| M# | RaDec | Con | Type | Magnitude | Size | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | 0534.5+2201 | Tau | gn | 11.3 16vm* | 6x4 135° | E(SNR) |
| Sun 1984/12/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Just a fuzzy glow. x61 was best view. Sun 1985/02/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I've tried several times since 19841216 with many UHC tries. No nebula ever seen. Don't know what I saw before. Tue 1985/03/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT nebulousity seen in excellent seeing conditions. Only seen at x61+UHC or x49+UHC. No details or ** seen. Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Fairly prominent 7' glow about 2 hours after rising. | ||||||
| M2 | 213329-0049.4 | Aqr | gc | 6.6 13.1m* | 12.9 | II |
| Wed 1985/09/11 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very little resolution over a pLG and BT glow. Located several° due n of BETA Aqr (BT* sp the water jar). Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Mottled, but no resolution. Mon 1986/08/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 At x272 + averted vision resolution came and went. A few glimpses gave as many as 30 ** spread out evenly from edges to central '. Sat 1993/08/21 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Resolution comes and goes. pSM gc which is BM, with a * on the edge. Fri 1993/09/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Very soft gc. pBT 2' core fades gradually to a 4' glow. Very slight resolution. 12m* 4'f. 11m* 8'30°. Sat 1996/10/12 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Really granular with much resolution of vFT** at x68. Hundreds of ** of consistantly FT magnitude are resolved at x262, and they just become denser and denser toward the middle. The vBT core fades gradually as I scan outward. The cluster is unusual in that it is not round, but rather triangular due to a sharp straight-line cutoff in the outer ** on the pnp edge and a hole in the outer ** on the f edge. 9m* 7'f. A couple of 10m** 7'ssf. | ||||||
| M3 | 134211+2822.5 | CVn | gc | 6.3 12.7m* | 16.2 | VI |
| Tue 1985/01/08 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Seen, but not resolved at any power. Sat 1985/02/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The first gc I ever resolved. It was near the meridian with x122. Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 15 outliners and 10 within-glow ** seen. By outliners, I mean the ** not in the haze. All of this was seen easiest at x272. UHC hinders. The longer I look the more I resolve, especially at x272. Sun 1985/04/28 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This is an easy consistant gc to resolve now even with a full moon. x272 + averted vision always resolved to center. Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Far superior to M13. Almost as LG. Same degree of resolution. Much BTr. Wed 1992/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 About 100 ** resolved in an 8' area over a 3' residual glow at x122. A triangle of 3 6m..8m** surrounds the gc, and just barely fits in a 30' field. | ||||||
| M4 | 162336-2631.5 | Sco | gc | 5.4 10.8m* | 35 | IX |
| Tue 1985/05/28 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same declination as Antares, 7 minutes of time p. eFT glow. About 10 ** were resolved at x272. Shapley says it may be one of the nearest gcs (see M22) but is heavily blocked by intervening dust clouds. Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Doesn't seem round -- very oblong. FT. Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Oblong, FT, and mottled. Very uneven glow with about 20 ** resolved at x272. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Very oblong ns. Chain of ** runs ns right through the middle of the gc and this band creates most of the gc's BTness. At x272 I see about 50 resolved ** and no underlying glow at all. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 About 40 ** resolved over a very weak glow at x122. NS bar is really just a chain of BTr ** than average. 7' size. 10m* 7'ssp. 9m* 20'n. 10m* 10'np. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1010 PM MST. pFT rond glow. SM for a deep-sky object, but LG for a gc. No ** resolved. Much BM. Fri 1996/07/19 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 xLG, exceptionally loose, exceptionally well-resolved 10' gc. The bar is still visible in this aperture, but not nearly as prominent or overwhelming as with the 8" scope. | ||||||
| M5 | 151834+0205.0 | Ser | gc | 5.7 12.2m* | 17.4 | V |
| Sat 1985/02/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Partially resolved while still low in the sky. Same x49 field as ads8594. Tue 1985/04/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not quite resolved to center. Center is BT. The resolved ** are over a white background. Wed 1985/05/08 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vSMr and denser than M3. Resolves very well at x272 + averted vision. Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 50-100 ** + a central glow at x122 + averted vision. SM glow compared to total size. Wed 1986/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. The glow is vSM. ** are resolved out to 4 times the size of glow. Tue 1987/06/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Poor seeing. Soft central glow is about 7' wide and about 15' of ** are superimposed on it. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Very well resolved 3' round gc + outliners. 10m** 4'ssp. About 30 12m..13m** resolved over a very soft central glow. Sun 1993/07/11 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1118 PM MST. pSM pBT glow. BM. BT* f. 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 4' core gradually BM at x170. Splattered with **. A couple of them are 10m, but its mainly 11m..** out to 10'. ** extend much further sp. Np side is cut off too soon -- within 4' of center. Perhaps there's a dn. A truly gorgeous view in x262 with more ** resolved over the core at that higher power. Fri 1995/05/05 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 A gorgeous cluster at x262. Outliners to 13m. Extremely concentrated. Glow of core is obvious out to 3'. ** resolved over the core. BT* just at edge of core at pa 135°. Dark lane cuts the core in two pieces running pa 165° near the f edge of the core. Just a bit of core glow extends beyond the dark lane. The np half cuts off extremely abruptly. All outliners are on the sf of the core. I don't see any * colors. Several vSM <1' chains of 3 or 4 ** in lines. Rivals M13, but not as LG, BT, or splashy. | ||||||
| M6 | 1740.1-3212 | Sco | oc | 4.2 6.2m* | 15.0 i | III 2 p/II 3 r |
| Thu 1985/06/13 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I can see about 30 FT** even through the skyglow. The f-most BT* is red. Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Football-shaped. 64 ** definitely counted. Most sketched. WS sketch is poor -- too SM a field and only partially accurate. Almost all ** are in chains with a few vFT and delicate chains. Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Note the red giant at the f edge. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 30'x20'60° oval of 50 8m..12m**. Fairly condensed in the center. Extremely well detached. Butterfly-shaped -- body runs head-->butt ssf-nnp in the center of the oval, with wings on each side. Both wings are made of 2 daisy-petal-shapes. BTst * is yellow, on the p edge. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1005 PM MST. Barely visible to the naked eye as a slight BT spot np M7. In binocs, its a long triangle-shape of about 10 pFT** aligned p-f. The taller end of the triangle is on the p side, the point is on the f side. There's a slight underlying glow. Tue 1997/06/10 02:00:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 ** trace the outline of a butterfly or a four-leafed clover. vBT red * on the f edge. Takes about 1/3 the diameter of the x53 field. | ||||||
| M7 | 1753.9-3447 | Sco | oc | 3.3 5.6m* | 80 | II 2 r/I 3 r |
| Tue 1985/07/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Many BT**. vLG. Loose. Sketched. At this altitude its medium or poor. Well detached. Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This is blocked by family room from home. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 1° cluster of 8m..12m**. Very condensed in the middle -- central 30' has most of the **, especially the BT ones. The center is shaped like a 4-armed pinwheel. Outside the condensed core is a relatively dark ring, then an outlining ring of both BT and FT**. Well isolated cluster. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1000 PM MST. pLG round knot of about 15 ** with an underlying glow. Outlined by a triangle of about 15 more **. To the naked eye, its a vBT spot in the milky-way, just p the spout of Sgr. In binocs, a dn shows above and below, and the oc is located in a BT bar. Tue 1997/06/10 01:40:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Practically a full x53 field. The BT ** are kind of spiral shaped, unwrapping counter-clockwise. Fairly compressed in the sp quadrant, with several straight lines of **. One line runs nearly p-f and has a vBT red * on the p end. Another runs nearly n-s. Just n of those lines is a knot of about 6 ** in a few arcminutes. | ||||||
| M8 | 1803.1-2423 | Sgr | gn | 5 | 90x40 i | E |
| Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very prominent with or without UHC. 2 parts. FT part towards the f surrounds oc. BT part towards the p contains 2 BT and a few FT**. Tue 1985/07/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sketched. Wed 1992/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 The Lagoon is really a gorgeous sight at x61+UHC, showing a good example of 3 classes of objects - BT nebula, oc, and dn. Sweeping from p to f along the whole complex, first we come to the BTst part of the nebula. It surrounds 2 BT**, and is BTst on the sp side of them. Using x122 without UHC, I can see that a chain of FT** runs through this BT knot, but the knot is not just composed of unresolved ** because its not at all knotty, so it must be a hot spot in the nebula. F those 2 BT** and their nebulousity is the dark lane called the dragon. It runs sp-nf. Where it cuts the BT nebula at the sp side, its about 2' wide, then becomes wider as it runs nf. F the dn is oc n6514 surrounded by more nebulousity which shows slightly without the UHC, but much better with the UHC. The cluster first appears as a 6' round ball, but a closer look shows it to be triangular, about 12' in size. I count 26 9m..13m** here. After the cluster comes dn B89, a SM hole in the nebulousity, followed by a BT 7m U* still surrounded by nebulousity. Quickly after that *, the nebulousity fades to background sky. Tue 1992/06/30 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 Appears as 2nd of 4 ** in a short p-f line. Fuzzy. FTst of those 4. This is probably the cluster. A vFT gluw surrounds all 4 when I use TAPS by nudging the mirror on my binocular platform. Sun 1993/07/11 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1030 PM MST. 4 ** in a 285° line. The 3 f-more have a vBT underlying glow. 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 lagoon is a spectacular sight under dark skies. At x68+UHC the nebulosity spills out beyond the 37' field and shows an amazing amount of structure. Swirls of nebulosity and dark lanes are everywhere, and the different regions of the nebulosity have widely varying intensities. The BTst part of the nebula is on the p end, and is about 10' in diameter and irregularly round. It contains 2 BT**, one centered and one in the nf end. There is a vBT 3' area within this region, which contains the * mentioned before. That area is what I assume is called the hourglass, but I don't really see an hourglass shape. Nf from this BTst part of the nebula is a dark lane called the dragon. The n end of the dragon has a 5' round area with no ** at all. The central part of the dragon is 10'x2'60° and contains 2 **. Nf the dragon is another piece of nebulosity, whose edge runs in pa 90° for about 20'. The cluster n6530 follows these pieces of nebulosity, but is itself enveloped in a tenuous nebula. 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 Nebulosity completely encloses the cluster, and another dark lane runs in 0° on the f side of the cluster. More nebulosity surrounds the BT* on the f side of the cluster. The entire lagoon is wispy with streaks that run generally 0°. See tonight's observations of oc n6530 and dn b88, b89, and b296. | ||||||
