51x3.16 27° | SA(s)0aP: |
| Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 N-more glow 50'f M84. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Wrong. Its the s-more glow. 4'x1'30° glow. Central 2'x0.5' is BTr than the rest of the glow and there is an elusive stellar nucleus. Easiest at x122. LPR hurts. Surface BTness is FTr than n4435. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 BT and easy. 3'x1.5'15° gradually BTr to a 9m core. FTr overall and LGr than n4435 @330°, but with a BTr core. No sign of the distortions which show so obviously in pix. n4458 and n4461 at 25'60° from here are oriented in the same direction relative to each other. | ||||||
| n4442 | 122803.7+094818 | Vir | eg | 10.44:11.38 | 4.57x1.78 87° | SB(s)0° P |
| Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 2' vFT glow surrounding a BT stellar nucleus at x122. Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 2'x1'pf glow with a BT stellar nucleus. 8m U* 45'f. 9m U pair ** 30's. 12m* 7'p. 11m* 8'pnp. 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 pFT 2'x1'60° halo, much BM to a pBT core and a stellar nucleus. 14m* on nf edge. 13m* 2'150°. | ||||||
| n4449 | 122811.4+440540 | CVn | eg | 9.58:9.99 | 6.17x4.37 45° | IBm III |
| Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pBT 5'x2'150° glow. The edges do seem a little harder than normal. Takes x122 to no advantage. Located due s of the delicate double * ads8546. Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I think alignment should be 60°. Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Yes, alignment is 60°. Nucleus just slightly BTr than the overall glow -- not much. At x122 some mottling comes and goes on the central 2'. Edges of this eg fade to background sky much faster than the average eg. | ||||||
| n4448 | 122815.6+283715 | Com | eg | 11.07:12.00 | 3.89x1.41 94° | SB(r)ab II-III |
| Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 3'x1'pf glow. Slight BTness increase towards the center with a stellar nucleus that occasionally blinks on at x122. Direct vision can hold the eg at x122. 3 10m* 9'n. 9m* 22'30°. Mon 1992/05/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 2' round glow BM to a 30" core with a stellar nucleus. | ||||||
| n4450 | 122829.4+170505 | Com | eg | 10.08:10.90 | 5.25x3.89 175° | SA(s)ab |
| Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 2'x1'15° pBT glow. BTr toward the center, with a stellar nucleus which is just barely BTr than the glow of the eg. 9m* 7'sp. 9m* 25's. | ||||||
| n4459 | 122900.1+135846 | Com | eg | 10.37:11.32 | 3.55x2.69 110° | SA(r)0+ |
| Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 1' glow. 9m* 3'ssf. Stellar nucleus shows at x122. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 2' round glow with a BT stellar nucleus which is slightly off-center towards the f at x122. Easy find with an 8m U* 3'150°. 8m U* 7'265°. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 2' round glow with a 0.5' core and a stellar nucleus that comes and goes. Very symmetrical. Perfectly round. Looks like an elliptical to me. * 10'240°. | ||||||
| n4473 | 122948.8+132549 | Com | eg | 10.20:11.16 | 4.47x2.51 100° | E5 |
| Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' FT glow with a stellar nucleus. Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 n4473 and n4477 are 2 pBT egs at 15'0° to each other. n4473 is the s-more and is slightly p n4477. Slightly BTr than n4473. 2'x1'pf with a vBT stellar nucleus. Easiest at x122. 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'x0.5'75° glow with a BT 10m nonstellar core. Perfect equilateral triangle with 2 12m** at 8'120° and 8'195°. Much FTr n4458 and n4461 25'210°. Similar in appearance to n4477 15'0° | ||||||
| n4477 | 123002.5+133811 | Com | eg | 10.42:11.38 | 3.80x3.47 15° | SABa/SB(s)0:? |
| Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' FT glow with a stellar nucleus. Mon 1987/03/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 n4473 and n4477 are 2 pBT egs at 15'0° to each other. n4477 is the n-more and is slightly f n4473. Slightly FTr than 4473. 3' circular glow with a stellar nucleus. The nucleus is not quite as BT as n4473's. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 BTr of 2 with n4479. Very similar in appearance to n4473 15'180°. 1.5'x1'0° FT nebulosity with a BT 12m nonstellar core. n4479 8'120° and a 13m* 7'180° form an equilateral triangle. | ||||||
| n4478 | 123017.4+121944 | Vir | eg | 11.45:12.36 | 1.91x1.62 140° | E2 |
| Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT glow. M87 nf. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 vFT 1' glow located 15'psp M87. No details visible. Easiest to see at x122. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 1' glow with a 12m stellar nucleus at x122. M87 8'fnf. n4476 5'nf is an xFT 1' featureless glow. 8m U* 15'nf (the * that is 6'n of M87). Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 pFT 1.5' glow near M87 independantly observed. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 1' round elliptical eg with a suddenly BTr 11m nonstellar core. M87 10'60°. Similar to n4476 5'p except BTr, and n4476's nucleus is stellar. | ||||||
| n4485 | 123031.7+414201 | CVn | eg | 11.93:12.32 | 2.29x1.62 15° | IB(s)mP III-IV |
| Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No trace. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 1' glow located about 5'n n4490 was glimpsed at x122. Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 1' glow 4'n n4490. x61 alone showed best. Featureless. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Featureless 1' glow in x122. n4490 4's. | ||||||
| n4490 | 123036.7+413823 | CVn | eg | 9.79:10.22 | 6.31x3.09 125° | SB(s)cdP III |
| Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT glow located np a vBT* (BETA CVn). Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pBT 3'x1'135° glow. BETA CVn 12'sf. No trace of n4485. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation except n4485 glimpsed in x122. LPR enhances slightly. Curve on n edge shows well. Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 3'x2'135° glow. With x122+LPR, a curved extension from the np edge arcs toward the n for about 1'. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 5'x3'100° glow. Little BM. Nonstellar nucleus. Slightly mottled. 12m* 8'165°. n4485 5's. | ||||||
| n4494 | 123124.3+254625 | Com | eg | 9.83:10.71 | 4.79x3.55 | E1.5 |
| Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 5' circular glow s of a BTr * near double 17 CrB towards eg n4565. Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 2' glow. BT* 4'n. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 3' circular glow with a BT stellar nucleus at x122. Located 12'ssp the p-most of the 3 * chain noted in the finder directions for n4565. | ||||||
| n4526 | 123402.9+074201 | Vir | eg | 9.70:10.66 | 7.24x2.40 113° | SAB(s)0°:sp |
| Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pBT 3' glow centered between 2 8m**. Tue 1990/05/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Diffuse 3'x1'135° glow. Very slight BTness increase towards the center with a not-vBT stellar nucleus which is off-center towards the sp edge. 13m* 2'ssf. Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vBT 4'x2'115° glow with a nonstellar nucleus which looks like its centered ok. Stellar nucleus at center of nonstellar nucleus. Perfectly centered between 2 7m U**. | ||||||
| n4527 | 123408.8+023913 | Vir | eg | 10.52:11.38 | 6.17x2.09 67° | SAB(s)bc II |
| Tue 1990/05/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pFT 4'x1'70° with a pBT nonstellar nucleus. Eg's glow is BTr f the nucleus than p the nucleus. 12m* on sp edge, 2' off nucleus. n4536 34'5°. 9m U* 15'180°. 8m U* 19'180°. Those 2 ** are between n4527 and n4536, and are the ** mentioned on today's observation of n4536. 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 12m* I saw on 19910605 was the supernova. | ||||||
| n4535 | 123420.3+081153 | Vir | eg | 9.96:10.59 | 7.08x5.01 0° | SAB(s)c I |
| Tue 1990/05/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT 6'x5'ns very homogenous ghostly pale glow. Best at x61. Barely seeable in x122 with no details added. Superimposed * near s edge. I see no BTr nucleus. 2 9m U** 25'n. 7m U* 30'175°. | ||||||
| n4536 | 123426.9+021119 | Vir | eg | 10.55:11.16 | 7.59x3.24 130° | SAB(rs)bc II |
| Tue 1990/05/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT elusive 4'x2'110° oval glow with a FT stellar nucleus at center. Best at x122. n4527 34'175°. 7m T* 15'80°. 9m U* 19'350°. 8m U* 15'350°. Those last two ** are between n4527 and n4536, and are the ** mentioned on today's observation of n4527. | ||||||
| M91 | 123526.3+142949 | Com | eg | 10.15:10.96 | 5.37x4.27 150° | SB(rs)b |
| Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 2' glow. Sat 1988/05/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=2/9 eFT glow wouldn't have been found without AD127. Wed 1988/05/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=3/9 eFT glow. 10m* 7'p. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 6'x2'80° with a 2' BTr region in the middle and a stellar nucleus at the center of that region at x122 + aversion. 10m* 8'p. 9m U* 20'pnp. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 3' round hazy glow with a moderately BT 0.5' core that runs in pa 60° and might be a bar. 10m* 10'240°. 11m* 12'60°. | ||||||
| n4546 | 123529.5-034737 | Vir | eg | 10.32:11.30 | 3.31x1.45 80° | SB(s)0-: |
| Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT 1' glow. Easy find off T**. Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 vFT 1'x2'45° glow. Requires x122 + averted vision. Stellar nucleus. 12m* 3'sf. Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pFT 3'x1'50° glow with a BT non-stellar nucleus and a vBT stellar nucleus. Easy at x122. 12m* 3'135°. 12m* 10'70°. 8m* 20'n. 8m* 20's. 9m* 11m* pair 25'p. | ||||||
| n4550 | 123530.9+121317 | Vir | eg | 11.68:12.56 | 3.31x0.93 178° | SB0+?sp |
| Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 2'x0.5' glow with a FT stellar nucleus. Ssp-more of 2 with n4451 4'nnf, which is FTr, 1.5'x0.3'pf, with less of a BTness increase towards the nucleus. This pair is sf the 9m U* by just slightly more than M89 is nf of that 9m U*. 9m U* 20'np. | ||||||
| n4559 | 123557.3+275753 | Com | eg | 10.01:10.46 | 10.72x4.37 150° | SAB(rs)cd II-III |
| Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Should be due n of eg n4565. Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. At eg location I have a * (the one right next to the eg on AD123) but no eg. Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 FT 5'x3'135° glow. Very slightly BM. 3 ** superimposed. 11m on f edge, 12m on s edge, and 13m on sf edge. 8m T pair 1°n. 12m* 12'350°. 13m* 7'340°. 12m* 12'100°. | ||||||
| n4565 | 123620.6+255920 | Com | eg | 9.58:10.42 | 15.85x2.14 136° | SA(s)b?sp I |
| Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very long slender and FT. Easy find due p the double 17 CrB in the oc. Along the way from double to eg, see eg n4494. Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 4'x1'135°. Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 To find, begin at the double *. 50'f are 3 ** separated by 15' each. 10's of p-most (BTst) * is vFT 1' glow n4494. Go back to the 3 **. 75'f are 2 more ** separated by 15'. n4565 is 20'np the p-more (FTr). Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 10'x2'135° glow. 1'x0.5' non-stellar nucleus. Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 BT 8'x2'135° glow. Only 1' wide for most of the 8' run, except central 3', which fattens out to 2'. 3'x1' central glow is much BTr. * just nf the nucleus. Compared x122 view to AD122 pix to try and see the dust lane, but I couldn't. Judging from the placement of the *, it seems I may not be seeing the part of the central bulge which is nf the dust lane. 9m U* 15'175°. 9m U* 18'200°. 11m* 9'280°. 12m* 11'265°. 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'x3'140° glow. vFT and thin at outer edges. Widens toward center. Central 3' bulge is cut in the n part by a dust lane running in same PA as the eg. vBT 1'x0.5'140° patch on s side of dust lane. 8m* 15'160°. 11m* 3'51°. 13m* 7'220°. 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'x2'135°. 5' long equatorial dust lane cuts through the glow on the nf side of the nucleus. Glow appears on the far side of the nucleus from the dust lane. Right on the sp edge of the equatorial dark lane is a stellar nucleus. The core is vLG, and would be about 2'x1' if the dust lane didn't obscure part of it. The ends of the eg taper off into background sky. 13m* 2.5'45° from nucleus. 14m* 4'210° from nucleus. | ||||||
| n4570 | 123653.3+071452 | Vir | eg | 10.90:11.84 | 3.80x1.15 159° | S0sp |
| Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Gorgeous 4'x1'170° edge-on eg. pBT, with a BTr 1'x0.25' area on p edge, and a slightly-BTr-still stellar nucleus centered within that 1'x0.25' area. Best at x122. Here is an eg that visually really looks like the pix. 12m* 7'340°. 8m/9m U** 18'290°. 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 BTr core but is SMr than n4532, the eg I just finished observing. Looks just like an edge-on sunny-side-up egg. 2'x0.5'150° glow. Core is nonstellar even at x170, and appears to be about 10m. Halo is pBT, too, and ends abruptly. | ||||||
| n4596 | 123956.1+101033 | Vir | eg | 10.41:11.35 | 3.98x2.95 135° | SB(r)0a |
| Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 1' FT glow. 11m* 3'sf. 9m* 12's. Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 3'x2'130° glow with a BTr 1' nonstellar nucleus and a stellar dot in the middle. Best at x122. 5m U* 30'f. | ||||||
| M104 | 123959.4-113722 | Vir | eg | 8.00:8.98 | 8.71x3.55 89° | SA(s)absp |
| Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT smear with 1 hard edge. F an asterism of 4 BT and colorful **. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Long thin 0.5'x2' BT nucleus with a surrounding glow of 1'x3'pf. S edge is hard and this edge also contains the nucleus. Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 1'x3'pf. pFT. Early in evening Saturday night. Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 4'x1'pf. vBT stellar nucleus stands out over the softer glow. Just s of the nucleus is a hard edge to the eg. The n edge is much softer, fading gradually to nothingness. Found by moving from GAMMA Vir (1242-1.5) s thru CHI to double * n of eg. 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 p until you see an unmistakable 5'x1'120° L-shape of 4 8m..10m**. Then M104 is 30'f. Fri 1994/05/13 at Fish Lake, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 BT 90° glow not quite as BT as M81. Becomes suddenly very much BTr at a stellar nucleus. S edge is hard, and on the other side of the dust lane (on the s side) is a vFT 90° glow. 2 BT** on the p side, slightly s of the eg. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 pSM pBT 3'x1.5'90° glow with a vBT nonstellar core which is on-center if I ignore the dark lane. Right at the s edge of the core a 30"-wide dark lane cuts all the way across the eg, parallel to the major axis, and beyond that the eg's glow picks up again for about 30" more. The overall shape of this eg is unusual in that the ends are not rounded at all. The eg is shaped rather like a very long diamond-shape rather than the oval shape so typically seen in a spiral. 14m* 2'15° from the core. Many BT field **. Closest one is 5'255°. Pretty easy to find off the double * at the nf corner of Corvus. If you go n from there you'll find a BT arrow-shaped asterism of ** shown in T which points you very close to the eg. Sat 1995/03/25 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The pix on UB181 looks almost exactly like what I saw last night. | ||||||
| n4618 | 124133.0+410903 | CVn | eg | 10.78:11.22 | 4.17x3.39 25° | Sc/SB(rs)m |
| Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 2'x1'pf glow. 10m* 5'ssf. Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 1' glow. 11m* 4's. No details seeable at any power. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 eFT 2' round glow. 11m* 5's. No details. No nucleus shows. | ||||||
| n4631 | 124207.7+323228 | CVn | eg | 9.19:9.75 | 15.49x2.69 86° | Sc III/SB(s)dsp III |
| Mon 1986/06/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Slender 10'x1'pf glow seen with averted vision. Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 x122+TAPS shows a 5'x2' very diffuse glow. Found using these directions. 100'n of the BT double * at declination 30.5 is a 20' equilateral triangle of 10m**. 50'n of that is a 9m*. Put that 9m* on the n edge of the x49 field and the eg is centered. Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Easy BT 10'x2'pf glow using direct vision at x30, x61, and x122. Slightly mottled at x122. Little BTr on the n edge near the center. 13m* is just outside the n edge about 1'p the center. N edge seems slightly sharper than s edge, and p and f edges are extremely soft. 9m* 25'n. n4656 40'sf. Wed 1992/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 10'x2'pf glow wider in the middle and very slightly BM at the 4'x2' core. 12m* is just p the center of the core on the N edge - its just barely inside the eg's glow. Eg is asymmetric - p extension is thinner than the f extension. Entire eg is mottled. | ||||||