| M8 | 1804.7-2419 | Sgr | oc | 4.6 6.87m* | 15 | I 2 m n |
| Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Gorgeous tight oc under the FTr part of M8=lagoon. Tue 1985/07/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sketched. Fri 1988/07/01 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 At least 20 ** in 5'. Very pretty, tight oc. Wed 1992/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 See tonight's observation of gn n6523=M8. Sun 1993/07/11 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1030 PM MST. See gn M8 observation. 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 BT roundish 15' unconcentrated cluster f the lagoon gn. 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 15' triangular-shaped cluster. The f edge of the cluster is flat, running in pa 0°. The p corner points to the lagoon gn. It is very slightly concentrated and extremely well detached. I count 24 ** to about 11m. | ||||||
| M9 | 171912-1831.0 | Oph | gc | 7.8 13.5m* | 9.3 round | VIII |
| Sun 1986/06/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT and SM glow. No resolution. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Not so FT. Easily found. About 3'-4' in size. No resolution at any power. I don't see dn b64 on the sp side. Sat 1992/08/29 at Fish Lake, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 4' glow with a bit of resolution at x122. Just a few ** resolved and a few more suspected. 11m* 7's. 9m*& 15'105°. Not enough ** in the vicinity to see the Dn. Sat 1997/06/28 00:22:00 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. BT well-resolved 3' round glow with about 30 ** resolved, ** extend further out of the glow toward the p than the f. Mon 1997/08/04 10:40:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 SMr than M19. Much coarser. BT 2' round core, with ** resolved over the core. 5' of resolved ** surround the core, with the core offset toward the f from the center of those resolved **. Core is wedge-shaped, pointing to the n. Most of the halo ** are in a 5'x3' oval which is aligned nearly p-f. There's a dark lane running p-f along the s edge of the core, just a couple of ** are outermore from that dark lane. | ||||||
| M10 | 165709-0406.0 | Oph | gc | 6.6 12.0m* | 15.1 round | VII |
| Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 40 ** resolved against a haze. Found by centering viewfinder between DELTA Oph and EPSILON Oph, then 10° f. Sun 1986/06/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very well resolved even though its FT. Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 60 ** easily resolved over a 15' area at x272. 20 of them are over the 7' central glow. Fri 1992/07/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 x122 shows many resolved ** in a 5' nearly-round shape, but the underlying glow is a very elongated 5'x3'10°. The resolved ** are almost entirely within the glow, in sharp contrast to most gcs. Several ** outside the 5' area seem much less dense than just inside the 5' border, as if they are foreground **. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1025 PM MST. pFT pSM round glow. Much BM. Very similar to M12 except M12 is not as much BM. 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 vBT 5' glow with a bar of BT** running at 10° through it. Resolves extremely well in Felicity. The x262 view is superb. | ||||||
| M11 | 1851.1-0616 | Sct | oc | 5.8 8.0m* | 14 i | I 2 r |
| Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Gorgeous SM salt-and-pepper oc located at n edge of Sct sc. Mon 1988/07/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Indescribably beautiful salt-and-pepper oc. Seeable tonight in viewfinder. Looks like a bite is taken out of the sp edge - possibly a dn. One 8m* is just s of center and a very wide x49 9m double lies 7's of oc center -- just beyond the oc extents. The remaining ** are a dense matte of 11m..**. An absolute first-class oc. Tue 1992/06/30 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 At the nf edge of the Sct * Cloud is a vSM but vBT fuzzy "*" which is the base of a diamond-shape with 3 ** more directly above the * cloud. No ** resolved in the glow -- just a sharp central spike of BTness. Fri 1992/08/21 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 10' tight cluster of FT** with one BT* centered along the s edge. Sun 1993/07/11 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1022 PM MST. pBT pSM glow with 1 * resolved. Located at the f edge of a vBT cloud in both binoculars and naked-eye. Very dark on n edge. Somewhat dark on f and s edge. Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 vBT unresolved glow at the n edge of the Sct * Cloud. Trapezoid of 4 ** p. R Sct is the BTst of those 4, at about 6m. Sat 2008/08/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 A superb cluster. At x43, a BT * appears at the f edge, then the cluster fans out to the np, p and sp from that *, forming a triangle of dense salt-and-pepper with hard edges running np and sp from the f vertex of that triangle. 2 9m**, separated by 1', are completely outside that triangle, toward the sf. At x270, a 6' very dense core of FT ** with a BT multiple * f the middle. That multiple * is much BTr than the rest of the **. There's a BT pair separated by 1' beyond the sf edge. The densest part of the cluster is rectangular-shaped, and that's surrounded by a wedge-shape of looser FT **. Impossible to count the ** because they're so numerous and they reach my magnitude limit, but there are at least 75 **. There's a 1' dark lane running p-f through the cluster just n of the BTst *, not quite void of **, but certainly much less than the average high density. Just p and slightly n of that BTst * is the tighest knot in the cluster, about 1' in size, and has the highest density of **. | ||||||
| M12 | 164715-0156.9 | Oph | gc | 6.1 12.2m* | 14.5 i | IX |
| Wed 1985/04/03 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Found it, but its too FT to see much. Full moon. Tue 1985/05/28 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 30 ** resolved over an eFT glow at x272. A few may be foreground **. Mon 1986/06/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy resolved at x122. Not round -- boomerang-shaped. Not tight. Sun 1986/06/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The glow that the resolved ** are over is eFT but its an easy x49 object. Many FT** are resolved at x122 as well as a few BT ones that are probably foreground **. Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 50 ** over mottled nebulousity at x272. The center is a circular glow about 1/2 radius of the resolved **. The part under the outer ** is a mottled glow. Fri 1992/07/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 Excellent BT gc, resolved even at x62. At x122, I resolve about 50 ** in 7', with an underlying 4' round glow. Much BM. There are 11 ** of about 10m in the immediate field, making this a fairly rich * field. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1020 PM MST. pFT pSM round glow. Little BM. Very similar to M10 except not as much BM as M10. 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 BT 5' glow with ** sprinkled out to 10'. The ** seem to radiate outward from the core like spikes on a wheel, except to the nf where there are very few outliners. | ||||||
| M13 | 164142+3627.6 | Her | gc | 5.8 11.9m* | 16.6 round | V |
| Mon 1984/10/29 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No ** were resolved at any powers. Could see fuzzy edges and density increase towards center. Sat 1985/02/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 30 ** were resolved at x122. Wed 1985/06/05 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 With x272 + averted vision about 50 ** were resolved over the central haze. Tue 1992/07/21 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Lots of resoluton, but no propellor was seen. Sat 1992/08/01 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 In Fred Judd's 16" scope, the resolution was tremendous. Streamers of ** wound out from the core. The propellor was not seen. Tue 1992/06/30 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 vSM but vBT fuzzy *. No ** resolved. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1040 PM MST. eBT pSM glow with a slightly LGr slightly FTr outlying glow. Naked eye from here. 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 7' core with myriad ** out to 12'. 3 fingers of darkness stick into the core's glow from the np edge, and the np edge is flatter than the rest of the circle. 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 Is the vertex of an isosceles triangle formed by M13 and 2 7m**. vBT 4' central glow, inside a 6' BT underlying glow, with member ** out to 15'. At least 100 ** are resolved, probably closer to 200 or 300 **. They appear all the way to the very center of the glow, and the * density increases the closer you get to the center. No members are especially BT, and none show any appreciable color. The cluster is generally roundish, but the outer edge is irregular. There are 2 LG bites taken out of the outlining ** (one nf of center, and one sf of center), and the f edge seems a bit flattened. From the p side of the central glow back to the 2 bites is a random distribution of **. These can be organized into chains, but I suspect this is an effect of the mind rather than a true morphological feature of the cluster. The f edge of both bites is, however, a definite * chain. The one sf the center is more prominent, and eventually hooks toward the p. The bite nf the center seems to be a hole upon closer inspection, since ** are found outside the outer edge of it. If you take the * chains on the p edge of the cluster at face value, and add in the chains f the dark bites, M13 looks like a spider facing to the p, with 6 legs all arcing forward. Four dark lanes were seen. Three of them form the propellor, which is not too difficult to see at x131. The center of the propellor is at 3'135° from the center of the cluster -- that's right near the sf edge of the BT unresolved core. The blades of the propellor run in pa 0°, 120°, and 240° from its center. They're each about 1' wide, and they run all the way to the edge of the core's glow. Only a SM bit of the core remains sf of the center of the propellor. The fourth dark lane, which is the most prominent, runs in pa 165° near the p edge of the glow. All four of these dark lanes show up well on the upper-left and lower-left pix K19870611. The propellor is best shown on S198909331 and A19891190. Some references (UB) say these dark lanes are simply spots where fewer BT** are, some (K19870611) suggest they're true obscuring dark clouds. Using the pix K1987066, I found that I can see all of the 15.5m** I tried for, but none of the 16.1m**. This is with M13 at an altitude of about 45°. If you follow the 2 BT** which are just p M13 back through M13 and continue on for about 30', you run into n6207. Fri 2005/09/30 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Gorgeous site. Its been a long time since I've observed this. This is the first thing I'm observing at my new observing site in Casco township, and this is my first observing session in about 8 years. Over 100 ** resolved to a 10' diameter at x131 over a 5' glow very gradually BTr to a nonstellar middle. | ||||||