| n4636 | 124249.8+024117 | Vir | eg | 9.49:10.43 | 6.03x4.68 150° | E0.5 |
| Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 2' round glow which gets gradually BM until a vBT stellar nucleus. 8m* plotted as a 9m* in U @10'190°. 9m U* 16'190°. 8m U* 15'120°. 12m* 4'n. 13m* 4's. | ||||||
| n4643 | 124320.2+015841 | Vir | eg | 10.76:11.72 | 3.09x2.29 130° | SB(rs)0a |
| Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pFT 3'x1'150° glow with a BT nonstellar 0.5'x0.25'150° nucleus off-center at almost the sp edge of the glow, and a vBT stellar nucleus centered within the nonstellar nucleus. 9m U double * 15'20° is not split at x122 or x272. 12m* 3'350°. | ||||||
| n4654 | 124356.6+130733 | Vir | eg | 10.50:11.10 | 4.90x2.82 128° | SAB(rs)cd II |
| Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 3'x2'110°. I think this should be BTr, and need to observe it earlier in the evening tomorrow. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT 4'x3'135° glow. No, its not BTr. Very gradually BM. No stellar nucleus. 9m non-U* 4'fsf center. 11m* 7'80°. 12m* 3'n center. Just barely visible at x30 when I know exactly where to look. | ||||||
| n4656 | 124358.0+321018 | CVn | eg | 10.52:10.96 | 15.14x2.95 33° | Sc IV/SB(s)mP |
| Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 vFT 4'x1'30° glow very slightly BM. Best at x122 + averted vision. 13m* 9'80° and 12m* 9'n are the 2 nearest ** I see. 10m* 15'nf. 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 DSO suggests. Need to try again with more aperature someday. | ||||||
| n4660 | 124432.4+111127 | Vir | eg | 11.24:12.16 | 2.19x1.62 100° | E5.5: |
| Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 1'x0.5'pf glow with a vBT stellar nucleus. 9m U* 12'200°. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 vSM BT 1.5'x0.5'120° FT glow with a BT 11m stellar core. Field is barren with no ** at all. Closest * is 15m 6'315°. Nearest reasonably BT* is 12m 10'255°. 9m U* 20'225°. !Try for gcs. | ||||||
| n4665 | 124506.2+030326 | Vir | eg | 10.5:11.50p | 3.80x3.16 | SB(s)0a |
| Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 1.5' round glow with a stellar nucleus. 8m U* 20'p. 10m* 2'sp. 12m* 4'60°. | ||||||
| n4666 | 124509.0-002738 | Vir | eg | 10.74:11.49 | 4.57x1.29 42° | SABc: I-II |
| Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Excellent 4'x1'45° edge on eg. pFT glow getting wider and BM to a pBT stellar nucleus which is slightly off-center toward the p. Best in x122. 11m* 13m* pair 8'170°. 9m* 15'300° is not in U. | ||||||
| n4689 | 124745.8+134551 | Com | eg | 10.95:11.60 | 4.27x3.47 | SA(rs)bc II |
| Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT 3' glow very slightly BM and a stellar nucleus that blinks occasionally at x61. Extremely difficult at x122. Seeable at x30 but x61 is best. Easy find with a 9m U** 15'sp and 15'sf. These 2 ** + eg make an equilateral triangle. 2 11m* 5'10°. | ||||||
| n4698 | 124823.5+082916 | Vir | eg | 10.55:11.46 | 3.98x2.45 170° | SA(s)ab II |
| Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 Extremely soft 2' glow with slight mottling. Little BTr non-stellar nucleus. 8m* 8'285°. 10m* 4'195° 11m* 3'15°. | ||||||
| n4697 | 124835.9-054802 | Vir | eg | 9.23:10.14 | 7.24x4.68 70° | E6 |
| Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT glow. Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 1.5'x1'60° glow. BT non-stellar nucleus is slightly off-center to the n. Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pFT 5'x2'25° glow gradually BM until suddently BTr when the BT nonstellar nucleus is reached. 13m* 3'315°. 12m* 5'45°. Several other field ** nearby. | ||||||
| n4699 | 124902.3-083952 | Vir | eg | 9.52:10.41 | 3.80x2.63 45° | S0a/SAB(rs)b |
| Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 1' round fuzzball with a stellar nucleus. 12m* 7'f. Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Pretty easy 2' glow surrounding a 11m stellar nucleus. Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pBT 1.5'x1'135° glow with a BT nonstellar nucleus off-center toward the p. 12m* 6'190°. 7m T* 40's. | ||||||
| n4725 | 125026.9+253001 | Com | eg | 9.39:10.11 | 10.72x7.59 35° | SAB(r)abP I |
| Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT and elusive glow. Sp a group of ** that point to the eg. Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 2'x1'75°. The group of ** is a greater-than-sign of about 6 ** that is 50'n and 50'f the BT T* sp the eg. Sat 1991/06/08 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 vFT 5'x3'40° glow with a very suddenly very much BTr nonstellar 1' nucleus. 11m** 6'340°, 15'280°, and 13'250°. 8m U double * 25'20° is easily resolved in x122 to be red, blue 12m* 1'270°. 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 ** I love so much, and will now be able to turn in my Herschel observations sometime near the end of this year. | ||||||
| n4754 | 125217.7+111849 | Vir | eg | 10.60:11.52 | 4.57x2.45 23° | SB(r)0-: |
| Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 3'x1'ns glow with a BTr stellar nucleus. Forms a line with a 12m* 4'250° and a 11m* 8'250°. Forms a triangle with a 9m U* 10'10° and a 9m U* 10'135°. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 SM pBT 1' round glow with a 12m stellar nucleus. Is the f-most * of 3 11m** in a p-f line. n4762 15'50°. 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. | ||||||
| n4753 | 125222.8-011157 | Vir | eg | 9.95:10.85 | 6.03x2.82 80° | I0P |
| Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pBT 4'x3'pf glow which increases in BTness very steadily from the outermost reaches to the center, then has a stellar nucleus which I only see with averted vision. Best at x122. 9m* 13'100°. 9m* 18'60°. 12m* 5'10°. | ||||||
| n4762 | 125256.3+111348 | Vir | eg | 10.26:11.12 | 8.71x1.66 32° | SB(r)0°?sp |
| Fri 1991/03/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=8/9 3'x1'45° glow. Nucleus is BTr then most of the eg, but is nonstellar. Thu 1991/06/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Gorgeous BT 5'x1'30° glow with a 2'x0.5' BTr nuclear region and a vBT stellar dot nucleus in the middle of that BTr region. Classical edge-on eg. 9m U* 6'p. 10m* 7'f. 12m* 3's nucleus. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 4'x0.5'60° edge-on spiral with a BT nonstellar core. The eg is sharply cut off on the np side. The halo does not bulge near the core. I don't see any detail in the halo. n4754 15'230°. Arc of 3 BT** s. 10m* 3'210°. 9m* 4'135°. 9m* 5'270°. 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 BT** in an arc just s. Ends of the eg come to points. Elongated core with BT 12m stellar nucleus. | ||||||
| n4781 | 125423.7-103211 | Vir | eg | :11.69p | 3.47x1.55 120° | SB(rs)cd II-III |
| Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 2' glow suspected. Not at all sure. Located 7'sp the U* and 3'n of a 12m non-U*. That 12m* is the closest * that I see to the U*. Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 xFT 3'x1'pf ghostly glow. No details at all. Best at x272. 2 xFT** p within 5'. Agree with ** listed on 19890528 observation. | ||||||
| n4800 | 125438.0+463152 | CVn | eg | :12.3 | 1.58x1.17 25° | SA(rs)b |
| Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 1' featureless glow located 1/3 of the way from a 9m* s to an 8m* n. Requires averted vision. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 1.5'x1'ns glow with a very slightly BTr nucleus. 8m T* 20'355°. | ||||||
| n4845 | 125801.4+013431 | Vir | eg | 11.17:12.10 | 5.01x1.32 89° | SA(s)absp |
| Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 3'x1'pf glow with no BTr areas at all. Very elusive. Requires x122 + aversion. 12m* 2'nf. 7m U* 18'sp. | ||||||
| n4856 | 125921.3-150232 | Vir | eg | 10.50:11.49 | 4.27x1.17 37° | SAB(s)0a |
| Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Sure of location according to easy T**. Sun 1989/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 1' circular glow with no features at all. U* 8'sf. No BTr nucleus within the glow. Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 eFT 1' glow with a possible stellar nucleus (it comes and goes). U* 8'sf. | ||||||
| n4866 | 125927.4+141015 | Vir | eg | 11.22:12.14 | 6.31x1.35 87° | Sab III/SA(r)0+:sp |
| Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pFT 4'x1'pf glow BTr in the nonstellar middle. Stellar nucleus shows at x122. 12m* superimposed 1.5'p the nucleus. 9m U* 12'nf. Mottled in nuclear region, there may be another vFT superimposed * present. | ||||||
| n4900 | 130039.4+023002 | Vir | eg | 11.37:11.90 | 2.24x2.09 | SB(rs)c III |
| Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Very soft and ghostly 3'x2'150° glow with no BTr areas at all. 10m* superimposed within the glow, near, but not quite at, sf edge. 9m U* 12'245°. 10m* 14'65°. | ||||||
| n4958 | 130548.9-080114 | Vir | eg | 10.68:11.60 | 4.07x1.26 15° | SB(r)0?sp |
| Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 1'x2'ns glow. Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 FT 2'x0,5'ns glow with a pBT stellar nucleus. 9m U* 12'sp. 9m U* 25'f. Best at x122. | ||||||
| n4995 | 130940.7-075001 | Vir | eg | 11.13:12.0 | 2.45x1.62 92° | SAB(rs)b |
| Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 xFT round 1.5' mottled glow with no details at all except the mottling. 8m U* 4'340°. Still no details when I take the U* out of the field. | ||||||
| n5005 | 131056.2+370329 | CVn | eg | 9.81:10.61 | 5.75x2.75 65° | Sab II/SAB(rs)bc |
| Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT 4'x1' glow. BT 1.5'x0.75' nucleus. Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Almost equally spaced between an 8m and 9m* at 40'135°. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed, except nucleus looks stellar tonight. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 3'x2'80° glow with a nonstellar elongated-pf nucleus. Best at x122. Closer to the np-more of the 2 ** mentioned on 19870615. | ||||||
| n5033 | 131328.0+363538 | CVn | eg | 10.20:10.75 | 10.72x5.01 170° | SA(s)bc I-II |
| Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 6'x4' glow was seen with averted vision + TAPS. Barely seeable while still. Used T location off n5005 to find. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 1' FT glow that makes a 3-4-5 triangle with 2 11m** sp. Don't know what that 6'x4' stuff was. Must have been dreaming or looking at wrong object. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 2'x1'ns glow with a 13m stellar nucleus. 7m* 25'n. 11m* 8'sp. 10m* 10'255°. | ||||||
| n5054 | 131658.4-163807 | Vir | eg | 10.91:11.67 | 5.13x2.95 155° | SA(s)bc II |
| Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 xFT 2'x1'175° glow with no BTr areas or other details at all. x122 + aversion required. Found using U. At limits of visibility. | ||||||
| M51 | 132958.7+471621 | CVn | eg | 9.55:10.45 | 5.75x4.57 79° | I0P |
| Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 2' glow with an obvious stellar nucleus at all powers. | ||||||
| n5248 | 133731.9+085308 | Boo | eg | 10.32:10.97 | 6.17x4.47 110° | SAB(rs)bc I |
| Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. No nearby T**. Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 3'x2'135° glow. Non-stellar nucleus is slightly n of center. The 9m* 20'n on U is an x49 90" double. 25's of this are 2 11m** which point n to the eg. 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 eg, except FTr. pBT 3'x2'120°. pBT halo with very sudden vBT 0.5' core. Appears to be a dark lane on the sp edge of the core. 14m* 2'195° from core. At higher power, I still see no stellar nucleus. Halo is BTr and longer on the np end than on the sf end, and with long inspection this showed itself as a spiral arm, similar to M99's. The core is surrounded by a 2' round halo, and coming out of the p edge of that round halo is an arm which wraps np, through n, to nf. 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 sf end of the eg, the arm must be either missing or much FTr. I can see a bit of amorphous glow there, but nothing which has anywhere near the structure of the arm on the np side. I see no superimposed ** on this eg, nor any stellarings in either of the arms. Need to try this eg again when its right on the meridian with no moon. Best power for this eg tonight was x170. It showed all the detail in the arm, whereas x131 only showed an amorphous 3'x2' glow. | ||||||
| n5273 | 134208.4+353912 | CVn | eg | 11.59:12.44 | 2.75x2.51 10° | SA(s)0° P |
| Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 eFT 1' glow with no details at any power. 13m* 8'p. Best at x61 alone+TAPS. Requires averted vision. 9m* @100°. 9m* 20'nf. 8m* 40'350°. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Very slight BTness increase toward the center, with a vFT stellar nucleus at x122 + aversion. | ||||||
| n5322 | 134915.6+601129 | UMa | eg | 10.23:11.14 | 5.89x3.89 95° | E3.5 |
| Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT. Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 1' soft glow with a stellar nucleus. Wed 1988/05/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 vFT 2' glow with a stellar nucleus in the middle. Easy find due to T**. Seeable but no better at x122. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pBT glow with a 12m stellar nucleus that appears at x122. Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 vBT 2' round glow with an intensely BT 12m non-stellar nucleus and a bit of mottling in the halo which might be traces of spiral arms. 14m* superimposed at the 165° edge of the halo, about 1's of the nucleus. | ||||||
| n5363 | 135607.1+051519 | Vir | eg | 10.08:11.05 | 4.07x2.63 135° | I0?P |
| Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 2' glow when I know exactly where to look according to K19870311. T* (also on pix) 4'nf. Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Easy find using T alone. I saw it at x49 + averted vision and can now hold it easily without averted vision and this was all before I even read this dcrp. 1-2' round glow with no discernable details. Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 vBT 4'x2'135° glow. BTr towards the center with a stellar nucleus at the center. Easiest at x122. 8m* 4'fnf. | ||||||
| n5364 | 135612.0+050055 | Vir | eg | 10.53:11.17 | 6.76x4.37 30° | SA(rs)bcP I |
| Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I found n5363 but not n5364. Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope again. Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 4' glow with no visible details at all. Only seeable in x49 and x61. 10m* 4'nnp. n5363 15'n. | ||||||
| n5473 | 140443.6+545332 | UMa | eg | 11.45:12.35 | 2.34x1.66 160° | SAB(s)0-: |
| Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 At x49, its the 4rth "*" in a zig-zag chain of 4 ** in 7' which runs 45°. x122 shows a 2' glow with a stellar nucleus. Sat 1994/05/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 2' pBT round glow with a BT stellar nucleus. Looks like a face-on spiral. Hint of spiral structure. BT** surround. Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 SM fairly BT round 1.5' glow with a 0.5' slightly BTr core and a 12m stellar nucleus. In a 15'60° chain of 5 9m..12m**. | ||||||
| n5474 | 140502.1+533947 | UMa | eg | 10.79:11.28 | 4.79x4.27 | SA(s)cdP |
| Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. Sure of location via S198706678 f. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 eFT and soft 5' glow. Requires x49 + averted vision + TAPS. Not seeable above x61. No BTr nucleus - an almost owl-gn-like soft and even glow. Sat 1994/05/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 vFT 3' round glow seems a bit BTr in the np quadrant. Somewhat mottled or several xFT superimposed **. | ||||||
| n5466 | 140527+2832.1 | Boo | gc | 9.2 13.8m* | 11.0 | XII |
| Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sure of location and eyes well adjusted. Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT eg-like glow at x49. Find off M3 at 1342 and 0.1's. No chance at resolution or even higher power. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Tue 1991/05/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 4' glow seeable in x49, x61, and x122, but never resolved. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Not resolved. | ||||||
| n5557 | 141826.2+362938 | Boo | eg | 11.01:11.92 | 2.29x1.86 105° | E1 |
| Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 1' round glow with a 13m stellar nucleus off-center to the n. 10m* 7'sp. | ||||||
| n5566 | 142020.5+035559 | Vir | eg | 10.55:11.46 | 6.61x2.19 35° | SB(r)ab II-III |
| Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 4'x2'30° glow with a pBT non-stellar nucleus off center towards the n at x122. The 9m U* p this eg has a blue 10m companion 2'np and 10-15'f is the eg. 12m* 2'f nucleus. | ||||||
| n5576 | 142104.2+031614 | Vir | eg | 10.96:11.85 | 3.55x2.24 95° | E3 |
| Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 2' glow with a 11m stellar nucleus. Located 3'sf an 11m* which is 15'75° the U*. vFT glow of n5574 was seen 4'sp. | ||||||
| n5631 | 142633.4+563500 | UMa | eg | 11.49:12.41 | 1.70x1.70 | SA(s)0a |
| Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 eFT 5' glow with a 12.5m stellar nucleus. Nucleus was not seen at x49 but appears at x122. Found only with TAPS. | ||||||
| n5634 | 142937-0558.6 | Vir | gc | 9.57 | 4.9 round | IV |
| Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM vFT glow just p a pretty red *. Gc was barely suspected at x49. x122 shows the glow well and x272 still shows it but with no resolution still. Its inside of 4 ** -- one red, one blue, one white, and one FT. Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation except the red * appears green and I see only 3 surrounders. No resolution. Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 2' glow. Greenish 8m* 2'f. At x272 I get very occasional glimpses of a few resolved **. | ||||||
| n5676 | 143247.0+492727 | Boo | eg | 11.19:11.87 | 3.98x1.91 47° | SA(rs)bc II |
| Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 2' glow found with averted vision. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Sure of location. Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Tue 1990/07/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 2'x1'45° glow. No nucleus was spotted, just an even glow in x122. 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 FT 4'x3'70° glow at x170. Much BM. Non-stellar nucleus. Arms are patchy and mottled, but I can't follow any spiral arms. BT* 6'45°. | ||||||
| n5689 | 143529.7+484435 | Boo | eg | 11.86:12.8 | 3.47x0.95 85° | SB(s)0a: |
| Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 eFT 1'x0.5'pf glow. Stellar nucleus. Best at x61. Can't see in x122. 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 pFT 5'x1'90° streak with a nonstellar 0.5' round nucleus or core. 13m and 14m** about 5'f the nucleus. | ||||||
| n5694 | 143937-2632.3 | Hya | gc | 10.2 15.5pm* | 3.6 round | VII |
| Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 1' glow with occasional stellar dots showing thru at x49. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 1' glow. The x49 stellar dots are way outside the gc. About 20'n the T* is an 11m pair 2'0°. About 2'nnf the n-more of those is the gc. x272 or x122 required to see the glow. Just suspected at x49. Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 1' glow with no resolution. Good finder directions are in above observation. | ||||||
| n5746 | 144456.4+015716 | Vir | eg | 10.32:11.29 | 7.41x1.32 170° | SAB(rs)b?sp |
| Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 1'x2' glow was seen at x122 only. Only found due to WS4+190 pix and I'm only seeing the part colored in darkly on that pix. Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 5'x1'175° glow. Seeable at x49 when 109 Vir is taken out of the field, but its easiest at x122. BTst part is a 1'x2' glow almost at the n edge. | ||||||
| n5846 | 150629.4+013625 | Vir | eg | 10.04:11.05 | 4.07x3.80 | E0.5 |
| Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 xFT 2' glow with no details at all at x61 or x122. Forms a near-parallelogram with 3 11m**. 8m* 50'f. Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 2' round glow with a slightly BTr stellar nucleus. 10m* 10'5°. 11m* 6'100°. | ||||||
| M102 | 150630.2+554546 | Dra | eg | 9.89:10.74 | 4.68x1.95 128° | SA0+spP |
| Wed 1986/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT thin glow. This is an elliptical -- edge on? Aren't these contradictory? Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Homogeneous 4'x2'150° glow. BT* 7'p. Just about atop a 11m*. Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 3'x1'120° glow. Slightly BTr non-stellar nucleus. BT and easy find. Sat 1990/06/30 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 3'x2'135° glow. 2'x1' non-stellar nucleus surrounded by a FTr glow. Easy to find. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 pBT 3'x1'135° glow suddenly much BM to a 1'x0.5' core. No stellar nucleus shows. 2 ** very close - a 10m* 2'np and a 12m* 2'sp. Located in a 25' triangle of 8m..9m**. 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 pBT 13'x2'165° streak with a suddenly BT 3'x1'165° core at the center of the f edge. No stellar nucleus shows at x131, but x262 shows a vFT stellar nucleus within the core. Eg seems to widen toward the ends of the 13' axis. 13m* 2'p. | ||||||
| n5907 | 151552.9+561933 | Dra | eg | 10.34:11.12 | 12.59x1.38 155° | SA(s)bc:sp II |
| Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Couldn't find in x49 but did find in x61 alone. FT 9'x1'165° spike. Put the double (middle one of 3 **) on the pps edge of the x61 field and eg is nearly centered. Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Confirmed. Those 3 ** mentioned are the BT T** nearest to the eg. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 10'x1'135° glow. Seeable at x61 and x122. No details show. Group of several 12m** is 15's. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Extremely flat 8'x1'135° glow with a 0.5' BTr nucleus. At x122, 3 8m T** ( * + double * ) point to the eg from the psp. 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 vBT glow about 1' wide aligned in pa 140°. BT core is 1'x0.5' aligned in same direction. Nf edge seems harder than sp edge. Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 pLG 10'x1.5'0° edge-on just slightly BM to an extremely elongated 1.5'x0.25' core which is offset toward the f side of the major axis. Sharply cut-off on the f side, but no glow extends beyond the presumed dark lane. | ||||||
| n5897 | 151725-2100.6 | Lib | gc | 8.4 13.3m* | 12.6 i | XI |
| Mon 1986/06/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 A few ** over an eFT glow at x49. Won't take x122. Used WS pix. Find off BETA Sco. Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 5' glow. No ** resolved at x122. Can't see at x272. | ||||||
| n5982 | 153840.2+592122 | Dra | eg | 11.13:12.04 | 2.57x1.95 110° | E3P |
| Fri 1989/08/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=2/9 Nope. Sure of location according to U51 and pix S198906683. Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 1' round vFT glow with a stellar 13m nucleus. Best at x122. A 11m* 12m* 2' pair is 8'sp. 10m* 12'nf. 10m* 20'f. Tue 1992/07/21 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 1'x0.5'90° glow much BM. Located about 10'p n5985. Fri 1992/07/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. | ||||||
| n6118 | 162148.8-021658 | Ser | eg | 11.66:12.42 | 4.68x2.00 58° | Sb II/SA(s)cd |
| Wed 1991/06/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Exceedingly xFT 3'x1'80° glow with no details at all. No nucleus shows. Visible ONLY at x61 + aversion + TAPS. Not visible at x30 or x122. 6m U* 15'300°. Fri 1996/07/19 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 vFT 5'x1'45° glow very slightly BM. 14m* superimposed near the 45° end and another just sf. Difficult because I must use high power to take the * at 1623-02 out of the field so it doesn't overwhelm the eg. I found x170 to deliver the best view and remove the * from the field. | ||||||
| n6144 | 162714-2601.5 | Sco | gc | 9.0 13.4pm* | 9.3 | XI |
| Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 eFT glow at x122 when I know exactly where to look. Find with pix AD163 beginning at Antares, to * p, to * n, to gc. Best at x122. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 eFT 5' glow at x49 or x62. Very difficult to see at x122. No resolution. | ||||||
| M107 | 163232-1303.2 | Oph | gc | 7.8 13.0m* | 10.0 round | X |
| Sun 1986/06/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. 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 * nf. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 vFT glow. No resolution at all. 3'. Can see at x122 but not at x272. Sat 1990/06/30 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 vFT glow but easy to resolve at higher powers. x272 resolves about 15 ** with 1/4 moon about 15° above horizon. Later (after moonset, with gc past meridian) about 20 ** were resolved over a vFT remaining glow. Fri 1992/07/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 3' round soft glow. Right at the limit of resolution with x122. Seems like 10 ** or so are just barely BTr than the glow. Located on the long edge of a triangle of 3 ** - an 11m* 5'p, a 12m* 4'f, and a 12m* 3's. Fri 1996/07/19 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 pFT 3' central glow speckled with ** which extend to 5'. About 50 ** resolved at x189, the BTst of which is an 11m* on the pa315° edge of the central glow. Glow is very slightly elongated 90°. | ||||||
| n6217 | 163240.2+781157 | UMi | eg | 11.16:11.79 | 3.02x2.51 | (R)SB(rs)bc I-II |
| Fri 1991/05/10 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 eFT 2'x1'170° glow with a very slightly BTr nonstellar nucleus. Only seeable in x122. An 8m* 10'np and another 8m* 13'np point almost right at the eg. | ||||||
| n6207 | 164304.4+364959 | Her | eg | 11.63:12.16 | 2.95x1.29 15° | SA(s)c II |
| Tue 1986/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 1' glow. I setup location using T in x49 then switched to x122 and could see it with averted vision. Thu 1988/06/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 vFT 2' glow with BTr non-stellar nucleus. Easiest to find and see at x122, like before. Sat 1990/06/30 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 3'x1'ns glow. Featureless except for shape. No BTr nucleus. Easiest at x122 but seeable from here in x49. 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 xFT 3'x1'20° smudge with 2 stellar dots inside. Averted vision only at x262, direct at x131, but no details at that power. Later I realized that I had the UHC on during this observation. Sun 1994/08/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 3'x1'30° glow with a BT stellar nucleus and a much harder p edge than its f edge. S199307110 says the stellar nucleus is a superimposed 13m*. Fri 1994/09/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 3'x2'30° glow, gradually BTr in the middle, with a BT 11m* superimposed about 30"345° from center. Direct glow shows 3'x1', aversion increases it to 3'x2'. I don't see the BT n edge shown in WS sketch, nor the harder edge I saw last night. 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 * were noted correctly. I don't see the BT edge in the WS sketch. There appears to be a dark line running across the major axis s of the superimposed *. The eg is located just p a 10'0° teaspoon of **. 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'x2'15° FT glow suddenly BM to a stellar nucleus. | ||||||
| n6229 | 164659+4731.7 | Her | gc | 9.4 15.5m* | 4.5 round | IV |
| Tue 1985/05/21 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT glow. No resolution. Won't take x272. Mon 1985/04/29 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT and vSM glow. Hint of resolution at x122 and x272 but nothing for sure. Quarter moon. Tue 1986/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No resolution at x272. Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very slight resolution comes and goes. Sat 1990/06/30 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 A few ** are steadily resolved at x272 over a SM 3' glow. 2 8m** 5'p. Mon 1995/05/29 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 SM 2' gc with a slightly BTr 1' center. No ** resolved, but seems to be on the verge of resolution with x262. | ||||||
| n6235 | 165325-2210.6 | Oph | gc | 8.9 14.0pm* | 5.0 i | X |
| Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 vFT 2' glow. Takes x122 with some slight resolution (about 5 ** come and go). Seeable in x49 too but none resolved at all. Mon 1991/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 vFT 3' glow. Slightly mottled. Unsure whether I'm resolving any ** or not. | ||||||
| n6284 | 170429-2445.9 | Oph | gc | 8.9 | 5.6 round | IX |
| Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 2' circular glow. Suspected at x49 and confirmed at x122. Still just an xFT glow at x272 with no resolution. Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. eFT glow was seen at x122. Invisible at x49 tonight. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 2' glow at x49. Takes x122 and x272 nicely but no resolution. Thats disappointing because at x49 it looks like a gc that should resolve, but it doesn't. 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' soft outer glow suddenly BM to a 0.5' peak. A few ** are resolved at x262 with averted vision on the outskirts of the glow. The smooth outer glow and BT spike in the center made it look like a eg. | ||||||
| n6287 | 170509-2242.5 | Oph | gc | 9.3 14.5pm* | 5.1 round | VII |
| Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. No glow was found in the area. Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 eFT 2' glow at x49. Takes x122 but no resolution. Can't see it at x272. 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. vFT extremely soft 1.5' round glow, very slightly BM, with no resolution at x262. | ||||||
| n6293 | 171010-2634.9 | Oph | gc | 8.3 14.3m* | 7.9 round | IV |
| Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3' FT glow with a BTr center. Takes x272 but no resolution. Easy find -- Antares, f to BT* 36 Sco, then p. Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 vFT 1' glow seeable only at x122. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 2' glow at x49. It looks like it should resolve, but it doesn't at x122 or x272. This gc has a vBT core. Since it won't resolve it looks almost like an elliptical eg. 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 x262, 2' glow, suddenly concentrated to a BT core, not very well resolved at all. About 10-15 outliner ** are resolved, the BTst of which is on the p edge. In general, the ** resolved on the p side seem a bit BTr than those on the f side. A slightly BTr * is 2'nf the center, but I suspect that's not a member. | ||||||
| n6304 | 171432-2927.7 | Oph | gc | 8.3 14.2pm* | 6.8 round | VI |
| Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 2' circular glow surrounded by many 9m** in the field. Easy find using U. Very slight occasional resolution over a still-present glow using x272 + averted vision when the horizon murk settles a bit. 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' round glow, gradually very slightly BM, not resolved at x262. | ||||||
| n6316 | 171637-2808.4 | Oph | gc | 8.1 16.0pm* | 4.9 round | III |
| Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 eFT glow. No resolution. Just barely glimpsed in x49 and x122. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 1' circular glow located. 10m* 1.5'sf. At x272 + averted vision, about 5 ** resolve, when the seeing permits. 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. FT, pSM 1' round glow, very gradually very slightly BM. No ** resolved. 12m* 1.5'sf. 13m* 1'p. 12m* 2'p. | ||||||
| n6342 | 172110-1935.2 | Oph | gc | 9.5 15.0pm* | 3.0 | IV |
| Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Very tight group of vFT** at x122 but there's no glow and its LGr than 1.3'. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 eFT 1' glow in x49. Takes x122 but no resolution. Can't hold in x272. 12m* 2'sp center. 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'x1'30° glow gradually BM, without any resolution at x262. 12m* 1.5'210°. | ||||||
| n6356 | 172335-1748.8 | Oph | gc | 8.2 15.1m* | 7.2 | II |
| Sun 1986/06/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Tue 1987/07/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 FT 2' glow. Easily found using x49 + T off the double to the p. The double is not resolved in x49. The gc holds x122 nicely with no resolution. 9m* 13'ssp. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 pBT 3' glow won't resolve in x49 or x122 or x272. 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. LG BT but very soft 2.5' round glow, gradually BM, slightly mottled but without resolution. | ||||||
| n6355 | 172359-2621.2 | Oph | gc | 8.6 | 5.0 round | |
| Fri 1988/06/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Too FT for declination from home. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 eFT 1' glow in x49. Can't see in x122. No resolution. 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. xFT 1.5 round glow, very slightly very gradually BM. No ** resolved at x68 or x262. Averted vision only. | ||||||
| n6369 | 172920.43-234535.1 | Oph | pn | 12.9 16m* | 58"x34" | 4+2 |
| Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 No pn was spotted with or without UHC. Sure of location to within 10' due to finder directions K19870911. Mon 1989/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 30" eFT featureless glow. Invisible in all UHC / power combinations except x122+UHC. 9m or 10m* 5'ssp. No ring structure or other features were seen. 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 x61. At x272+UHC, I see a 30" ring, which was not seen in any other powers. No central * was seen. No color was noted -- just a pale glow. Rating changed from 9 to 5. Tue 2008/08/26 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 0.5' round pn in 170x without UHC. With UHC and direct vision it's still a round glow, but with UHC and averted vision it becomes annular, with just a SM darker area in the center. Unlike M57 which has a thin annulus and LG central void, this has a thick annulus and SM central void. At x262 + UHC, I can see the annulus in direct vision. At 262 without UHC, the annulus is slightly BTr along the n edge than the s edge. A 9m U* is 6'210° from the pn. I see no color in the pn without the UHC, and I don't see a 16m central * as that is FTr than the magnitude limit of my scope. Not visible at x43 without UHC. | ||||||
| n6401 | 173837-2354.6 | Oph | gc | 7.4 | 5.6 round | VIII |
| Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 eFT 1' glow in x49. Can't see in x122. No resolution. 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 * at x68. At x262 it looks like an elliptical eg with a BTr nucleus. Very soft vFT 0.75' round glow with a sharply-spiked BT nucleus or superimposed 12m* which is a bit offset toward the sf. | ||||||
| n6426 | 174454+0310.2 | Oph | gc | 10.9 | 3.2 oval | IX |
| Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. No glow in the area. Sun 1990/06/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 2' glow seen at x49 and x122. No resolution. Easily confirmed with WS pix. | ||||||
| n6440 | 174853-2021.6 | Sgr | gc | 9.3 16.7pm* | 5.4 round | V |
| Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT and SM glow in x49. Not seeable in any power above x61 alone. Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 I don't see it tonight. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 eFT 1' glow in x49. Can't see in x122. No resolution. 19960816qfm-pFT 1.5' round glow. BM to an 0.5' core of about 13m, and BTr still at a stellar 12m dot in the center. That stellar dot is the only thing stellar at x262. 10m* 6's. 11m* 4'n. 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' soft glow without resolution at x262. Slightly gradually BM. Located in a n-s chain of 11m**. Pn n6445 is just 20'n. | ||||||
| n6445 | 174915.1-200034 | Sgr | pn | 13.2 19.1m* | 35"x30" | 3b+3 |
| Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT soft 0.5' glow at x61 alone. x61+UHC enhances contrast quite a bit and makes it stand out well. 9m* 4'f. Mon 1988/07/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Pix on K19870910 shows structure but I can't see it. Just a soft glow at x122+UHC. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 30" mottled surface at x272+UHC. A hole in the center comes and goes. No central * was seen. 13m* 1'np. 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'x0.9'165°glow. Much BTr on an arc on the np edge at x262+UHC. Annular, with a lockwasher shape, with f edge missing at x262 alone. x478 alone shows a very mottled annulus, but still no central *. Center is not as dark as background sky, but is darker than the outer ring. 13m* 1'np. 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 pn. BT 1'x0.75'165° glow easily seen at x68 and x262 with or without UHC. A bit apple-core shaped like M27. BTr on the n edge. 12m* 1.5'135°. 9m* 6'f. Gc n6440 is just 20's. | ||||||
| n6451 | 1750.7-3012 | Sco | oc | 8.2p 12pm* | 8 | II 1 p n/I 2 r |
| Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Triange-shape of 15 **, vFT and barely seeable in x49 and best in x122. Double * stn37 25's. Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Triangle of 20 ** in 7' at x122. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 30 ** in a 7' triangle shape with vertex sizes 40°-80°-60° at x136. The 40° vertex points nnf. The 80° vertex is 7' due s the 40° vertex. The 60° vertex is at the sp corner. Most ** are in a 5'x2' bar running ssp from the nf (45°) vertex. 2 9m**, 5 10m**, and the rest are 11m..**. | ||||||
| n6543 | 175833.37+663759.1 | Dra | pn | 8.8 11.44m* | 22"x18" | 3a+2 |
| Mon 1985/04/29 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 BT SM glow visible at all power/UHC combinations. No detail seen. Fri 1985/05/24 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Blue-green. No central * seen. Tue 1986/07/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Next to a FT red *. Tue 1987/06/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Blue-green homogenous glow. Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Yes I do see the central *. Its a vBT dot at x122 and x272 at the center of this already vBT pn. 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 np-sf. BT central *. 8m* 3'300°. Mon 1995/05/29 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 vBT blue oval glow, elongated in a ratio of about 5 to 3 in pa 0°. 10m* 3'p. No central * was seen. The s end of the oval is FTr and much less sharply cutoff than the n end. Slightly mottled. | ||||||
| n6517 | 180151-0857.5 | Oph | gc | 10.1 16.0pm* | 4.3 round | IV |
| Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. No glow was spotted in a x49 sweep of the 2° area surrounding the gc location. Good seeing. Mon 1989/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT and SM gc. 11m* in the gc and about 10 other ** are occasionally resolved at x272. 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 pFT 2' round glow, gradually much BM. 10m* 9'195°. | ||||||
| M20 | 1802.3-2301 | Sgr | oc | 6.3 7.3m* | 28 | n |
| Mon 1987/07/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 15 mainly FT** surround the 2 ** that show nebulousity (see gn n6514=M20=trifid). Those 2 ** are the BTst in this oc and are a wide 12'0° pair. N-more is red. S-more is an x122 double. I don't think the ** to the nf between here and M21 are part of the oc. 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). Tue 1990/07/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 Confirmed using U. U shows this oc in the s half of the nebula. There I count about 15 11m..**. Not well detached. | ||||||
| M20 | 1802.3-2302 | Sgr | gn | 7.63m* | 29x27 | E+R |
| Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Glow barely visible around 2 ** with UHC only. Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 UHC required to see nebulousity. Mon 1987/07/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 ** are surrounded by nebulousity with UHC. Those 2 were marked on WS 270. Fri 1988/07/01 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 vFT glow with UHC. Tue 1990/07/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 Contrary to what S19900798 says, I get the best view at x49+UHC or x30+UHC. In x122+UHC I can't see the nebulousity. Tue 1992/06/30 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT glow surrounds a group of 6m**. The glow is about twice as LG as the M8 glow. Located N from M8. Forms a triangle with M8 and a 5m*. The 6 ** are arranged in an angled line of 4 ** (BT, vFT, FT, BT) with 2 FT** above them. 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 x131 without the UHC, and the BT nebulosity, the dark lanes, and the FTr reflection nebula all show. When the UHC is added, the contrast is increased in both the BT, the dark, and the reflection nebulae. The BT nebula about 15', nearly round, and is divided into 4 parts, one of which is quite SM. The main dark lane runs in PA 45, and runs just s of the center of the nebula where there's a BT double *. Running s from that double * is another dark lane. Curving but generally running np 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' or 4' wide n of which is the FT 10'x5' reflection nebula shaped like a quarter moon with a flat s edge and a rounded n edge. There's a red * at the s edge of it. | ||||||
| n6520 | 1803.3-2753 | Sgr | oc | 7.6p 9pm* | 6 | I 2 m n/I 2 r |
| Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 6 ** in a 5' circle + other **. Confirmed via pix A19850520. I'm obviously only seeing the BTst **. Mon 1987/07/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Prior observation is wrong. The oc is at least 50's of here. 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' circlet but its not the prominent shape. The obvious x49 shape is 4 ** in a row with more to the n of the center third. x122 view was sketched. 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 T alone with x49. 19870820 observation is correct for sure. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 About 30 mainly FT** in 5' at x122. I'm sure that before I only saw a very few of these **. The 4 ** in a row are the BTst in this oc. They're 9m, aligned 120°. Then there are a couple 10m's to the n and s of that line. The remaining ** are 12m..**, and intensely concentrated in a tight 2' central knot of about 15 **. No * colors were seen, nor was any nebulousity. Well detached from the field. Dn b86 10'p. 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 BT red * in the middle. First-rate cluster. The BT red * has a blue companion. Surrounding the red * for a 1' diameter are about 15 12m..**. Then there's an empty ring out to a diameter of 4', then a BT ring of outlining **. | ||||||
| n6522 | 180334-3002.0 | Sgr | gc | 9.9 14.1pm* | 5.6 round | VI |
| Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 1' circular glow in the same field as the FTr gc 6528. Seeable at x30. No resolution, even at x272, except for 1 12m* which is just outside the glow to the np (probably foreground). | ||||||
| n6528 | 180450-3003.4 | Sgr | gc | 9.6 15.5pm* | 3.7 round | V |
| Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT 30" glow in x61. Barely seeable in x30. Same field as gc 6522. x122 shows circular shape. No resolution. Not seeable in x272. | ||||||
| n6540 | 180609-2745.9 | Sgr | gc | 9.3p | 1.5 | |
| Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. No 0.5' oc was seen. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. Only isolated ** at oc location using all powers including x272. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 About 15 ** in a roundish 2' eFT group. One 12m* at nnp edge. Rest are 13m..**. Invisible at x30. Best at x122. This is at location plotted in U. 2nd potential is a 1' nebulous spot located right on line with the 2 U** (N of U's oc plot location), 1/3 of the way from the p-more to the f-more *. Invisible at x30. Shows as nebulous spot at x122. x272 resolves into about 15 xFT** + slight residual glow. I think the former is the oc due to location, but size and Herschel Object dcrp matches the latter better. Sun 1995/07/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 At x262 I have a 1.5'x0.5'90° smile of vFT** concave toward the n (but I'm unsure because once I recorded n, and once s). 13m* on np edge. The rest of the ** are 14m..**. There is underlying nebulosity from what I presume are FTr **. Scattered 11m..** surround. 9m* 3'p. 10m/11m pair 4'f. 9m* 6'f. 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 **, 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 U**. DSO description sort-of matches that second possibility, too (but sort-of not). 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 s. There's a 10m* 2'n, and an 11m* 2.5'nf. 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 BTr ** are definitely concave toward the n. There's a round underlying glow from here, though, and the arc is just the BT** along the s edge of the 2' round hazy glow. The haze is only visible with averted vision at x262, but its definitely there. | ||||||
| n6544 | 180721-2459.9 | Sgr | gc | 7.5p 12.8pm* | 8.9 i | |
| Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT glow that won't resolve at x122 and won't even take x272. Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT glow. vSM. Even at x272, its just a vSM smudge. No resolution. Several 12m** are within 10'. 9m* 7'ssf. Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 About 10 eFT** resolve with x272 + averted vision. Oc is a vFT 1' glow. 13m* 2'sp. The field is splattered with 13m**. Don't know why U33 plots this as a 5' gc. I only see 1'. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 3' round glow with a few ** resolved at x272. All resolved ** are near p edge. The BT* to the s of the gc is at the s edge of an s-shape of 13m** whose bottom flat part points right to the gc. U plots too big -- I see only 3'. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Several ** resolved at x272. 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' gc with a vBT stellar nucleus at x131. At x262, it becomes an extremely elongated in pa 120°. Chain of BT resolved ** on the sp edge runs in pa 120°. One of those ** was what I was calling the BT stellar nucleus at x131. A 4' cone-shape of 12m** that points p is just f the gc. 12m* 2'255°. | ||||||
| n6553 | 180916-2554.5 | Sgr | gc | 8.3 14.7m* | 8.1 oval | XI |
| Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 Very pale FT round featureless glow at x122 which is 5'p a 9m and 10m* which are separated by 4'135°. 13m* at the p edge is resolved with x122 but its just outside the glow. I lose the gc at x272 and only see the 13m*. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 A few ** resolved at x272. Sun 1995/07/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 At x262, a 3'x2.5'315° gc. At the 315° (np) edge there's an 11m*. Occasionally ** appear over the glow, but they may be foreground ** superimposed. This cluster is very milky, and it looks like M1. It's not mottled, it has only a slight BTening toward the center. Its BT in the LG inner region with a flat BTness gradient, then tapers off rapidly at the edges. One 13m* consistantly shows on the f edge. At x478, about 10 ** consistantly appear but the underlying glow is just about gone. | ||||||
| n6568 | 1812.8-2135 | Sgr | oc | 8.6p | 13 | III 1 m/IV 1 m |
| Tue 1985/07/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 40 ** in 7'. Matches WS sketch. Be careful to find via 14 Sgr not MU Sgr. MU Sgr is BTr. 14 is sf of MU Sgr. Both visible in viewfinder, even from here. To find, put 14 Sgr on p edge (centered) of x49 field and switch to x122. Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very pretty oc. Inconspicuous in x49 but very rich at x122. Tue 1987/07/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sort of crab-shaped. Need x122 to see, and even then its a FT oc. Central area of oc is a 10' half-circle of 5 ** and a double *. Finder sketched. 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 LG, not condensed but very well-detached 30' cluster of **. Overall round, but with irregularities. 100 ** counted to 14m. BTr ** form chains that look like a false set of Groucho-Marks eyebrows and glasses. Two circles of ** on the f half form the rims of the glasses, and a n-s line of ** p forms the eyebrows. BT outliners are on the s edge. Many ** in the rims and eyebrows are about 11m. SMr wedge-shaped grouping of ** on the f end forms a perfect nose for the imposter. One more FTr circle of ** appears n of the two BTr 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? | ||||||
| n6569 | 181339-3149.6 | Sgr | gc | 8.4 | 5.8 round | VIII |
| Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT glow in x30. Easier in x122, which shows a 3' featureless round vFT pale glow. x272 reduces it to a just-barely-detectable-glow with no resolution. Whoever chose these Herschel Objects must have real masochistic tendencies. | ||||||
| n6583 | 1815.8-2207 | Sgr | oc | 10.0p | 2.8 oval | II 1 m/I 2 m |
| Tue 1987/07/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 One FT x49 * turns into about 5 with a slightly nebulous haze at x122. Finder chart sketched. Fri 1988/07/01 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 Confirmed. About 5 **. Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. The group seen before was not the oc according to U339. Oc has not yet been seen. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 A 10m* 11m* 10m* 3' line running 120°. There are a couple of ** 5'nf and a few ** 8'fsf. That's all I see in the area. Confirmed that 19870721 observation was not it. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 4'n of that 3' line is a 3' glow of about 15 occasionally-resolved ** in x122. Invisible at x30. Can't see at x272. 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" scope. Here's what I can add. The clump resolves into about 15 13m..** plus underlying nebulosity. 6 13m** run in a pa 165° line. 15 14m**. Line of 3 10m..11m** 5's. Arced chain of 13m** comes out of the mass toward the sp, and appears to be connected with the 13m* line within the cluster, making a 6' arc concave toward the np. The n third of that arc contains the cluster. | ||||||
| n6624 | 182341-3021.7 | Sgr | gc | 7.6 13.8m* | 5.9 round | VI |
| Mon 1987/09/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 2' glow at x49. It has a tough time competing with the skyglow. Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 2' glow at x49. 10m* 7'np. 10m* 12'np. No resolution at x272 but it has a very steep BTness gradient towards the core. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 2' glow at x30. vBT core at x272 with a couple of ** occasionally resolved. | ||||||