| M14 | 173736-0314.8 | Oph | gc | 7.6 14.0m* | 11.7 round | VIII |
| Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Just a FT glow. Too FT to resolve. Tue 1985/06/18 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Sun 1986/06/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT glow. No resolution. S198607100 says there's a boomerang-shaped glow along the edge. Thu 1986/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I don't notice any such glow. The gc is pBT. I don't understand why no resolution. Tue 1987/07/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Agree with prior observations except I do get about 5 ** resolved in x272. Fri 1992/07/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 LG 5' pBT perfectly round glow with no resolution. Located 30's of the f-most * in a 60'pf line of 3 7m**. Thu 1997/08/07 10:30:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 At x262, its just barely resolved into about 25 **. pLG 3'x2.5'30° core with the resolved ** extending to 8'. BTst * is at pa 225°, just outside the core, and that * begins a chain which runs off in the same direction. I don't see any dark markings in the cluster. | ||||||
| M15 | 212958+1210.0 | Peg | gc | 6.3 12.6m* | 12.3 i | IV |
| Wed 1985/01/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM. Fuzzy. Not resolution at any power. First * off the sp corner of Great Square is XHI Peg. Go 1.5 hours p to M15. Fri 1985/08/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Gorgeous. Pretty dense and SM. At x272 its resolved to the center over the BT central haze. Tue 1984/09/11 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Beautiful gc resolves to the center. Very easy to find due to BTness. Mon 1989/09/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=3/9 No pn UHCblinks. 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 No pn UHCblinks. Resolved to the center over a SM residual glow at x282. Mon 1990/06/25 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 No pn UHCblinks. Sat 1993/08/21 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Resolved to the center over a slight residual glow. That glow gets very much BM. Very sharp, intense nucleus. Fri 1993/09/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 xBT core. GC seems a bit elongated in pa 135°. Well resolved. 9m* 6'n. This gc has a very unusual morphology. The vBT 1' core is surrounded by a 5'x3'135° boomerang-shaped glow with the inside of the curved part of the boomerang on the sp side. This is surrounded by about 50 vFT** in 5', which is sparser to the f and richer to the n than on the p and s sides. 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 crescent-shaped core fades suddenly to the gc's 4' glow. Core is off-center toward the nf by quite a bit, 1/3 of the way across the glow. Gc is peppered out to 10' diameter with **. Few ** in the s quadrant. BT* 10'n. No pn UHCblinks. Fri 1994/09/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Extremely concentrated core. Couldn't match K19900936 pix to find pn, and no pn UHCblinks. 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 Very suddenly intense nonstellar core with about 4' of glow surrounding, and ** resolved from the outer edge of the core out to 8'. Beyond the glow, ** radiate out in streamers. 1' wide dark lane runs all the way across the s edge of the glow in pa 60°. There's a 30" dark spot at pa 210° near the edge of the glow. I could not match K19900936 pix to find Pease1, and no pn UHCblinks. Searched at x131, x262 and x378 for Pease1 but couldn't see it. Thu 1994/09/29 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Dark lane runs 315° along n edge of glow with ** outside the dark lane. Pn Pease1 is on the 1st line of ** outside that lane. Another dark lane runs 90° along the s edge. These 2 combine to make a V shape, with the point of the V pointing in pa 250°. The sighting of pease1 is uncertain, but I'm pretty sure I could see a vFT nonstellar glow there. Wed 1995/08/16 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 vFT 5' misty patch, BM. Located on the line from THETA to EPSILON Peg and half of the way again as far. Its the sp of 2 "**" which trail an 8m* on that line. Mon 1995/10/16 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Saw Pease 1 tonight. | ||||||
| M16 | 1818.8-1346 | Ser | gn | 35x28 | E | |
| Wed 1985/06/05 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No nebulousity seen with or without UHC. Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 With UHC slight nebulousity seen around the 'point of the triangle' part of the oc. Just slightly BTr than field. Sun 1987/07/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No nebulousity was noted in good seeing with any power/UHC combination. Comparing to pix MW332. Slightly nebulousity in oc is probably due to dew. Sat 1987/08/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I agree with 19850617 observation. Some nebulousity was definitely seen with x49+UHC around the oc. Sat 1992/08/01 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Definite BT nebulousity around cluster using x62+UHC. Tue 1992/06/30 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 Upward even more from the horizon from M17. LG object. It has a BT stellar center and a few FTr ** resolved toward the horizon from that central *. A pLG glow underlies those resolved **. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1046 PM MST. See oc M16 observation. 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 Mediocre oc, but at x68+UHC nebulosity runs through the entire area from the point of the triangle to the center line of the triangle. 20'x10'45° glow, and from the middle of that swath, it extends np to surround the point of the triangle **. Much FTr in this second part. | ||||||
| M16 | 1818.8-1345 | Ser | oc | 6.0 8.21m* | 7 | II 3 m n |
| Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Shaped in the outline of a triangle with a bridge across the middle. 1 triangle point is very rich with 24 ** in a 4' area. Tue 1986/07/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sketched. Sun 1987/07/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The oc is only the rich point and looks a little like the Y oc in Cyg (n6910) except the BT** are the 2 ** that make up the central BT double. It might be a foreground object. Sat 1992/08/01 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 20 ** in 7' with a BT double in the center. Not compressed. Well isolated. BT** run s from oc. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1046 PM MST. pBT oval-shaped cluster aligned n-s with about 10 ** and an underlying glow. Surrounded by dn. 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 Felicity adds nothing to the cluster part of this, but see the gn entry. Mediocre oc. | ||||||
| M17 | 1820.8-1609 | Sgr | oc | 6.0 9.3m* | 11 i | III 2 p n/III 3 m |
| Sat 1987/08/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I think its the group of about 15 ** in 11'x6'120° located np OMEGA gn. Thu 1987/09/24 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 When re-examining ALTRUP I think this must be the entire OMEGA gn. Fri 1988/07/01 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 It is the area of the OMEGA gn. Mainly the area mentioned on 19870829 except I had my p's and f's confused. Its nf the nebula running 60°. Sat 1992/08/01 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Scattered group of 20 ** in a 10'x5'pf bar located just nf the BT part of the nebula. Not condensed. Well detached. | ||||||
| M17 | 1820.7-1610 | Sgr | gn | 6.0 9.3m* | 46x37 | E |
| Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT x49 glow becomes a BT check mark with UHC. Group of ** on nf edge. x122+UHC + averted vision shows the swan-shape pretty clearly. Tue 1986/07/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Prominent without UHC and great with UHC. Sat 1987/08/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Barely seeable without UHC and great with UHC. Fri 1988/07/01 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 Easily seen in x49 alone. Sat 1992/08/01 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 vBT check-mark-shaped nebula. Easy with x62 alone, but UHC really boosts the contrast. The longer part of the check-mark is about 10' long. The lower-right edge of the check-mark seems harder than the rest of the edges - possible dark nebula. The other part of the check-mark has a SM hook on the end which changes the check-mark to a numeral-2. Tue 1992/06/30 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 N from M24 through M18 and beyond comes this pLG BT 2-part glow. The part nearer the horizon is BTr, and a BT* is just a but up from the glow. 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 Prominent figure-2 shape when looked at from s. Base of the 2 is 12'x3'90°, and on the p end it goes up to the upper part of the 2, which reaches 6' upward and curls completely around to end within 4' of the base. This is at x131 alone. UHC blows my socks off. The back end extends back 20', there's a dot atop the 2, and these's a clump between the end of the curl and the base. The inside of the curl is pitch black -- must be a dn. No ** are inside the curl. Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 vBT 10'x7' checkmark with much FTr nebulosity surrounding and extending the long leg of the checkmark. Sharply cutoff on the p edge by a dark lane running in 0°. The hook on the short leg of the checkmark shows easily with no filter. FTst parts of the glow extend to 20'x10'90°. At high power there are very whispy dark lanes that cut across the nebula. | ||||||
| M18 | 1819.9-1706 | Sgr | oc | 6.9 8.65m* | 9 | II 3 p n |