| n6629 | 182542.42-231210.0 | Sgr | pn | 11.6 12.9m* | 16"x14" | 2a |
| Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope. No nearby T** and pix AD193 is a confused mess. Can't identify the pn on it or in the sky. Sat 1989/08/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Stellar dot UHCblinks just 2'np a 9m* at x49. x122+UHC shows this to be a 15" featureless round glow. x272+UHC still shows it easily but no details. Visible at x122 and x272 without UHC as well. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 I see no details in this pn at any power / UHC combination. UHC doesn't help. I see no BTr nucleus. The pn is a homogenous glow, even at x272 + aversion / direct / blinking. | ||||||
| n6633 | 1827.7+0634 | Oph | oc | 4.6 7.57m* | 27 | III 2 m |
| Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Medium rich with over 60 ** in field. Tue 1986/07/29 at Utica, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Good binocular oc too. BT fuzzy glow. Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 The BTr ** form a crescent-shape in which the horns point to the sf (towards the BT T*). Thu 1989/08/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 Added 2 ** and moved 1 on my sketch. Other than those corrections it is perfect, much better than WS. The * at the center of the 6-tuplet on the np edge is red. BTst member is green. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Nothing is added to the oc from here. I already can see it all from at home. Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 SM BT misty patch with a few 9m** popping through. 7m* sf. 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 x53, the oc looks like a lowercase w or OMEGA shape, with the base of the w to the n. There's a rich wedge of ** at the np edge of the cluster which points toward the p, away from the cluster. Many BT ** are present, but many FT ** in the background as well. Located near the center of a very rich and BT 2°-long p-f * chain. The OMEGA is about 18'x10'. Not concentrated. | ||||||
| n6638 | 183056-2529.8 | Sgr | gc | 9.2 15.0pm* | 5.0 round | VI |
| Sun 1987/08/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Soft glow at all powers. No resolution even at x272. Used pix AD193 to find. Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Easily found off GAMMA Sgr using T and x49 alone. 10m* 3'sp. No resolution. Too FT to hold at higher powers. 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 x272 but no ** are resolved. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 No ** resolved at x272 with or without averted vision on a really good night. 2' soft round glow. | ||||||
| n6642 | 183154-2328.5 | Sgr | gc | 8.9 | 4.5 i | V |
| Sun 1987/08/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM 1' triangle of 3 ** at x49. x122 shows a couple more vFT** but still no glow. Used pix AD193 to find. Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 No, that was not it. The gc is 15'n of here. Its a vFT 2' glow at x49 and x122. No resolution. 11m* 3'n. Sat 1989/08/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed. Can still hold it at x272 but no ** are resolved. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 At x272 its a 1' glow BTr in the central 0.5'. 12m* 3'nnp. | ||||||
| n6645 | 1832.6-1653 | Sgr | oc | 8.5p 12pm* | 10 | III 1 m/IV 1 m |
| Tue 1985/07/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 x49 only gives a hint. x122 shows a mass of about 60 vFT** that almost fill the field. Wed 1986/07/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Just p 5 BT ** in a line. Only a few members visible at x49. Requires x122 to see FT ** and even then only about half of the WS **. Sun 1986/08/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Lots of * chains. Last WS magnitude not seen. BCH pix matches. Sat 1989/08/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Pretty oc made up of about 30 FT**. Matches WS well except the double on the s edge of the oc is at about 270° on WS sketch but I see 340°. Almost all WS ** were seen. Fri 1991/06/07 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Over 50 ** in 15'. 2'nf the double on the s edge is an extremely compressed 1' area that won't even resolve completely at x272 + aversion. I see at least 10 ** in this 1' + nebulous haze at x272. I'd estimate that from here, I'm seeing 2 magnitudes FTr than WS, and more than double the number of **. Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 10' circle of * with wings coming out the s end of that circle to the p and f, making a 15' irregularly-shaped cluster. The center of the circle is completely empty. Then there's a pretty perfect ring of **, then outside that is a smattering of many **. Over 50 11m..** in the area. BTst is an 11m* on the s end. There are also a couple of pBT** in the np quadrant. This is a really nice cluster. That SM spot mentioned in the 19910607 observation is resolved into 10 13m** with an underlying glow still remaining. | ||||||
| n6664 | 1836.7-0813 | Sct | oc | 7.8 10.15m* | 16 | III 2 m |
| Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 25 FT** in about 10'. Wed 1986/07/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 WS pix is excellent but I don't see last 2 magnitudes at all. Not visible at x49. Only ALPHA Sct shows. ALPHA Sct p. x122 shows WS shape. Sat 1989/08/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Exact same observation. Crescent-shaped 15' oc. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 The entire crescent is 15' and is easiest at x122. About 1/2 of the FTst WS ** were seen. BTst ** are at nf edge. The crescent is outlined, though, with 10m**. No colored ** were noted. Well detached from the field **. | ||||||
| n6712 | 185304-0842.4 | Sct | gc | 8.1 13.3m* | 7.2 | IX |
| Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Rich field but no gc spotted. Wed 1986/07/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT glow in x49 found via * hop. Still visible in x122, but no resolution. Won't take x272. Thu 1988/07/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 LG pBT glow in x49. Easily found via * hop from the s. 9m* 3'nf. Takes x272 but no resolution. Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 About 15 vFT** in 4' resolved around an irregularly round glow at x272. Some ** resolved at x122 within and around a 3' glow which is BM. FT SM glow in x30. 10m* 5'70°. 9m* 12'45°. Easy find off ALPHA Sct. Rating changed from 4-8 to 3-6. Sat 2008/08/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT smudge in x43, easily found off M11 although it is 3° away. At x85 it's still just a smudge, approx 2' in size. At x170 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 ssp edge is not cut off and appears to be a straight edge. Round in direct vision, but that sp edge is cut off and straight in averted vision. Very strange. About 10 ** are resolved at x170 with averted vision, but ** of that magnitude are outside of the glow as well, leading me to suspect they're foreground **. | ||||||
| n6755 | 1907.8+0414 | Aql | oc | 7.5 10.23m* | 15 | IV 2 m/II 2 r |
| Sun 1985/08/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Found the area, but several groups fit the WS dcrp. Wed 1986/07/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Found via THETA Ser, f to 1st BT* at same declination, to oc. SM 8' triangle + a few other **. Not sure since I have no pix to verify this with, but location seems right. Double and other * due n found for confirmation. Sat 1987/08/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 groups of about 10 ** in 4' at x122. To find get the f T* in x122 then move 10's and 30'p. There is now a triangle of 10m**. The nf-most * has a speckling and so does the area 7'p. Sun 1988/08/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. Exactly same observation. 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 p edge of the oc is the nf-most * of the triangle mentioned above. 6 ** surround that * within 2'. Then there's a 2' black area, then a very rich and condensed 2' area with at least 10 ** + nebulousity. N and s of this rich part are more scattered, but still detached ** which round out the 10' oc. Entire oc is a well detached, 10' thich-pie-wedge-shaped, with the point of the wedge pointing to the p. One 10m* (the p-most), a few 11m** at the s edge, and about 25 12m..**. 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 oc. I apologize for calling you masochists in my observation of gc n6569. Wed 1991/09/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Same observation. Very inconspicuous at x30. X122 is required to see much detail at all. Sat 1995/07/01 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 5' well concentrated, well detached from the field. Nebulous at x170. 3' X-shaped with the lines of the x running 0° and 180°. The p lobe of the x has the highest concentration of **. 5'p the center of the x is a splash of about 7 **. S of that condensation is a line of BT** which leads to another BT condensation after 7 or 8 minutes. No colorful ** in the cluster. 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'n of the X-shape is another grouping of about 8 13m** in a 2' ring. All told, the cluster is about 20' in size, irregularly round, and very unusually clumpy, with many * chains between the clumps. | ||||||
| n6756 | 1908.7+0441 | Aql | oc | 10.6p 13pm* | 4.0 | I 2 m/I 1 m |
| Sun 1985/08/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Searched for quite a while. Sure of location. Wed 1986/07/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1987/08/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1988/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 vFT 2' glow resolved into 1 12m* and about 10 13m** + nebulousity at x122. Found via U251 location. Barely glimpsed as a glow at x49. 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 x122 is really tight in a 1' area. UHC doesn't enhance, so it probably isn't a nebula. I can't see it at all at x272. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 Confirmed. 1' nebulous patch. I can barely see it in x272, and that power shows a couple of ** s of the glow, and 3 ** p. Glow is still not resolved, though. Sat 1995/07/01 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 vFT cluster, I suspect this is my first sighting. x262 very tight mass of 13m.. **. Extremely concentrated. Very well detached from field. Tiny 1'x0.5'60° knot is not resolved at x131. Chains of vFT** come out of the knot to the p and a few to the s. Cup shaped, with the knot being at the base. The knot resolves into about 15 ** + underlying glow at x438. 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 SM compact and pBT 1'x0.75'60° spot of nebulosity. There are a few outlying **, mainly to the p and s, but they're so detached from this little jewel that I wouldn't consider them to be part of the cluster. The BTst * is a 12m* slightly detached from the nnf edge of the main body. Hints of resolution at x378, but nothing for sure. Reminds me of n7510, but is a much more extreme example of a SM jewel-like cluster than that one. Extremely well-detached, difficult to resolve, extremely compressed, and very nebulous. | ||||||
| n6781 | 191828.3+063223 | Aql | pn | 11.8 14.95?m* | 111"x109" | 3b+3 |
| Sun 1986/08/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vLG and FT circular glow. Barely visible without UHC at x49. x49+UHC or x122+UHC shows clearly. No central * was seen. 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 x49+UHC. Mon 1990/06/25 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 90" BT and LG pn was seen but no ring structure was seen in any power/UHC combination. All were tried. 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 x68 alone with this scope as a vBT round homogenous amorphous glow. At x262 alone it is about 2', slightly elongated p-f, and very slightly darker in the middle. I see no central *. Its BTr in the s half, and the n half fades more gradually to background sky. 13m* just outside the glow in pa 45°. UHC makes it a lot BTr but doesn't add any details. | ||||||
| n6802 | 1930.6+2017 | Vul | oc | 8.8 12.93m* | 3.2 oval 0° | III 1 m/I 1 m |
| Thu 1986/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 25' pentagon of ** is in the area but this is not the oc. It should be at the end of the coathanger. Should be a SM very tight rich ns bar-shape. 60 ** 13m..18m. Sun 1986/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Using pix S198609316 I can see a haze at oc location using x122. Pix is slightly SMr than an x122 field. A few ** very difficult but seeable at both x122 and x272. Last * of the coathanger is in the x49 field at same declination as oc. DSO says 5'. 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 ** at x122. Just about centered to the s of 2 doubles that are about 15'f and 28'f the last coathanger *. Need to try on meridian. Sat 1988/08/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 That find is confirmed with U162. Field ** match pix S198609316 very well at x122 -- thats about the size of the pix. Only a couple of members are resolved at x122 over the glow. At x272 a few more show up. These just begin to form the bar-shape shown on the pix. 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'x2' nebulous glow at x122. 8 eFT** are resolved within that area. Sat 1990/06/30 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Fairly easy 5'x2'ns nebulous bar at x122. 5 ** easily and continuously resolved -- 4 at s edge and 1 near center. About 5 additional ** come and go. Fri 1994/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 5'x3'5° thumbprint of nebulousity with a few ** resolved at x189. Right off the last * of the Coathanger cluster. Forms a near-equilateral triangle with 2 wide doubles, one 10'np and one 8'nf. Sun 1994/08/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 6'x2'0° gorgeous rectangular bar of glow with about 20 ** resolved. BTst ** are a triangle of 12m** at the n end of the bar. If a 13m* 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 ** spill out of the rectangular glow to the sf. DSO's magnitude chart is very difficult to use since without a drive since it labels a SM percentage of the **, and I need to go back and forth between book and eyepiece figuring out which ** in the book are the ones I can see. | ||||||
| n6823 | 1943.2+2318 | Vul | oc | 7.1 8.81m* | 12 oval | I 3 p n |
| Sat 1985/04/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 A few BT** and many FT ones. Center contains 3 ** in a row. Try to see nebulousity next time. To find, begin at DELTA Cyg, move down to declination 23.2, then a little p. Mon 1987/07/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 WS sketch is not accurate in details but gives the correct overall impression of the oc. Note especially changes in the central knot. Are these changes evidence for motion within the cluster? No nebulousity found with UHC. Wed 1987/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nebulousity noticable with UHC. WS sketch is not very accurate -- need to resketch someday. Fri 1987/09/25 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Yes the WS pix is accurate. Its an x122 view of an x49 oc. It goes 1 magnitude FTr than I see. Central knot is perfect. Fri 1989/08/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=2/9 Very subtle glow of nebulousity shows with x49+UHC. For some reason this is a very difficult oc to match to WS sketch but at x122 after about 10 minutes of trying I could match it. WS sketch is indeed very accurate. Visually, the oc consists of a central quadruple. 5' group of ** surrounding that multiple, mostly sp. More outward is an empty shell, then a 30' ring of BTr **. Oc is just the central 5'. 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' roundish, with a trapezium of fairly BT** in the center. BTst * is on the p edge, and the next BTst * is near the s edge. Its got 6 8m*, 8 11m**, and about 40 13m..14m**. Very clumpy but not concentrated at all. The pix in K19880640 only shows the central 2' trapezium. At x478, ** 1, 5, 6 and 11 are easy; * 4 is pretty easy; ** 2 and 3 combine into one image; I thought I saw * 7 once; I never saw * 8; both ** 9 and 10 were occasionally seen. That puts my limiting magnitude at about 13.8. | ||||||
| n6818 | 194357.76-140911.4 | Sgr | pn | 9.9 13.05m* | 22"x15" | 4 |
| Sun 1985/08/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM pn suspected at x49. Confirmed at x122. UHC no help. Found by hopping from BETA Cap, to 55 Sgr, to pn. Mon 1988/08/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Easy at x49 alone. Non-stellar at x49. UHC enhances. x122 shows easily but provides no details. 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' surface at x122. No annular (ring) structure was noticed. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Very mottled at x272 but still no annular structure. Slightly blue-green color. Sharp edges. 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 xBT slightly elongated 20" blue pn with slightly BTr edges than center. No central * was seen. Best at x262. UHC doesn't help. 3 13m** surround within 2'. | ||||||