| Tue 1986/07/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Pretty tight jewel-like oc. Shaped like the mushroom (n1528) but not as rich. WS sketch is good enough for identification but not well detailed. Sketched. Sat 1987/08/29 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Fri 1988/07/01 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=5/9 Central knot is arrowhead-shaped. Tue 1992/06/30 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 vSM glow just above M24. Its separated from M24 by a line of 3 **. Sat 1992/08/22 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Arrow-shaped knot points nf. Only about 20 9m..13m**. Poor cluster, not impressive. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1044 PM MST. pFT triangular knot of about 5 ** with underlying hlow and a dn at the n edge. | ||||||
| M19 | 170238-2616.1 | Oph | gc | 6.8 14.0pm* | 13.5 round | VIII |
| Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Found, but the sky is too BT to see anything but the glow. Sun 1986/06/22 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 At x272, I get steady resolution of a * on the p edge and one on the n edge. They are probably foreground **. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Obviously oval-shaped 135°. No resolution at x272. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Resolved into about 20 ** over a solid background glow at x272. Tue 1990/08/14 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=9/9 transparancy=7/9 5'x4'150°. The 2 ** mentioned in 19860628 observation are resolved at x122 easily. At x272, I resolve 15-20 ** over a BT glow. Wed 1992/05/27 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 2' round glow becoming BM. Some resolution at x122. 13m* 4'ssf. Thu 1993/07/15 at Zion Campground, Zion National Park, UT using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 1016 PM MDT. vSM FT round glow slightly BM. Barely nonstellar. 3 nearby double ** guard the n and p side of the gc. Fri 1997/06/27 23:18:00 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. BT, and pretty well resolved 4'x3'0° glow. About 20 ** resolved over the glow, with very few ** outside the glow. Not especially concentrated. Very gradually BM, without a sharp peak in the center. 2 11m* on the n edge. Mon 1997/08/04 10:31:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Oval shaped 6'x4'0°. 2 11m** on n edge, one on np and one on nf edge. BM to a core. Relative to the resolved **, the core is offset toward the n. Dark patch in the s part of the gc, slightly f the major axis. Resolution is not too spectacular because I'm looking into the glow of Detroit. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| M21 | 1804.6-2229 | Sgr | oc | 5.9 7.25m* | 13 | I 3 m/I 3 r |
| Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Tight football-shaped group of 11 ** with very sparse outliners. Mon 1986/07/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 WS is not a very good sketch. Scale is too LG and distorted. Sketched. Tue 1987/07/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This oc is the rich group nf gn n6514=M20=trifid. Sat 1992/08/01 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 38 8m..12m** in 20'. Most of the BT** are in the nf corner - a 5'x2'135° bar of 10 8m..12m**. Scattered cluster. No real concentration. Pretty well detached. Overpowered by the BT** near the Trifid. Sun 1993/07/11 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1040 PM MST. pLG grouping of about 15 ** in a square. Located just n of M8. 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 Fairly BT but not very well detached and not condensed 15' round group of about 50 **. Difficult to pin down the size and number of ** because its poorly detached so the edges are hard to define. I'm taking the center of the cluster to be the BTst * in the cluster, which is a blue one. Just n of that * is a SM 4' circle of about 8 12m** which is incomplete on the s edge, and which contains no ** in its center. Centered on the n side of that circle is a BTr *, which makes the circle look like a diamond ring. | ||||||
| M22 | 183624-2354.2 | Sgr | gc | 5.2 10.7m* | 24.0 round | VII |
| Tue 1985/07/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 20 ** resolved at x49. 50-60 at x272. Easiest gc to resolve so far. Very open. FT background haze. Tue 1987/07/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 BT LG glow at x49. Many ** resolved over a glow at x122. x272 diffuses glow enough that it looks like I resolve all the way to the center but there are probably a lot more ** than the 100 or so I can see. Sat 1992/08/29 at Fish Lake, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 At x122 I have a 3' FT glow underlying a 10' round mass of over 50 **. The BTst ones are in a 10'x5' lens shape aligned ssp-nnf, but FT** fill it out to 10' round. Pretty easy find off LAMBDA Sgr (top of the teapot), to 24 and 25 Sgr, to Gc. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1037 PM MST. pLG vBT round glow surrounded by a vLG eFT glow. | ||||||
| M23 | 1756.9-1901 | Sgr | oc | 5.5 9.21m* | 27 | III 1 m/II 2 r |
| Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 60 loose ** in an x122 field. No BT**. Thu 1986/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Figure-8 in the center. Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Good dcrp. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 25' Group of about 50 10m..** except one 8m at f edge. No central condensation. Red * at p edge of n circle of figure-8. Wed 1992/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Same observation. P the figure 8 is an arc that extends through 1/4 of a circle. Tue 1992/06/30 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 Continuing up from M8 through M20 + about 3 times their separation, then just a bit right, I find a misty patch with a few resolved ** right next to a BT*. Sun 1993/07/11 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1050 PM MST. Very soft pLG round glow with no ** resolved. One * np the cluster. 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 BT, well-detached, vLG 30' cluster of about 100 ** slightly elongated 0°. The BT** form a 30'x15'0° bar. There are several arcs of ** present, mainly running generally 90°. At the p edge of one of the arcs, right at the center of the 30' cluster is a red *. A pretty blue * is right next to it in the chain. The next arc sp-ward also terminates on the p end with a red *. vBT yellowish * on the n end of the oc. 6m* 20'np. Tue 2008/08/26 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 BT oc just barely visible in viewfinder. In a relatively barren field. About 1/2 of an x43 field, making it about 28' in size. Not quite round, about 30'x20'45°. Made up of 10m..**. Many 10m** in the oc, one 9m* on the f edge. Not particularly condensed, but very well detached from the field. BT 6m U* is 20'np. Rectangle shape in the center that's nearly devoid of **. Many * chains. Not a great cluster due to lack of compression, but easy to see because its made of so many fairly BT **. | ||||||
| M24 | 1818.5-1824 | Sgr | oc | 11p 14pm* | 5 | I 1 r n/I 2 r |
| Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very impressive. Several x49 fields in size and rich throughout. Located 50'n 150'p M25. Sat 1988/07/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Could not match WS binocular pix to the eyepiece view. I see many more ** (of course). The pix looks very distorted. The richest part of the sc is the sp region (located 50's the BTst *). It is a full x49 field of FT speckling. The SM oc n6603 was not seen partly because of inability to match WS pix and partly due to 17 day moon 20° above horizon. AD is way overexposed and is no good. At the nf edge is a 25' triangle of 7m**. The nf most is a 10' x49 double. N of the triangle is an orange * with several FT ones surrounding it out to 5'. WS dcrp says its n of the orange * so I doubt I'm seeing oc n6603. The area that looks most dense is 10'psp the s-most triangle *. Its made of 2 * chains running ns. The p-more chain is 5' long and just a few ** but the f-more chain is 7' long and has 8 **. Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 The oc n6603 is indeed just 7'n the orange *. Its an eFT glow in x49 and x122. x272 gives some resolution into myriad 13m**. Requires dark skies and good seeing. Tue 1992/06/30 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=8/9 transparancy=7/9 Moving left from M23, then up just a bit is a LG group of BT** with haze underneath them. The haze shows when I use TAPS on the mirror of my binocular holder. Sat 1992/08/22 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 n6603 is a 10'x3'5° cluster made of 2 parallel lines of 12m..** and a possible underlying glow. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1030 PM MST. Huge vBT oval glow aligned p-f with 6 BT** and at least 25 FTr resolved ** over a BT underlying glow. Its an easy BT glow to the naked eye, located 1 full teapot-height above the top of the teapot. First-class cluster. Dn shows above and below. | ||||||
| M25 | 1831.7-1914 | Sgr | oc | 4.6 6.7m* | 32 | I 2 p/I 3 m |
| Fri 1985/05/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Extremely rich center. Sparse outliners extend to 50'. Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The center is not extremely rich but does consist of a knot of 7 FT** in 3'. Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 50' field of BT loose ** with a tight central bow-saw-shaped knot. Wed 1986/07/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sketched. Tue 1987/07/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vBT. Easy find. The rich center is an oc within an oc. Sat 1992/08/29 at Fish Lake, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 40' cluster if you include the BT outliners to the N. Much more rich, though, is the S half, about 31' in size, and the N 5' of that (which is in the center of the 40' grouping) is a rich condensed knot of 10 **, including a BT red * at the knot's f edge. Internal to that core is the 3' bow-saw. ** of all magnitudes 6m..13m are in this oc. Easy find almost due n of LAMBDA Sgr (top of the teapot), and easily seen at any power. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1048 PM MST. Fairly dense round FT knot of about 10 **. No underlying glow. Outliners are shaped like a backward comma, since those ** are in a chain which goes n from cluster, then f, then s. | ||||||
| M26 | 1845.2-0923 | Sct | oc | 8.0 10.30m* | 15 | I 1 m/II 3 m |
| Wed 1986/07/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 WS sketch is perfect except the noted double. x122 required to see nebulous areas at all. Found via ALPHA, EPSILON, and DELTA Aql. Mon 1987/09/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. Mon 1988/07/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Easily found at x49 but the x122 view is definitely the best. At x49 the subtleties of the oc evade me but they really show through at x122. The * corrected in WS is confirmed as I corrected it. That * is the one sp of the BT kite-shape. WS shows this as a single * as BT as the kite ** but it's really a FT x122 double. Fri 1992/08/21 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 About 50 ** in a 15' area. Most ** are FT, making this a not-very-impressive cluster. Richest at f edge. | ||||||
| M27 | 195936.33+224316.0 | Vul | pn | 7.6 13.94m* | 8x5.6 i | 3+2 |
| Mon 1984/10/29 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT and fuzzy. Could barely see the 2 halves. Located just n of the red * GAMMA Sge. Sat 1985/04/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very easy with UHC. Best at x49+UHC. Dumbell-shape easily recognized. Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 2 cones of light attached at their vertex show easily at any power. Much FTr circular shape was seen easiest at x122 alone. At all powers, UHC hurts from here. Marty finds this near the bottom-center * of an M-shape of ** n GAMMA Sge. Sun 1993/07/11 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1100 PM MST. vFT vSM but nonstellar ghostly round glow. BT* p. Located in a very rich * field. Sat 1993/08/14 at Port Austin, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Gray, THETA-shaped, with the BT hourglass being the crossbar, aligned in pa 15°. Rich milky-way field. vFT circle surrounding the hourglass shows up in averted vision. It is more rounded and BTr on the p side, and makes a true circle with the bar. The f side of the circle is FTr and much longer (more pointed) than the bar-more oval. The hourglass is mottled on the s side - perhaps there are ** there. UHC really brings out the circle and makes it obvious with direct vision. No central * was seen. Fri 1994/05/13 at Fish Lake, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 xBT glow with obvious dumbell shape. Several embedded ** but none at center. UHC completes the pa 35° oval beautifully. Nf quadrant is BTr and sharper-edged than the sp quadrant. Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pLG pBT glow just s of a * that lies in the center of a partial circle of 7m** to its n,p and f. 2 of those ** are easy wide pairs. | ||||||
| M28 | 182433-2452.2 | Sgr | gc | 6.9 12.0m* | 11.2 round | IV |
| Tue 1985/07/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM glow in a barren field. Takes up to x272 but very little resolution. Maybe seeing foreground **. Thu 1987/08/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 5' glow. pBT for the declination/skyglow. Fairly good resolution at x272. Several ** are way outside the 5' glow -- out to about 10'. Sat 1992/08/22 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 3' pBT glow but very soft with just a hint of resolution at x122 and none at x272. vBT 1' core. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1035 PM MST. eFT eSM glow located just np the top * in the teapot. Sun 1995/07/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 3' diameter glow with resolved ** out to about 10'. Those resolved ** are in a triangular shape over the glow, with vertices at np, nf, and s. The underlying glow itself is irregularly-shaped. The central 1' is vBT, then pretty suddenly fades to FTr intensity which remains constant until the glow ends. Two-step plateau BTness gradient. The outer haze is a little bit FTR on the n side of a line that runs p-f right at the n edge of the BT inner glow. | ||||||
| M29 | 2023.9+3832 | Cyg | oc | 6.6 8.59m* | 7 | III 3 p n/II 3 m |
| Sat 1985/04/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM sparse, but well-detached H-shaped group of **. Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 16 ** counted. There are a few FT ones after all. Mon 1987/07/27 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Counted 22 ** with x122 while oc was at meridian. Fri 1992/07/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 It IS shaped more like a nuclear cooling tower than an H. 8 8m** dominate the cluster. About 15 other ** counted, but they're 11m...** and they're really no denser than the surrounding fields. Thu 1993/07/15 at Zion Campground, Zion National Park, UT using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 1023 PM MDT. Does not show up in binoculars. Fri 1993/09/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Exact same observation. | ||||||
| M30 | 214022-2310.8 | Cap | gc | 6.9 12.1m* | 11.0 oval | V |
| Sun 1985/09/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Found, but not resolved. Skyglow too BT at this declination. Fri 1986/08/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Quite an unusual gc. The 1' vBT central glow persists at all powers and at x272 I resolve about 20 ** in 6'. The unusual thing is that the resolved ** are not centered on the glow, they're way off toward the p. Also, several of these ** are in straight line spokes radiating from the glow. 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' in size, with some unusual * chains that look like they're formed by foreground **. One chain is a couple 13m** 2'315°. A second chain is 12m** 2'0°. A little BM. Not well resolved because it's very low in the sky for me. Only a little resolution beside the ** I've described here. | ||||||
| M31 | 004244.4+411608 | And | eg | 3.44:4.36 | 190.55x61.66 35° | SA(s)b I-II |
| Thu 1984/10/25 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Fuzzy. Unresolved edges. No spiral arms. vSMr than 160'x40'. More like 10'x5' was observed. Sun 1986/12/21 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Using CUpl2 I could see the knot that is at the end of the arm closest to the closest satellite eg. That entire side of the eg was noticable and the edge was rounded. The other side of the nucleus was not seen. Fri 1987/10/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Using K1987035 I could see n289 with x122 and the thing marked 'fuzzy' and 'and + *' easily. Could not see n295. This sketch is 1/2 x49 field f M31. Wed 1987/11/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT 50'x10'45° strip is aglow. Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Searched for oc n206 but couldn't find it. Used AD for quite a while on a good night. Wed 1992/01/29 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 n206 was observed tonight, and as I looked at n206 and moved the scope around, I could see that the glow from M31 was still visible way out to that size. When looking at n206, the background sky was aglow from the FTr outer regions of M31, but 1 x60 field p, the background was black. Sat 1992/02/01 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Viewed n206 again, then gc G76, from the DSO description and table. G76 was an xFT "*". Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 725 PM EST. pLG (1°) vBT glow with FT extensions in pa 225° for a 3° total length. Neither M32 nor M110 was seen. M31 is just barely naked eye from this site with AV. 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 Unless otherwise noted, all observations were at x85. I divided M31 into thirds. I used the word nucleus to mean the very center of the eg, core to mean the vBT area in the immediately vicinity of the nucleus, halo to mean the moderately BT LG region surrounding the core, and arms to mean the subtle FT spiral arm regions surrounding the halo. At the center of the eg was an xBT and sharp 9m stellar nucleus, which still appeared stellar at x170. Moving outward from this nucleus, the core of the eg remained vBT for the 0.5' radius surrounding the nucleus, then faded pretty rapidly out to a 3' radius where it blended into the eg's LG central halo. The core extended a bit further into the halo toward the sp and nf, making its total size about 12'x6', but the extensions beyond the 6' diameter round part were not appreciably BTr than the halo beyond. A 10m* was superimposed on the core 3'sp of the nucleus, and an 11m* was superimposed on the halo 6'sp of the nucleus, however, these magnitudes were difficult for me to estimate since they lay atop the eg's already-BT glow. The halo remained relatively BT for an oval-shaped area of 35'x8'30°, and this direction defined the major axis of the eg. From here on I will simplify these directions calling the ends of the major axis s and n, and the ends of the minor axis p and f. PA's are still true sky directions. The p edge of the halo was very abruptly cut off by a 3' wide dark dust lane which showed several Milky Way ** atop its blackness. Moving outward from the dust lane, still p, was a BT 5' wide swath of light, presumably a spiral arm, then a 2' wide second dust lane, then a vFT 1' wide second spiral arm. Both of the dust lanes and both of the arms were arcs which ran "parallel" to the sharply cut-off p edge of the halo. The inner arm could be traced from where it split away from the halo's s tip, to due p of the nucleus where it rapidly faded to black sky. The outer arm was only visible as a 15'x1' arc which ended 15' due p the nucleus and began 15's-ward. The n side of the halo had no dust lanes and did not reach quite as far from the nucleus as the inner edge of the dust lane on the p side. Flanking either side of the halo were much FTr but equally LG extensions to both the n and the s. The s third of the eg looked more interesting than the n third, so that's where I gazed next. The inner dust lane described above is what terminated the halo, cutting it off from the FTr s arms. The cut was clean and black from the central major axis toward the p, but f of the major axis, the FT glow of the s arms reached inward to touch the inner halo. At the point along the major axis where the inner dust lane ended, a straight line of 3 superimposed 11m** separated by about 5' each ran along the major axis. The first was right at the s outer edge of the halo, the 3rd was at the inner edge of the innermost arm, and the 2nd was centered both between those 2 ** and within the dust lane. M32 is 15'sf these **. Just f of those **, the inner arm reached out from behind the halo, running s past the beginning of the dust lane, curving p around the s edge of the inner dust lane, and continuing its curve until it was heading n under the outer edge of the inner dust lane as described above in the central region. As the arm curved around the s of the halo, it, as well as all features s-ward were pFT. Only when the telescope was swept p and f and the BTness of the sky in this region was compared against the background sky outside the arms did it become obvious that I was still seeing M31's glow. About 20's along the major axis from the central one of the 3 ** at the beginning of the dust lane, and a bit p the major axis, was n206, a 4'x2'0° BTening in outer arm. At x170, n206 showed a few stellar dots with BT underlying nebulosity, but I don't know whether those ** are really within n206 or simply superimposed. n206 is the BTst feature in M31 outside of the core. The part of the arms s of n206 was filled with dark patches and the arms of M31 in this region became harder to trace as connected features. However, one clear feature was a dust lane which began at the f edge of n206. It ran s, then curved a bit toward the f and forked into one branch which continued running U, and another branch which rapidly curved f and ran off toward the nf. S-ward still, the eg's glow eventually disappeared about 15's of n206, which in turn was 45's of the nucleus of M31. Returning back to the central