| n6826 | 194448.17+503130.4 | Cyg | pn | 9.8 10.44m* | 27"x24" | 3a+2 |
| 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 UHC. BT central * is obvious at x272. Tue 1985/06/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Located 35'f a vBT white, white 30"135° double that has a FT 30"135° double near to it at 130°. Tue 1986/07/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Round. No details. Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Easy pn at all powers with or without UHC. At x272 central * is obvious. The p edge of the pn is FTr than the f edge. * is centered in the glow if that p edge is imagined to be as BT as the f edge. Mon 1995/07/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 At x478 its a LG homogenous glow with a BT* 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 DSO talks about. Slightly blueish. 14m* 1'p. 12m* 2's. | ||||||
| n6830 | 1951.0+2303 | Vul | oc | 7.9 9.88m* | 12 | II 2 p |
| Thu 1985/05/23 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT and SM. All but the FTst WS ** were seen. Use oc6823 to find. Fri 1985/08/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 WS sketch is not accurate in detail but gives overall impression correctly. Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 5' cross of FT** with a sprinkling of FTr ones at x122. Sat 1990/06/30 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 That's a good dcrp of the oc. This time all WS ** were seen. Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 25 10m..13m** in a round 5' cluster. BTst ** form a cross-shape. 6m* (12 Vul) 27's. Fairly rich field, but well detached because its so SM. Catalogued 12' size suggests that many of the FT** surrounding (especially to the s, sf, and f) are members, too. 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' size is consider the 2 ** s of the main body as part of the cluster. Those 2 ** turn it into a 12'x5'0° crescent-shape of **. The p edge of the cluster is about as sharp as you'll ever see in a cluster. Its got a bunch of fairly BT**, and has the tightest concentration of **. The BTst ** are in the center of the crescent, and that X-shape of BT** is correct. The center of the X has a pLG diamond, so the X is made of 4 lines of 2 **, with the center empty. The BTst ** in the cluster are 2 10m** and 5 11m**. I count 70 ** down to 13m. | ||||||
| n6834 | 1952.2+2925 | Cyg | oc | 7.8 9.65m* | 5 | II 2 m |
| Tue 1985/06/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very tight. Nebulous at x49. 5 FT** running in a line almost due pf. Speckling of FTr **. Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. x122 required to see more than 5-or-so **. WS sketch looks accurate though its hard to verify the details because the light used to see WS pix ruins eyes too much for this oc. Wed 1987/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 WS pix is verified -- looks real good. This is really a very good medium-rich oc at x122 and a good salt-and-pepper oc at x49 when on meridian. Sat 1989/08/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 I see as many ** as WS but not at exact same location. Need to sketch but the clouds have almost rolled in right now. Wed 1989/09/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. 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" telescope. No extra ** seen but its easier to hold FT** without averted vision with LGr aperture. Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 A 5' round group of 40 10m..13.** surrounds the p-more 5' of a 7'80° line of 5 10m** which cuts the round group in half. Well detached. Easy, even in x30. Very pretty detached blobs at s and n edge. I see more ** than WS. WS sketch does not do justice to the cluster because it doesn't show the range of BTness in these **. My cmap looks pretty accurate. Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. 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 oc which appears as a SM misty patch with very easy and recognizable BT ** at x43. It's not too difficult of a hop from ETA Cyg. Composed of 5 BT ** in a 5'-10' line aligned in pa 80°, surrounded by a misty patch of unresolved FTr **. The center of those 5 ** is the BTst, 9m, plotted in U, and it is slightly yellow. At x262 the view is really transformed. The line of ** is more easily measured at 7' long, and the entire cluster becomes a 7'x5' clump of 30 **. * chains run off the central * in several directions. Aside from the 5 BT **, the BTr ** are to the n of the line, but more ** are found to the s of the line. The cluster is well detached from the field, and a little bit compressed. Another SM clump is detached off the sp edge, 5' away from the center of the cluster, consisting of a tight 1.5' knot of 7 ** down to 12m with a little bit of haze beneath them. Another smudge is detached off the n edge which is composed of FTr ** than the sp detached smudge. It's a chevron shape of 6 **. The cluster is located in a rich and interesting field at low power. The field 30'-60'p has a lot of BT**, but the field 30'-60'f has many more FTr **. Cmap is excellent, but I see more **. | ||||||
| n6866 | 2003.7+4400 | Cyg | oc | 7.6 10.66m* | 7 | II 2 m/II 2 r |
| Tue 1985/06/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy to find even though FT. WS sketch is perfect and I see all **. At x49 the oc appears slightly nebulous. Pretty well detached. Same declination as R Lyr at 1854. Wed 1987/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very nebulous at x49. At x122, its 4 groups in a row. 3 are only 4-5 ** and the 4rth is LGr and richer and triangle-shaped. 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 p to f) is SM, LG, SM, SM. LG group has 30 **. It is triangle-shaped with vertices pointing s, np, and nf. 8 of the BTr ** in the triangle form 2 arcs running ns aligned such that 2 squares are formed---one n and one s. Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Triangle-shaped group of 40 ** in 7'. Prior descriptions are accurate. I agree with U's declination of 4410, confirmed by the position relative to the 7m* 25'260° and the 8m* 30'280° and the 9m* 10'200°. Well detached. No noticable colors. 1 additional blob p and 2 blobs f. 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' triangular-shaped group of 40 12m..14m**. BTst ** are on the p side, and the f side is made of FTr **. The f edge runs n-s, and the triangle points toward the p. A couple of blobs of ** follow. Cluster is well-detached from the field, but is not concentrated. | ||||||
| n6882 | 2011.6+2633 | Vul | oc | 8.1 9.87m* | 18 | II 2 p |
| Tue 1987/09/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 According to SKYCAT, n6882 is slightly nf n6885, so I'd assume the detached nf part of n6885 is n6882. This is now outlined in WS3+301. Sun 1988/07/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. Tue 1988/08/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 That's wrong. n6882 is a LG oc made of FT** np 20 Vul. Its very scattered except for one rich part just 5'np 20 Vul. Does not look much like an oc, but I'm trusting U163. 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' oc beginning with 20 Vul and running np. Its made of about 10 10m** and 15 FTr. Apparently 20 Vul is not a member because BTst member is 9.9m. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 Confirmed. See 19900814 observation of oc n6885. | ||||||
| n6885 | 2012.0+2629 | Vul | oc | 5.7 6pm* | 7 | III 2 p |
| Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Oc n6885 is an obvious oc. Well sketched in WS. I see all WS **. Oc n6882 is sparser and SMr with FTr **. Thu 1986/07/17 at Utica, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 A very good binocular oc. Sun 1988/07/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 The field is really the binocular oc. Its a 30' group of BT** with a 6m* in the center. The 2 true ocs are really made of FT** and are both towards the n edge of the LG 30' group. Tue 1988/08/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 This oc is the BT** surrounding 20 Vul. Its the obvious group in the field. This is my conclusion by examining U163 and the sky. 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' group of vFT** surrounding and apparently including 20 Vul. ** BTr than 11m are within that 3.5' radius of 20 Vul so I must assume that this oc is the 15 12m..** which surround 20 Vul in x122. They are mainly p of 20 Vul. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 Confirmed. Based on U, I'd have to agree with 19890830 conclusion. Herschel Object book description indicates the opposite, but I trust U, and the oc sizes back me up. | ||||||
| n6905 | 202223.02+200616.4 | Del | pn | 11.9 15.5m* | 44"x38" | 3+3 |
| Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT circular pn seeable at all powers. UHC doesn't help. Same declination as * at right ascension 2028. 10m* 2'n. Tue 1988/08/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 Actually located inside a 3' triangle of ** one of which is the 10m* mentioned before. UHC does enhance the pn. Takes all powers easily, even x272+UHC. No details seen - just a slightly less-than-1' puffball. Maybe slightly oval-shaped ns. Mon 1989/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Prior observation confirmed. No details were seen. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 At x272, its a near-circular 40" glow slightly oval-shaped with ns axis longer than pf axis. BTst part is the f third. UHC doesn't help. At x272 the central * is occasionally seen. Its just slightly BTr than the pn's overall glow. | ||||||
| n6910 | 2023.1+4047 | Cyg | oc | 7.4 9.61m* | 8 | I 2 p n/I 3 m |
| Mon 1984/11/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Gorgeous, vSM Y-shape of **. Find GAMMA Cyg and this can be in same x49 field. Wed 1988/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Very pretty Y-shape of FT** with 2 BT ones -- one just f the base of the Y and one at the end of the nf top-of-the-Y. Mon 1989/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 2 6m** and 8 10m** in the Y-shape. Several ** 11m..** show at x272. 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 oc. My sketch looks good. Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Fri 1994/09/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 8'x4'135° group of 2 vBT**, about 20 easy ** and about 20 vFT**. BT** are arranged in a half-oval. Looks like the profile of a horse, heading 315°. The front foot is a BT blue * and the short rear leg has a BT orange * as a foot. My sketch looks good, but Felicity adds many ** that weren't seen with the Meade. I can barely see the 14.8m** shown on sketchbook diagram. DSO's description is not very good - there's not a circle of ** at all. | ||||||
| n6939 | 2031.4+6038 | Cep | oc | 7.8 11.91m* | 8 | I 1 m/II 1 r |
| Thu 1985/09/19 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT oc of about 20 ** at x272 + averted vision and time exposure. WS sketch looks distorted at edge. I think my sketch is a better finder chart. 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. Wed 1987/09/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Even easier to find with is the UB57 p. Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 vFT, 25 **, shaped kind of like a ns figure-8 drawn with straight lines and filled in with 13m**. BTst * is 12m. Mon 1990/06/25 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 This is a salt-and-pepper oc from here. 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 x272, but then its obvious. A few ** are f the figure-8-shape, too. The BTst ** are on the sp edge. 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'x8'90° triangle with base on p end and point on f end. Chain of ** runing right along s half of the base. About 70 10m..**. Triangle of BT field ** at about 8'75°, 8'15° and 8'300° from cluster. There are 2 1' nebulous patches in the cluster, one at the center of the triangle and one near the nf edge which resolves into 4 ** at x262. Except for these two patches, I see no compression. No colorful **. | ||||||
| n6934 | 203412+0724.3 | Del | gc | 8.9 14.0m* | 5.9 round | VIII |
| Sun 1987/09/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy 3' glow at x49. No ** discernable even down to x272. Very even glow with no BTr nucleus. I assume I'm only seeing the central 3' glow and missing any surrounding **. Sat 1988/08/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Same 3' glow. A few ** of resolution come and go at x272. Mon 1989/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 2' glow. Very little occasional resolution. 9m* 3'p. Mon 1990/06/25 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 About 15 ** resolved out to 5' over a 2' pBT glow at x272. Easy find. 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 s from EPSILON Del to find it. Appears in the viewfinder; is pBT. At x262 it's a 3'x2.5'0° glow with many resolved **. 9m* 3'p. Gradually BM, central 1' round glow is vBT. I count 50 resolved ** at x262; they nearly touch that 9m* which is 3'p. ** are resolved even over the central core. BTst resolved * is toward the nf from the center of the 1' core, but is not quite at the edge of that core. One of the BTst outliners is also in that nf direction, outside the core. Definitely elongated n-s. At x43 it looks like a pn. WS and UB descriptions are not very good, but the DSO description is great, as always. | ||||||
| n6940 | 2034.6+2819 | Vul | oc | 6.3 9.31m* | 31 | III 2 m |
| Thu 1985/06/13 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Medium-rich speckling of FT** behind 7 or 8 BT**. Thu 1986/07/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This is a really good and LG salt-and-pepper oc. Wed 1987/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. I'd guess I'm seeing 75 ** in 40' at x49. Fri 1988/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 Gorgeous speckling of myriad 10m..** behind a couple BTr ones. Mon 1989/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 What a glorious rich oc. I'd like to sketch it someday but I wouldn't know where to begin now. There's a red 10m* in the center. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 40'x30'ns oc. Richest part is near the s edge (just s of the red *) and is 20'x5'pf. Well detached from the field, can't be missed. Most ** are 12m..**. Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Detailed cmap completed. | ||||||
| n6946 | 203452.0+600915 | Cep | eg | 8.81:9.61 | 11.48x9.77 | SAB(rs)cd I |
| Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sure of location. Wed 1987/09/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 When I use UB57 pix I can get a * match and then detect the eFT 5' glow of the eg. I don't think I could find it without that pix. Location of the T* just p was added to that pix. Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT glow found only using same pix. Couldn't find without pix. Here's how to do it next time-- 30'p the U* is a triangle of 10m..11m**. 20'n is a 10m 12m double. Eg is 1/3 of the way from the triangle to the double. Mon 1990/06/25 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Very slightly easier from here. 5' glow with no details. Only seeable in x49, not in x61 or higher. Finder directions above are good. Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Barely suspected SM FT glow at x30 just n of a SM triangle of **. At x61, its a 6'x4'45° glow. No BTness increase in the middle. x272 shows a couple xFT** at s end. They are assumed to be foreground **. 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'x4'45° glow. Possible arm coming out the n and curving around to np. Sat 1994/10/01 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 10'x6'75° glow including the arms. The round central halo is about 4'x4' and has a suddenly slightly BTr center that looks almost stellar at x131, but x262 shows some size, and slight elongation in pa 60°. A prominent arm comes out the nf side of the central halo, wraps around the f edge very lazily and ends up sf 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 s side. The opposite arm comes out of the central halo near 2 13m** on the s edge of that halo. It runs p, then curls up n, but is very wide and diffuse. It runs through a 13m* on the p edge and continues n through an HII region or 15m*. It shoots off to the n from here, and ends on a bunch of 13m..14m**. The p-more of the triangle of BT** on the sp edge of the eg is pretty red. | ||||||
| n7000 | 205846.5+441919 | Cyg | gn | FT 5.96m* | 120x100 | E |
| Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope with telescope or binoculars. Wed 1987/09/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nor with viewfinder+UHC. Thu 1989/08/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 Nope using telescope or binoculars with or without UHC or LPR. 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 x30+UHC, 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 E Coast, across Canada, then back down the W Coast. I expected a BT spot along the n edge of Canada, but didn't see one. I also viewed the Pelican gn while in the area. After seeing the N. Amer gn this way, I removed the UHC and used x30 alone. It was still barely visible as a slightly BTr glow. Also barely visible in x49 alone. X30+UHC was best, however, because of the BTr contrast, and the LGr field. 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 x43+UHC, right on the zenith. The easiest part is the gulf of Mexico. Mexico is really BT, 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 p and f shows the difference between glow and no-glow. There's a BT * right on Maine. The nebulousity then curves toward the western coast, and about half way to the western coast is a BTr area. The western coast is a pretty sharply defined edge, and leads back to the vBT Mexico. | ||||||
| n7008 | 210032.81+543235.5 | Cyg | pn | 13.3 13.21m* | 86"x60"45° | 3 |
| Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1986/10/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Requires UHC. 9m* 1's center. At x122+UHC I see 2'x1.5'ns. N part is BTr. Shows some mottling. Mon 1990/06/25 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Central * seeable in x122 + averted vision. Fairly easy pn at x49 or x122 alone. UHC hurts at all powers. At x122 its an oval-shaped 2'x1.5'ns pn, just like prior observation. I don't understand why I don't see the bite taken out as in pix A19900567-8 but I don't. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 1.5'x1'30°. I do see the hole near the center tonight. Also, the * to the s (which is really 2's, not 1's), is a double. Pn details are easiest at x122 alone, UHC is worse, x272 dims too much. Mon 1995/07/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 At x170 this is an excellent and unusual pn. 2' irregularly round glow with a lot of details. 13m central *. 14m* 1'75° from the center, and on the edge of that part of the pn is a BTening, almost as if its a partial annular ring. A dark round hole is in pa 135° from the central *. It reminds me of the pix of the eyes of the owl pn. The hole runs all the way from the central * to the 135° edge of the pn. At the p edge of that round hole the nebula appears quite BT, and combined with the BT nf edge mentioned earlier makes the BTst part of the pn be a 2'x0.5'15° bar. The UHC shows these same features but it takes away the **. x478 just spreads out the light too much and makes the details too hard to see. 13m* 1.5'p. Red/blue < 1'165° double * on the 150° edge. Fri 1995/07/21 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Reading DSO, the double is h1606. | ||||||
| n7006 | 210130+1611.3 | Del | gc | 10.6 15.6m* | 2.8 round | I |
| Sat 1988/08/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT glow seeable in both x49 and x122. No resolution. Mon 1989/09/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=3/9 eFT glow in x49 x122 and x272. No resolution even at x272. Mon 1990/06/25 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 vFT 2' glow in x49 and x272. No resolution at all. Mon 1992/07/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 eFT 1' glow with no resolution. Slightly BM. Thu 2008/10/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 pSM vFT glow at x43, looks like an out-of-focus *. At x131, its a 1' round glow, BM, with only one resolved *, over the core, just off center toward the p. I don't see any other ** or any outliners. This really looks like a fairly BT elliptical eg rather than a gc. | ||||||
| n7009 | 210410.78-112148.8 | Aqr | pn | 8.3 11.5m* | 28"x23" | 4+6 |
| Wed 1985/10/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy pn. vBT. No details. Easy find with or without UHC. Located 5 minutes of time p NU Aqr. Mon 1986/08/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy at all power/UHC combinations. UHC always makes BTr. No central *. Possible central darkening. No ansae were seen. Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Very easy 1' green glow at x49 alone. Round. No details show at any power. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 Blue 1' glow very slightly elongated pf. No details at any power. Easiest at x272 alone. Mon 1992/07/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 1.0'x0.8'pf blue pn. Slightly BM. Easy find off NU Aqr. No ansae. 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 x378 I can see the xFT ansae running in pa 120° for a total width of about 40". Extremely green at x68 - the most green object I've ever observed. | ||||||
| n7044 | 2113.0+4229 | Cyg | oc | 12 15m* | 3.5 | II 2 r/I 1 r |
| 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. Mon 1986/08/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. 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. Wed 1988/09/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 I see only a few vFT** at x122 and no oc. Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 At location in U, I see only a couple FT**. If instead I go to the 9m* shown 10'f the plotted U location and move 15'n (2/3 of the way to the pair shown in U), I see a 5' V-shaped group of about 10 12m..**. 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. 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 oc. The oc is right at the U location and is just a glow -- I get no resolved ** at any power. Located exactly 7.56'p the U*, according to reticle measurement. About 4' per side and circular. Just barely suspected at x30, easiest at x61. Still seeable in x122. UHC just darkens --- apparently not a true nebula. Between the U* and the oc is a 11m* and then a 10m* (moving from f to p). The 10m* is just past the f edge of the glow. Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Agreed. 4' xFT glow at perfect U location. No ** resolved (except the one 10m* at the f edge) at x122. At x272 I see about 10 ** where the glow was, but the glow is gone. Averted vision required to see both the glow in x122 and the ** in x272. 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 6m** f and moving straight p, I finally reached this via the 2 ** near the n-most of those **, then the 2 ** pnp those in the same orientation, which nearly point to the 9m* which f n7044. It's a 3' round cluster with ** to the nf which make it appear at first as a 6'x3' glow in the sky. Resolved with difficulty into 20 14m ** at x262. Just outside the nnf edge is an 11m 13m pair, about 3'75° from the cluster center. 9m* is 7'90°. I'm observing right at the zenith. Not visible at x43. x239 does not improve the view. | ||||||
| n7062 | 2123.2+4623 | Cyg | oc | 8.3 10.1m* | 7 | III 1 p/II 2 m |
| Tue 1984/11/13 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM dipper in the area, but its not the oc. Mon 1986/08/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 BT* at p and f edge, 5' apart. Speckling of FTr ** between. Hazy at x49. 25 ** at x122. Wed 1988/09/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Easily confirmed. About 15 ** in the speckling. Thu 1989/08/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 10m* at p and f edge. Sketched. 16 ** in the speckling. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 A couple of ** are p the p-more 10m*, too, making the entire oc 6'x4'pf. Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 6'x4'pf salt and pepper oval with BT** at the p and f edge. 35 ** counted at x272. Well detached. All ** are 12m.. 13m except the 2 BT**. | ||||||
| n7086 | 2130.5+5135 | Cyg | oc | 8.4 10.19m* | 9 | II 2 m |
| Fri 1985/08/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT speckling of 30 **. All WS ** seen. Tue 1986/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Most WS ** are even seeable at x49. Thu 1986/09/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This is really a very rich oc. Use x122 + averted vision to see more ** than WS pix. WS sketch is aligned wrong, but I corrected it. The 3 BT** are either misplaced or magnitudes are wrong. There is a FT 3 * arc where shown in WS and a BT 3 * arc on the n edge. Wed 1987/10/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Very nice x49 oc. Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 6' triangle pointing 105°. BTst * is 10m. This is embedded within a 10' circuar area. 10'p is another group which is much sparser. Sun 1991/08/04 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 40 ** in 10'. Well detached and pretty condensed in the 5' triangle at the sf edge. 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' round grouping of about 50 12m..** and just a few 11m**. There are outliners mainly to the p and n, taking the cluster size up to 9'. On the p side of the main mass is the BTst * in the cluster, and its reddish. Just n of it by about 1.5' is a FT blue * which makes a nice color contrast with it. Much more sharply bounded on the f side than the p 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 WS. | ||||||
| n7128 | 2144.0+5343 | Cyg | oc | 9.7 11.50m* | 3.1 | II 3 m/I 3 m |
| Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM nebulous patch visible at x49. 4 ** resolved at x49. 8 at x272. Same right ascension and x49 appearance as n7127. Wed 1988/09/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Empty ring of 11 ** at x272. One 9m*, the rest are FT. Easy find using U57. Wed 1989/08/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 The ring is 2'x1.5'135°. 9m* at sf edge. 11m double * at s edge. One 12m on s edge. 5 12m..13m** on n edge. 4 probable 13m members just outside the ring to the p. Total of 13 ** were seen. 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 dcrps are accurate with these additions. The 9m* at sf edge is red. The wierd thing is that these pBT** 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 x122 easily. UHC makes it disappear, so I assume its not a true nebula. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Exact same observation. UHC does not enhance (also, there's no "n" in the classification for the cluster). x272 resolves no ** in the milky glow. 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 15m. Same observation, except no nebulous glow inside the circle. Richest on the n edge. The innermore of the 11m double * on the p edge is reddish. Thu 1995/09/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 2' ring of 9 ..13m**, the BTst of which is on the sf edge. There are a couple of other 13m** scattered around. A nebulous haze surrounds and is embedded by the ring. At x272, a few more ** appears. A line of 14m** runs in pa 60° tangent to the np edge of the circle. At this power, the milky appearance is still prominent. Several of the ** of the ring split into doubles. UHC didn't show any nebulosity. | ||||||
| n7142 | 2145.9+6548 | Cep | oc | 9.3 12.12m* | 4.3 | II 2 r/I 2 r |
| 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 LGr loose group of BTr **. Identify by the BT* on the n edge of the x49 nebulousity. To the nf is an isolated group of a few close **. Fri 1985/09/13 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The group described above is an S-shape curve of 7 FT**, about 7' long, with 2 other FT** and the BT* n. The other isolated group is sort of dipper-shaped. (this is oc n7129) Sat 1986/08/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. The WS sketch is about 25'. It includes many FT field ** that are difficult at x49. 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 ** as WS, but the oc does show about 15-20 13m** in x122. Nothing at all shows in x49. Appearance is not nearly as dense-looking as WS portrays it to be. 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. Tue 1990/07/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 25 13m** in a 10' circular shape. 3 BTr ** (10m or so) at n, nf and f edge. 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'p. The true oc is invisible at x49, very difficult at x61, and much easier at x122. The field ** all match the WS sketch well in the x61 field, and the scale of the sketch is correct. The only discrepancy is that WS sketches 3 ** in a line at the nf edge of the cluster and I see no * at all at the placement of the center of those **. One of the ends of that line is the BTst * in the field. Other than that discrepancy, all field ** 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 ** in an 8' round area, plus the 3 ** mentioned in the 19900724 observation. Those 25 ** are fairly evenly spread throughout the 8' area, except for a slight 2' condensation at the np edge. Rating was changed from 2-5 to 5-8. I don't see a rectangle shape at all here, as mentioned in the OHO description, nor do I see one in the field. I'd call this a round cluster or possibly triangular. | ||||||
| n7160 | 2153.8+6236 | Cep | oc | 6.1 7.04m* | 7 | II 3 p/I 3 p |
| Mon 1984/10/01 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Very rich area. Sat 1985/07/06 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vSM but BT oc. 2 vBT** within. WS sketch is 7' -- not x80. Sun 1985/09/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 WS sketch is perfect. All WS ** were seen. Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 WS sketch is perfect. All WS ** were seen except the one noted. Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 eBT 5'x3'pf oc. All WS ** were seen. The one not noticed previously is 12m. Should be drawn FTr relative to the 2 other ** nearby. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 The WS sketch is absolutely perfect excet the one * 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 BT. 7'x5'pf cluster. An 8m green, 8m blue 2'150° pair dominates the cluster near the f edge. Near the p edge are 3 8m** at 12'325° from the center. | ||||||
| n7209 | 2205.2+4630 | Lac | oc | 6.7 9.02m* | 25 | III 1 p/III 1 m |
| Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find. FT 17' oc with BT outliners. BT outliners fill 50' field. Pretty well isolated. Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 Fairly rich 10' group of about 20 9m..10m** + many FTr ones. Circular in shape with a mostly empty center. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Medium-rich 25' circle of about 70 7m..13m**. Not condensed at all - very even distribution of ** both in terms of positioning and BTness, except the hole in the middle. Pretty well detached. 9m* at sp edge. A red 11m* is just f the empty center. Best at x61. Very difficult to define the edge. Very few ** are s of the oc. The fields p, f, and n are much richer than the one s. 7m* 20'n. 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' round cluster. Not concentrated. BTst ** are concentrated on the nf edge. Many of the ** are 11m**. I count about 100 ** to 13m. Very well detached from the field. 7m* on n edge is yellowish. 9m* on p edge. 9m* on sp edge. | ||||||
| n7217 | 220752.2+312135 | Peg | eg | 10.12:11.02 | 3.89x3.24 95° | (R)SA(r)ab II |
| Mon 1986/08/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1986/08/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sun 1986/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Fri 1986/10/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Difficult FT 2.5'x2.0' glow. 1/4 moon. Mon 1987/12/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Sun 1988/01/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Wed 1988/09/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 pBT fairly easy 2' round glow. Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 FT circular 1' glow. No elongated or other details. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 2'x1.5'45° glow. Last quarter moon has risen. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 3'x2'45° glow. Non-stellar 11m nucleus shows easily at x122. No arms were clearly seen. Nucleus is off-center to the sp. 10m* 5'100°. Extemely easy find off PI Peg. 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' glow BM to a 0.5' core and then to a stellar nucleus. 9m* 5'105°. | ||||||
| n7243 | 2215.3+4953 | Lac | oc | 6.4 8.47m* | 21 | IV 2 p/II 2 m |
| Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find. Triangle-shaped. BT central tight x49 double with a FT red * n. WS sketched center part only. Wed 1988/09/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Very easy find using U87. 30' oc of at least 50 **. Well isolated. Triangle points to the s. Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 Detached section to the f is missing completely from WS sketch. Need to sketch. 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. 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 dcrps I've written so far. Its a 30' oc of about 50 ** divided into 2 parts. The p part is a 30'x10' half-ellipse. Visualize it this way-- take a 30'x20' ellipse and cut it in half along a line which runs through both foci, then fill it in with **. The straight edge runs 150° and bows out toward the p. There are 8 9m..10m** in this half, including the double mentioned before, which is resolved at x61. I count 30 ** total in this half. Fnf that half is a 40'x10'150° band which has only a few 12m..** in it. Fnf that band is a 15'-per-side equilateral triangle pointing to the fnf, with 20 **. None are 9m, 4 are 10m. The entire oc stands out well from the field. The dark band running through the center looks like a dn, but none is plotted here on U87. Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 LG splashy 25' cluster with about 70 **. In the center is a very tight 8.5m 8.5m 10"15° double STRUVE2890 with a red * to its n. That double is actually a triple, but the third component is way out from the double, about 70"f. V-shaped with almost no ** on the n edge. Empty dark lane within the cluster toward the sf. Wide variety of stellar magnitudes, with the BTst ** being about 9m or 10m**. Moderately well detached from the field. Located in a rich * field, but the cluster is an obvious overdensity, especially of BT**. Two * chains radiate outward from the center. 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 x68 its a LG 40'x20'90° splash of BT** divided into two clumps. The SMr clump is on the f end, and its triangular, pointing to the f. The LGr clump is on the p end and is pretty round. Overall, its kind of eyeball-shaped, with the no ** in the iris or pupil area. Cluster is composed of ** of all magnitudes from 9m to 12.5m. I count 26 in the f clump, 36 in the p clump, and about 8 13m** in the dark lane which separates the two (the iris of the eyeball). On the n edge of the p clump is a vBT tight low power double * with ** of equal magnitude, and just n of that double * is a FT* with an orangish tint. The many BT** in this cluster are pretty well detached from the field, but the FTr ** 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 DSO. The WS sketch is terrible, the descriptions are fairly reasonable. | ||||||
| n7296 | 2228.2+5218 | Lac | oc | 9.7p 10.0pm* | 4.0 i | III 2 p/II 2 p |
| Thu 1986/08/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Found and sketched at x49 using x272 for details. WS sketch is oriented wrong but fixed. I see more ** than WS. Runs ns. BTst * at s edge. Next BTr at n edge. Speckling of 19 vFT** mainly near the n *. Not very much is visible at x49. Wed 1988/09/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Easily confirmed using U57. Jewel-like oc at x49, but sparser than the jewel at x122. Sketch was made on 19861020 but was thought to be n7295. Sketch was relabelled tonight as n7296. 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' oc is just the speckling of ** surrounding what was called the n-more *. Its a triangle-shape pointing to the p with the BTst * on the p-point. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 23 ** counted in that 4' triangle at x272. Triangle points p, and a 10m* is almost at the p point (a few 13m** are p it). The 23 ** counted were the 10m* and 22 12m..14m**. Nice tight jewel cluster with averted vision. Looks sparse with direct vision because I miss all the 14m**. 8m T* 25'190°. 9m* 8'175°. 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 x43. At x131 4' round oc slightly elongated in pa 90°. BTst * is near but not quite at the p edge, and is slightly reddish. The other BT** in the oc form a Y-shape with the red * forming the base of the Y, and Y going upward toward the f, then branching out toward the nf and sf. I count about 30 ** at x262 in 4'x3'90°. Nice arc of 4 ** centered on the s edge. SM clump of ** in the n edge a little p the center. Located in a rich field, but still well detached from the field. Not compressed. Easy to find due f BETA Lac. WS really missed out on the oc, with the true oc just being a SM piece of the sketch rather than most of the sketched **. The WS sketch is really of the field rather than the oc. I agree with the orientation improvement I noted before. | ||||||
| n7331 | 223705.2+342510 | Peg | eg | 9.48:10.35 | 10.47x3.72 171° | SA(s)bc I-II |
| Mon 1986/08/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3'x2'135° glow. Fri 1986/10/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed with 1/4 moon. Mon 1987/12/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Nope. Sun 1988/01/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 Confirmed. vFT 3'x2'150° glow. 11m* 7'fnf. LPR enhances some at x49 but renders invisible at x122. Wed 1988/09/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Easily found 3'x1'150° glow. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 4'x2'175° glow. Central 2'x1' is pBT. LPR doesn't help at any power. Very soft edges. Very hard to define the ns extents. P edge is harder than the f edge, it cuts off pretty abruptly. Nucleus is off-center to the p. No mottling, dark lanes, or arms were seen. 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'x2'0° glow with a 1.5'x0.5' core nearer the p edge than the f. Best at x131 or x170. The s extension has hints of dust lanes like M31's. 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 pBT 5'x1.5'170° glow with a 1'x0.5'170° core and a BT stellar nucleus. The core and nucleus are off-center on the psp edge. 14m* 4'0°. Thu 1994/09/29 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 5'x1.5'170° glow with a harder p edge. vBT 1'x30"170° core. 15m* on sf edge. Dust lane in s half of eg near outer edge of s extension. 12m* 3'30°. | ||||||
| n7380 | 2247.0+5806 | Cep | oc | 7.2 8.58m* | 12 | III 3 p n/III 2 m |
| Sat 1985/07/06 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find. Mostly FT**. Almost all WS ** seen. BT double in same x49 field just p the oc. I don't think this double is the one shown in WS. Other groups are 25's and 50'nf. Fri 1985/09/13 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Identify with the BT** n and p. There's another double n. The next few fields s are great and so is the field 100's of the "50'nf" group. Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Great match to WS pix except BT double has a vFT companion. Tue 1989/09/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=5/9 All WS ** + more were seen. A few are drawn too BT in WS. 30 ** in 8'. Triangle-shaped with 1 triangle point pointing s. BTst * is at np edge. 6'p that * is the BT x49 double. 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' round group of 35 11m..13m** with a 9m 13m 40"350° double at the sp edge. Another double, this one 8m 8m 1.5'135° is at 14'250° from the center of the cluster. 6m* 25'p. 6m* 30'n. 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' round group of 48 **. Extends a little beyond the round to the 150°. BT 10m* on the p edge has a FT companion. Remainder of the ** are 11..14m**. Well detached from the field, but not compressed. Pretty wb BT double separated by 1' is 12'255° from the center of the cluster. I see no nebulosity. | ||||||
| n7448 | 230003.7+155857 | Peg | eg | 11.71:12.20 | 2.69x1.23 170° | SA(rs)bc II |
| Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Sure of location. Need to try from darker skies. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 1.5'x0.5'170° streak. No nucleus shows up, even at x272. Just a very homogeneous FT glow. Located 30' from the U*. 11m* 5'280°. 10m* 3'100°. Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 3'x1.5'0° glow. BTr core with a barely BTr stellar nucleus. Definite mottling shows. Spiral structure is evident. Double * at 4'120° is easily mistakable for a companion eg at x131. x262 shows it to be a double *. | ||||||
| n7479 | 230457.1+121918 | Peg | eg | 10.85:11.60 | 4.07x3.09 25° | SB(s)bc |
| Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Sure of location. Need to try from darker skies. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 2'x1'ns glow. No nucleus at any power. Easiest to see at x61. Tough at x122. Can't see at x272. No details, no mottling, no arms, no dust lanes. Not too hard to find because its right where the sets of U** to the np and sf would cross. 11m* 2'sp. 10m* 7'sp. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 FT 4'x1'ns glow with a slightly BTr nonstellar nucleus and a 13m* at the n end at x122. Can barely see in x272, but x122 is better. After looking at K1990095 p, I see that I'm only seeing the bar in a barred spiral, not the arms at all. 12m* 4'190°. 10m* 10'200°. 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 (sp-most of the great square). 5° s is 55 Peg, the np-most of a group of 4 5m**. A 7m* lies half way between these 2, and is the most obvious * in Felicity's finder at the half-way point. Its part of a close triangle in the finder, which becomes a 5 ** group in the main scope. Anyhow, 40'240° from there is n7479. At first glance, its a 3'x1'0° glow located 6'n a 9m*. x262 reveals a slightly BTr 1.5'x1'0° core. A 12m* lies on the n tip, and a 13m* preceeds the s half by 1.5'. But the real treat comes when you use averted vision. The eg wraps past the s edge to the f, continues s the 13m* and hooks back n-ward, making the eg for a perfect upside-down letter J. The letter J in space makes this eg heretofore known as "Jeff's Eg". 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'x1'0° mottled bar with a 12m* slightly p of the major axis almost at the n end. vBT core superimposed on the bar. The s end of the bar curls around toward the p and wraps back around s, and seems to end right near a 12m*. | ||||||
| n7510 | 2311.5+6034 | Cep | oc | 7.9 9.68m* | 4.0 | II 2 m n/II 3 r |
| Wed 1985/10/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vSM and FT 3' fuzzy patch at x49 reminds me of the diamond in my wife's ring, so I've called it "the jewel". x122 shows all WS **. 10 distinct but FT** were counted in the nebulous region. No trace of pn i1470. Found via DELTA Cep, 1°n 5°f to viewfinder 6m triangle, 5'f 70'n from f-most. Located 75'n and 13'f 2 Cas. Thu 1985/11/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 17 ** counted without any trouble at x122 + averted vision. Sort of Y-shaped with the top of the Y filled-in. Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM dazzling glow. Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 4'x2'60°. 24 ** at x272. BTst is 10m red *. Area and detailed cmap sketched. Tue 1990/10/23 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 That 10m red * is at the base of the Y-shape at the fnf corner, and the Y-shape runs to the psp. FT** fill in and surround the Y-shape. 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 x43. At x131 it's shaped like a shark. A 5'x4'75° triangle of 20 **, the main body of the cluster, forms the body of the shark, with its fin sticking up. A perpendicular arc of 5 ** follows the cluster, forming the tail. Several 11..12m** along the p 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 n at the top of the field of view. BTst * is a 10m* near the f edge, but I don't see its red color tonight. WS sketch is terrible. Well detached from the field. Not compressed. | ||||||
| n7606 | 231904.9-082908 | Aqr | eg | 10.75:11.51 | 5.37x2.14 145° | SA(s)bc I |
| Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sun 1986/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1988/08/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Sure of location. Need to try from darker skies. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 vFT 3'x1'0° glow. No stellar nucleus. No BTness increase towards the center. 13m* on s edge. 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'x2'165° glow located half way between 2 14m* which are 8'0° from each other. Slightly BM. Nonstellar nucleus. | ||||||
| n7662 | 232553.93+423206.1 | And | pn | 9.2 13.17v?m* | 32"x28"/130" | 4+3 |
| Fri 1985/08/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very blue haze at x49. UHC has no effect. No details at any power. Sat 1986/08/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 Blue-green nonstellar 0.5' glow at x49 alone. Easy to pick out from the field. Mottled surface at x272 with a darker spot near the 255° edge. UHC does not improve. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Homogenous BT blue-green round 30" glow seeable with any eyepiece. Easy at x49 and x272 alike. No eyepiece shows a central * when I blink averted / direct vision. UHC does not improve. 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 * at all. Sat 1995/07/01 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 LG blue perfectly round 1' featureless glow at x131. At x262 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 FTr. No central * spotted. 13m* 2'45°. | ||||||
| n7686 | 2330.2+4907 | And | oc | 5.6 6.17m* | 15 | IV 1 p |
| Sun 1986/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Loose group of about 10-15 ** surrounding a 7m central *. Sketched. Wed 1987/11/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed easily. Tue 1988/09/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Confirmed easily using U88. Sun 1989/09/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 20'x15'30°. Central 7m* is red. About 20 **. 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. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 About 35 ** counted tonight. I don't think I've ever seen the 10 vFT** which are in the couple ' due p the BT*. !Try is for cmap only. | ||||||
| n7723 | 233857.1-125742 | Aqr | eg | 11.21:11.94 | 3.47x2.34 35° | SB(r)b |
| Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Sure of location. Need to try from darker skies. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 2' round FT glow. Shows mottling at x122. Not seeable in x272. Possible stellar nucleus comes and goes. Forms a 6' equilateral triangle with 2 11m**. The eg is the sp-most corner of that equilateral triangle. | ||||||
| n7727 | 233953.8-121736 | Aqr | eg | 10.59:11.50 | 4.68x3.55 35° | SAB(s)0aP |
| Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sun 1986/08/31 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Sat 1988/08/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Nope. Sure of location. Need to try from darker skies. Sun 1990/09/16 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 2' round glow with a stellar nucleus. No other details show. | ||||||
| n7789 | 2357.0+5643 | Cas | oc | 6.7 10.7m* | 16 | II 1 r/II 2 r |
| Sun 1984/12/30 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Didnt see WS sketch at all but did see a LG oc with many BT**. FT** speckled within and around. Doesn't look rich. One part of it has an Orion asterism with 4 BT** for corners and 2 belts each with 2 ** only. Fri 1985/08/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The Orion asterism is 50's the oc. The oc is vFT and from what I can see WS is accurate. Wed 1985/10/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 WS sketch is missing many ** when you look at this oc and its near the meridian. Fri 1987/09/25 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Slightly open but rich salt-and-pepper oc. Definite central knot. Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 At x122 on meridian this oc shows at least 50 ** in 15'. Outer-more ** are the BTst ones and toward the center the oc is much richer in FT**. Mike O'Dowd thinks this is shaped like a spiral eg and when I look at it from that point of view, I see that the oc is one long * chain. The chain begins in the center and winds to the p, then s, then f. Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Detailed cmap completed. 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' grouping of at least 100 ** at x131. No unresolved glow. Tonight I see it as triangular shaped. No especially BT **, made of 10m...**. | ||||||
| n7790 | 2358.4+6112 | Cas | oc | 8.5 10.9m* | 17 | III 2 p/II 2 m |
| Fri 1985/08/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Most nebulous part is sp. Requires x122 to see. vFT nebulousity at x49 when I know where to look. WS sketch is poor but good overall impression. Thu 1986/09/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Gorgeous prominent glow at x49. Field sketched. Found using BETA Cas n to pointers p. Fri 1987/09/25 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 On meridian its a gorgeous 5' thumbprint at x49 (don't know why catalogued size is 16'). At x122 myriad (40?) ** were resolved, especially to the fsf with averted vision. First class tight salt-and-pepper oc. I'd not call it poor. Fri 1988/10/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Easy thumbprint in x49 but the night is not good enough to show much in x122. Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Detailed on n7788 cmap. Fri 1990/08/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 5'x2.5' half-circle running pf. Straight edge is toward the f. BTst ** are toward the p. No particularly colorful **. Well detatched from the field. 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'x4'240° group of 50 **. Nebulous at x85, but resolved very well at x262. Arc of 3 10m** at np edge, then all other ** are 12m... There's a tight 13m triplet on the s edge inside the richest part which is f half of the grouping. The p half may just be field **. Well detached from the field, if the entire 8'x4' group is considered. 8m* 5'sf. Limiting magnitude is now 14.0. Arc of ** opening to the f lies on the f side. My sketch is good, but Felicity adds many FT**. | ||||||