region and heading n, the eg showed much less detail than in the s third. This n third consisted of a much more homogenous glow with no dark lanes, abrupt edges, or intense BTenings. It was simply half of a very LG oval, running for a total distance of about 80'n from the nucleus. It was 20' wide at the n edge of the halo, and gradually tapered off to 10' in width at a point 10' from the n edge, after which it rapidly came to a rounded end with black sky beyond. Switching to x44 and returning to the central region, more glow appeared on the f side of the major axis than had at x85. This xFT glow appeared BTr on the n and s thirds of the eg than in the central third. In the s region, it reached its peak BTness in the area s of M32. In the n region, it appeared equally BT for the entire n 40' of the eg. I couldn't see this FT glow as easily in the central 60' of the eg, but comparison with the sky field following it showed that an xFT glow was still present there. All told the eg showed me light from a 140'x40' area of the sky. Next I used OHO to find gc's and oc's. Using x131, I *-hopped from n206 to the gc G76, which was easily visible as a 13m stellar dot just 30"300° of a 13m superimposed *. I'd never have known I was looking at a gc without the labelled pix, but it was a thrill to be viewing a gc in another eg with Felicity. Oc C202 and oc C203 appeared as 13m stellar dots separated by about 15" from each other with a little bit of surrounding fuzz. They were located on the sf edge of the halo. Oc C410 was just a 14m dot near my limit of detection, located a bit outside the nf edge of the halo. Mon 1995/10/16 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 At low power, the two dust lanes and arms are easily visible tonight. n206 shows easily. The BT nucleus shows well, centered in the core. There is a 12m* superimposed about 4'p the nucleus. At x262, I see an 11m stellar nucleus in the center. At x478, the nucleus is still stellar. I did NOT see G156, G119, C179, G96 nor G52. Clusters C202 and C203 show up as 2 slightly nebulous ** which are separated from each other by about 20" in pa 345°. G76 is easy at x131. Its really close to a 13m* in pa 135°. Cluster C107 is distinctly nonstellar at x135. Its xFT and seeable only with averted vision. C205 is an xFT glow seen only with averted vision only, and is located in an interesting region of M31. Two dust lanes with a BT lane between them appear, and C205 is on inner edge of the BT lane. These lanes are really well delineated, and were seen easily at x131. G87 was seen as a 14m stellar dot. Sun 1995/10/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 Tonight I'm looking for more of the gcs and associations on DSO17. A67 just barely shows as a BTening. Its nonstellar, more like a nebulous smudge just barely BTr than the background. G78 is a definitely-there 13m stellar dot at x170. G280 is 14m stellar and pretty easy to find, being about half way between a BT pair of ** and a single * which is closer to the major axis of M31. M31's glow is still visible in the G78 area. G78 is also part of a triangle with a * and cluster C410. C410 is a fuzzy nonstellar 3" glow at x170. G272 is right nearby, just about 5' away. Its stellar, FTr than G280. G279 is the FTst one so far, and is seen with averted vision only. Its lucky that its positioned between 2 BT**, or else it would be much harder to find and identify. I don not see A40, A41, or A42, but this region does have some interesting dark lanes in it which are fairly obvious at x170. See tonight's observation of n206. A54 is an obvious BTening at x68, similar in appearance to n206 but not as LG or BT. A curving chain of ** points right to it from the pnp and makes it pretty easy to find. Its round, and 2' in size. At x170, a 14m* shows, which is either superimposed or is the core HII region of this association. This association is located on the inner edge of a BT lane, outer edge of a dark lane that runs in pa 60°. The UHC blocks both the the glow and the 14m point. x262 reduces this association to only the 14m stellar point. A49 is much more subtle, its just barely there at x68, showing as a 0.5' fuzzy glow. There's a 4' anchor shape of 11m** on the nf side, and a 10m* about 5's. | ||||||
| M32 | 004241.9+405155 | And | eg | 8.08:9.03 | 8.71x6.46 170° | cE2 |
| Wed 1985/02/27 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM smear found via M31. Tue 1986/10/07 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' fuzzball 30' due s of the nucleus of M31. vBT stellar nucleus. 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 xBT 4'x3'135° glow with a slightly BTr 1' round core and an 11m stellar nucleus centered within the core. Mon 1995/10/16 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 At x131, its a 4'x3'150° round glow gradually BTr in the middle, with an intensely BTr stellar nucleus. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| M34 | 0242.0+4247 | Per | oc | 5.2 7.33m* | 35.0 | II 3 m/II 3 r |
| Mon 1984/10/29 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 First class. Lots of blue, white doubles. Shaped kind of like a spiral eg. Easy to find. Well detached. Sun 1985/12/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very loose 40' cluster. Stands out well. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 720 PM EST. About 10 vFT** in a pSM glow which surrounds most of them. One of the ** is off by itself to the s of the glow. 2 ** point to the cluster from the n within 2°. Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT pLG glow with several 8m..9m** superimposed. | ||||||
| M35 | 0608.8+2420 | Gem | oc | 5.1 8.2m* | 28 | III 2 m/III 3 r |
| Mon 1984/11/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Use pleiades to find. Tue 1984/12/04 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very rich and vBT. Many blue **, doubles, and swirls. Good field at all powers. Located just n of Gem's p-more toe. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Several arcs of ** including a 10' arc of ** from the center to the n edge. That arc ends on the BTst * in the oc (which is right on the n edge). The center 5' of the oc is empty except for a couple of 13m**. Sat 1994/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using Sears Dosciver 7x50 Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 830 pm EST. vLG round grouping of 6 resolved ** with a lot of unresolved nebulousity surrounding. Located on top of Gemini's p foot. | ||||||
| M36 | 0536.1+3408 | Aur | oc | 6.0 8.9m* | 12 | II 3 m/I 3 r |
| Fri 1984/11/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy to find. Stands out well. Not very dense, but pretty. Denser in center. Arms extend out of center. Easily resolved. Fits well in x136 but this does not resolve any new **. Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 5 arms of ** coming out of a central ring of **. First * on the sf arm is a very pBT close x49 double *. Sat 1994/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using Sears Dosciver 7x50 Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 930 pm EST. M36, M37, and M38 are all pLG pBT circular glows of unresolved **. They're in a nearly straight line with only M37 outside of the pentagon of Auriga. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 745 PM EST. pLG circular glow with no resolution. There's a 7m* about 60'315° and another 60'135° | ||||||
| M37 | 0552.4+3233 | Aur | oc | 5.6 9.2m* | 24 | II 1 r/I 2 r |
| Fri 1984/11/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 This is vFT but gorgeous. At least 100 ** are barely resolved with x49. x136 resolves more. The BTr ** are shaped like a fat boomerang. Sun 1984/12/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Fills the x122 field. Looks almost like an overgrown (or very close) gc. Since most of the ** are so FT I'd assume this oc is distant therefore vLG. Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 The oc is a salt-and-pepper speckling of mainly FT** displaying a central knot. The BTst ** are in the central knot and a bar extending from the center to the f edge and a bar from the center to the sp edge. These BTst ** form the boomerang-shape. Sat 1994/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using Sears Dosciver 7x50 Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 930 pm EST. M36, M37, and M38 are all pLG pBT circular glows of unresolved **. They're in a nearly straight line with only M37 outside of the pentagon of Auriga. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 750 PM EST. pLG round glow with no resolution. Nf-most of 3 "**". The other 2 are real **, about 7m. | ||||||
| M38 | 0528.6+3550 | Aur | oc | 6.4 9.5m* | 21 i | III 2 m/II 2 r |
| Fri 1984/11/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Denser than oc n1960 (at 0534). Approximately the same shape. Many doubles that turn into triples if I study long enough. Roughly *-shaped. BCH calls this PI-shaped. Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 The BTst ** are organized into nearly straight lines that radiate n s p and f of oc center. The n arm is curved toward the f. F the f arm are the 2 BTst ** in the field. Sat 1994/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using Sears Dosciver 7x50 Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 930 pm EST. M36, M37, and M38 are all pLG pBT circular glows of unresolved **. They're in a nearly straight line with only M37 outside of the pentagon of Auriga. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 740 PM EST. pLG round glow with no resolution. Located at the n point of a 2° eye-outline-shape. | ||||||
| M39 | 2132.2+4827 | Cyg | oc | 4.6 6.83m* | 32 | III 2 p/III 2 m |
| Wed 1985/01/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 A lot like the Beehive. Just as BT and dense and rich but much SMr. Found using Deneb nf to arrow asterism which points to line asterism. Follow the line f for twice its length. Sat 1986/08/02 at Utica, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Obvious in binoculars. Fri 1988/08/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=4/9 The BTst ** which there are a lot of form a triangle-shape with one point pointing to the psp. A loose 40' oc which has very few FT** compared to the number of BT ones. Probably very close in space. Wed 1991/10/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 Detailed cmap completed. Thu 1993/07/15 at Zion Campground, Zion National Park, UT using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 1026 PM MDT. Triangle shape of about 10 ** + glow. 2 cluster ** and 1 non-cluster * form an equally spaced line np-sf. Sf-most of those 3 is the non-member. Fri 1993/09/24 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Drawing was updated a bit. Riyad sees 1 magnitude FTr. Fri 1994/12/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 35' Equilaterial triangle of 15 8m..9m** with many FTr **. Sides of triangle are in pa 105°, 165°, and 45°. Corners are at 135°, 85° and 25°. Not condensed at all. Rich field, but stands out well because of the xBT members. There are many FTr ** but its impossible to know which are part of the oc and which are background **. The spike of ** just left of center of K19910945 pix was not seen, but the BT clump around the BT* at left edge is very pretty, and the clump of FT** just n of that spike is visible at x131 and higher. The nf-most * in the oc is a pretty red-blue wide pair. F that pair is a 5' wide dark lane which runs in pa 15°, and right on the other side of the dark lane from the red-blue * is a beautiful condensed 3'x2'0° bowtie-shaped group of 22 13..15m**. The bowtie is seen when viewed with f on the bottom. Its a misty patch at x43 which resolves nicely at higher powers. The dark lane can be traced about 1.5°s, then you run into **. Right there, turn f and follow the very wide dark lane, b168. This can be traced easily for about 3° toward the i5146 cocoon gn. Both n and s of this 1°-wide dark lane are rich * fields. Sat 2016/06/25 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=3/9 transparancy=5/9 50' cluster of about 20 9m or BTr **, and another 20 of 10m and 11m, with several FTr ** especially to the np. | ||||||
| M40 | 122219.071+580510.77 | UMa | ms | 9.0 9.3 | 50.1"83° | F8 |
| Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy. Near BT*. 9m*, 9.3m* 50"83°. Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 Easy double. BT 6m T* 70 UMa 20'ssp. | ||||||
| M41 | 0647.0-2043 | CMa | oc | 4.5 6.9m* | 38 round | II 3 m/I 3 r |
| Wed 1985/01/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 It doesn't look like 2 groups to me. 2 red 8m** surrounded by 60-70 FTr. Fits x122 nicely. Too bad the city leaves a BT background glow. Located 4° due s of Sirius. Sat 1988/02/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 LG BT circular oc. Center * red. Sat 1994/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using Sears Dosciver 7x50 Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 820 pm EST. pLG round grouping of about 15 ** located almost 1 binocular field s (and just a little f) of Sirius. BT* is just outside the sf edge of the cluster. | ||||||
| M42 | 0535.3-0523 | Ori | gn | 5 2.9m* | 66x60 | E+R |
| Sun 1984/12/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Gorgeous BT nebula with a bite taken out. BT 4 * multiple near the bite. Wed 1985/02/27 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I can't see ** e f or h on BCH1327. Sat 1994/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using Sears Dosciver 7x50 Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 810 pm EST. 2 BT ** with a vBT pLG 30' glow surrounding. Glow extends much further to the p of the ** than the f, and just a bit further s than n. The glow is oval-shaped with a ratio of about 3 to 2, aligned 90°. Sun 1995/10/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 I've been so overwhelmed by M42 that in almost 11 years of telescopic observation with perhaps 200 times of observing it, I've written a grand total of 15 words of observing notes. How did I ever get my Messier certificate? Its time to make amends. In x68 with no filter, M42 is a gorgeous site, easily the most detailed nebula in the sky. The 37' field is completely aglow, with more nebulosity outside the field toward the s. The trapezium is at one end of a dark bite in the nebula that points f. This dark nebula is often called the fish's mouth, or Sinus Magnus, the Great Gulf. A look at the complete field makes the fish rather obvious. Just p the trapezium is the BTst part of the nebula itself. Its definitely green, with the strongest green nearest to the trapezium and becoming paler green as it moves outward from there. The green area is definitely square-shaped, with a very sharp and straight cutoff toward the sp and sf. The np edge of the square is a bit less squared-off and is softer. There's all kinds of texture throughout M42, especially in and near this inner square. At x478, this region is a mass of overlapping swirls of nebulosity which I've read others describe as cirrus. Steve Coe calls them storm clouds. The BT central area surrounding the Trapezium is named Regio Huygeniana. Moving p from the trapezium is a whisp of vBT nebulosity that becomes thinner the further I move from the trapezium. About 20' away from the trapezium is a fork where part of the nebulosity continues in a straight line, and the other fork sharply bends to the sf and runs in that direction for a SM distance. Running sf from the trapezium is a thick whisp of nebulosity that curls gradually toward the s, and this has just the slightest reddish twinge to it. It has a real sharp cutoff on the inside (p), and is much more gradual cutoff on the outside (f). This whisp is broken into two tendrils, Proboscis Major and Proboscis Minur, the Greater and Lesser Trunks. The darkness between is dubbed Regio Messierana. Running sp from the trapezium is the real sharp edge of green mentioned before, then a very thin 1' dark lane, and then FT gray nebulosity picks up again. Running nf, in addition to the fish's mouth there's a dark lane a few arcminutes wide separating M42 from M43. M43 is a definite comma-shape of nebulosity, which I'll describe in two parts. The M42-ward, round part of the comma has a BT* embedded off-center toward the nf. Attaching to the nf quadrant of the round part is the FTr arc part of the comma. It shows white nebulosity toward the np and lack of nebulosity toward the nf. At x170, there's a definite dark lane between the round part and the arc part, so the arc part is really a separate detached nebula that's about 6'x2'. Another part of M42 that looks a little bit reddish is the sp-most edge of the nebula. A whisp of nebulosity bends sp, with the strongest reddish twinge along its np edge. 6 ** are easy in the trapezium at x170. The two ** that are added to the 4 BT** of the trapezium are one thats between the 2 np ** (e on my diagram, 11m), and another that's right f the s-most * (f on my diagram, 11m). The texture in this part of the nebula becomes much more enhanced at x170. Along the wing that comes away from the trapezium toward the f, there's a long thin piece of nebulosity thats detached, n of the main wing. With the UHC, the BTst part of the nebula is about 40'. In the s part of the nebula is a LG oval 30'x15'90° hole missing nebulosity, surrounded by a by a loop of FT nebulosity further s which almost reaches the BT** s of M42. This loop connects the p and f wings of M42. The f edge of M42 is much sharper than the p edge, which just gradually fades into background sky. | ||||||
| M43 | 0535.5-0516 | Ori | gn | vBT 6.85m* | 20x15 | E+R |
| Tue 1985/02/19 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Tried all UHC/powers. Thu 1985/11/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Surrounds NU Ori. Easy at x49+UHC and x122. Poor at x122+UHC. pFT under best conditions. Sun 1988/01/10 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 vFT glow around the * just n of Orion nebula. Tonight I found it easiest at x49 alone. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Nope. Sun 1995/10/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 See tonight's observations of M42. | ||||||
| M44 | 0840.0+1959 | Cnc | oc | 3.1 6.3m* | 95 | II 2 m/II 3 m |
| Mon 1984/11/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 25 vBT** in almost 50'. Located at the center of the triangle formed by Pollux, Procyon and Regulus. Sat 1988/02/13 at Utica, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Easily seen in viewfinder and a nice sight in binoculars, too. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Several BT multiple **. Very sparse in any telescopic power. Best view is through viewfinder or binoculars. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Fairly sparse 90' round group of about 80 6m..13m**. Even spread in magnitude. Pretty yellow / blue pair at center. Very isolated. Well detached. Not condensed. Wed 1992/05/27 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 None of the egs on pix S199003347 were seen at x122. M44 is pretty low, but I suspect I need more aperture to see them. By the way, M44 has a 20' house-shape of BT** in the center. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 915 PM EST. vBT vLG (1.5°) round group of at least 20 **. Many FTr outliners beyond the 1.5° are probably not members. Easy find just a bit Castorward of the center of the triangle made by Castor, Procyon, and Regulus. Located in the center of a 3° triangle of 5m**. At the averted vision naked-eye limit for this site after I know where to look. This is really one of the better binocular objects in the sky. No noticable nebulousity. Sun 1995/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=8/9 transparancy=5/9 Doesn't quite fit into the x30 field. Many outstandingly colorful **. A tight 3' triangle of a very red, blue, and purple * is just a bit f the center of the cluster and points in pa 30°. Another triangle is near the np edge of the cluster and contains a yellow, blue, and purple ** in a slightly LGr triangle. 14's from the first triangle is a 4'x2' triangle of ** which points in pa 210° with a red * at the s point and 2 blue ** along the n edge. Just sf those is a wide pair that look yellowish and blueish. There's a chevron-shape of BT** at the np edge of the cluster which points toward the np (actually pa 150°). The second triangle mentioned above is at the nf corner of that chevron. Cluster is not condensed at all, but stands out extremely well from the field and is naked eye even in these hazy skies. | ||||||
| M45 | 0347.0+2407 | Tau | oc | 1.2 2.87m* | 110 | I 3 r n |
| Thu 1984/10/25 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Huge easy dipper-shaped group of BT**. Easily seeable with naked eye. Won't nearly fit in x49. Best overall view is through viewfinder. x49 shows many multiple **. Thu 1984/12/20 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Saw the 2 flair ** but no magnitude change. Wed 1985/02/27 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 From BCH1884 saw A 20"100° wrong. B=100"215°. C=4"340°. D=5"260°. E=7"250°. Mon 1991/08/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=8/9 Slightly LGr than the x30 field. Counted 50 ** in 1/3 of the cluster at x30, so I'll estimate 150 4m..12m**. Most ** are blue-white, but a few are green, a few are blue, and a couple have a hint of yellow. The bowl is toward the p, and the handle is toward the f. The bowl opens nf. There is an interesting chain of ** s of the * that joins the bowl to the handle. Sat 1994/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using Sears Dosciver 7x50 Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 800 pm EST. 6 BT** in the shape of a very short-handled dipper, with about 10 FTr ** surrounding. Fills 1/4 of my binocular field. Right below where the bowl meets the handle, there's a pretty arc-shaped chain of 5 FT**. | ||||||
| M46 | 0741.8-1448 | Pup | oc | 6.1 8.7m* | 27 | III 2 m/II 2 r |
| Sun 1984/12/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Rich with vFT**. Sun 1985/03/10 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easiest to find via M47. Move 25's 6'f. Tue 1985/03/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 100 FT** + pn n2438 spread across a full 30' field. No central knot noted. Not as dense as winter salt-and-pepper but same salt-and-peppery appearance. Tue 1991/10/15 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=7/9 30' cluster of 100 11m..13m** with 2 10m**, too. Slightly compressed. Well detached. Sat 1994/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using Sears Dosciver 7x50 Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 900 pm EST. About 1/4 field fsf of M47, a vFT pLG circular glow of unresolved **. Required averted vision to see. | ||||||
| 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 **. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| M49 | 122946.5+075958 | Vir | eg | 8.41:9.37 | 10.23x8.32 155° | E2 |
| Sat 1985/02/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 In fair seeing at home I tried 5 times. Sure of location each time. There was 7/8 moon low in the p. Tue 1985/04/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same results with no moon. Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pBT glow. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 5' FT glow with a 1' BT nucleus. Sat 1988/05/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=2/9 Same observation + 12m* 2'f the BT nucleus. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 pBT 3' glow gradually BM to a 0.5' core. 12m* 2'f core. Possibly slightly elongated 0°. BT** 50'f and 35'p and 50'p. | ||||||
| M50 | 0703.2-0820 | Mon | oc | 5.9 7.8m* | 16.0 oval | II 3 m/II 3 r |
| Tue 1985/01/08 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Fairly rich splash with many doubles. WS sketch is perfect. Center of the oc is richer than outlining area. Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Heart-shaped. 1 red * 7's of center. Center is about 7'. Full oc is 30'. Sat 1988/03/05 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 The heart-shape is sideways with the point of the heart to the p. Those are only the BTst **. Others surround. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 A central knot of about 15 ** in 7' surrounded by a fairly empty area surrounded by the BT heart-shaped outliners. Sat 1994/02/05 at Imlay City, MI using Sears Dosciver 7x50 Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 910 pm EST. pSM fuzzy glow. Begin at Sirius, go through GAMMA CMa, then 2 more times that distance in the same direction. There is a BT* just p the cluster. No ** were resolved. | ||||||
| M51 | 132953.3+471148 | CVn | eg | 8.36:8.96 | 11.22x6.92 163° | SA(s)bcP I |
| Sun 1985/03/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2 SM glows. BT* f. Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Mottled surface but no tracable arms. Mon 1986/06/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Definite mottling glimpsed with averted vision. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 2 1' BT non-stellar nuclei aligned ns separated by 7'. The s-more is slightly BTr and has a FT 5' glow surrounding it. No mottling was seen tonight in that glow. 7m or 8m* 20'f. Sun 1990/05/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 I'm a little bit disappointed in this one. From these dark skies I was hoping to see lots of clear detail in the Whirlpool but all I see is some mottling at x61. 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 2 BT cottonballs with a vFT haze surrounding the pair. 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. Superb view. The spiral arms around the n5194 are clearly visible with direct vision. The connection to the companion n5195 is harder and FTr, but still visible. That arm becomes much BTr in the vicinity of n5195. This sight makes all the time and work involved in making Felicity worthwhile. Fri 1994/05/13 at Fish Lake, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Spiral structure obvious. An arm comes out of the sp quadrant of the nucleus and wraps clockwise around the n edge, then the f edge, and on to the sf edge, where a BT* is just inside the arm. Then the arm becomes FTr and FTr as it wraps s, p, and np to n5195. Either I cannot see the other arm, or I'm confusing the arms. Sat 1994/05/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Showed it to Ed Watson and he agreed that the spiral arms are easy to see. Looked for the supernova, but to no avail. Fri 1994/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 I was misinterpreting the arms before, joining the 2 distinct arms together into one arm which wrapped once too many times around the nucleus. The 2 egs are aligned in pa 0°. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| M52 | 2324.3+6135 | Cas | oc | 6.9 8.22m* | 13 | I 2 r/II 2 r |
| Sat 1984/12/22 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM and gorgeous. One 9m* surrounded by a dense speckling of many FT 11m..**. Find by beginning at AR Cas (2nd * off BETA Cas), 36'p, then n to oc. Fri 1985/08/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 WS sketch is poor. Mon 1985/09/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 40 FT** glimmering around a 9m*. Most of the FT** are f the BT*. Unresolved nebulousity on f edge. Sat 1989/09/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Area and detailed cmap sketched. Thu 1993/07/15 at Zion Campground, Zion National Park, UT using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 1030 PM MDT. SM vFT ghostly glow with no ** resolved. Located jost s the line from BETA Cep to IOTA Cep to M52. An arc of 6 FT** in a cup shape opening to the f is jost f the glow, and it reminds me of CrB. BTst nearby * is just n the glow of M52. Wed 2005/11/02 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 12' round cluster with a red * toward the p edge. Many FTr ** are added at x262, bringing the total up to well over 100 **. Not compressed. Stands out well from the field. Interesting grouping a bit f the center of the cluster. There are 3 pairs of **, the center is actually 3 **, and they're oriented like the rays of sunshine a child draws around the sun. | ||||||
| M53 | 131255+1810.2 | Com | gc | 7.7 13.8m* | 12.6 i | V |
| Sat 1985/02/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 5 ** barely resolved. Very difficult. Tue 1985/04/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same results. Wed 1985/05/08 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 5 or 10 ** barely resolved against the haze with x272. vFT. Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 LG BT glow with 5-10 ** resolved at x272. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vBT. More like 20-30 ** resolved at x272. Sat 1988/06/04 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 About 10-15 ** resolved over the central glow at x272. Wed 1992/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Same observation, plus there is a BT* at the sf edge, and a 10m pair is 10'160°. Fri 1994/05/13 at Fish Lake, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 At high power, I have about 50 ** resolved over the BT central glow. Oddly, there are almost no ** f the glow. Mon 1997/06/09 22:25:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Pretty compressed, with a 2' diameter glow and ** resolved over the center and out to a diameter of 4'. Resolves easily at x262. 11m* or 12m* 2'15° from center. | ||||||
| M54 | 185503-3028.7 | Sgr | gc | 7.7 15.2m* | 9.1 round | III |
| Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nearly stellar and all alone in the field at x49. x122 and x272 don't resolve at all but clearly show its a gc. Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 vBT central 1' surrounded by a FT 3' glow. No resolution at x122 or x272. Sat 1992/08/29 at Fish Lake, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Suddenly vBT stellar 1' core with 1 2' glow surrounding. No resolution. 10m* 15'fsf. | ||||||
| M55 | 193959-3057.7 | Sgr | gc | 6.3 11.2m* | 19.0 round | XI |
| Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vLG and vFT glow at x49. At x122 the glow disappears but I resolve about 10 **. Mon 1988/08/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Extremely difficult to see at x49. Required meridian. 1 hour p meridian in tree notch I was unable to see. In x122 I resolve about 30 ** with no underlying glow at all. Sat 1992/08/22 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=4/9 vFT 5' glow with a few resolved ** at x122. | ||||||
| M56 | 191636+3011.1 | Lyr | gc | 8.4 13.0pm* | 7.1 i | X |
| Thu 1985/06/13 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT. Hints of resolution at x122 and x272. Use THETA Lyr to find. Sun 1987/07/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 10 ** resolved in x272 + averted vision in the central 3'. About 20 more ** out to about 5'. Those 20 ** are beyond the quoted size but they sure look isolated and FT enough to be members. Sat 1992/08/01 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 4' very soft glow with a few ** resolved at x122. Not really BM -- pretty even glow. 9m* about 3'p. Sat 1993/10/23 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 3' very soft glow with about 20 12m.. ** sprinkled in the surrounding 5'. 8m* 5'p. Best at x188. Fri 1994/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 Very unremarkable 3' round glow with about 15 ** resolved at x378. Easy find 1/2 of the way from Albireo to GAMMA Lyr. | ||||||
| M57 | 185335.09+330144.5 | Lyr | pn | 9.7 14.8m* | 86"x62"/150" | 4+3 |
| Mon 1984/10/29 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM fuzzy and FT. I could see the outside and the inside of the donut-shape. Mon 1985/06/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 With reticle, I measured it at 6 seconds transit = 1.25'. Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 After 4 years of observation this there's still not a better description than "a BT easy donut-shape". Its easily seen in x49 and x122 both without UHC. UHC doesn't enhance it at all. Several neighbors have seen it in my telescope and none has had trouble seeing the donut structure. I've never seen the central *. Mon 1992/07/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Elongated in 70°. vFT 13m* 2'f. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1042 PM MST. Not seen. Sat 1993/08/14 at Port Austin, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 No central * was seen, but an eFT* is 30"f. Fri 1994/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 That eFT* 30"f is not so FT at all in Felicity. Pn is elongated about 9 to 7 in pa 60°. 2 eFT** 1'p. Still no central * was seen, in either Felicity or Fred Judd's 16 inch f4.5. Mon 1995/07/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Cannot see either of the ** inside the ring, nor either of the 2 ** on the ring. Several FT** surround. Sat 1995/09/23 at Birmingham, OH using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 I see no ** on the ring, but at the very center is a very subtly peak which might be the central *. It appears best at x478. That is the only thing that I see within the ring, though, so since there are BTr ** than the central * inside the ring this observation is doubtful. Fri 2005/09/30 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 Elongated 90°. BTr on the f edge than the p edge. 13m* 3'105°. 14m* 2'315°. At x378 still no central * shows. | ||||||
| M58 | 123744.2+114911 | Vir | eg | 9.66:10.48 | 5.89x4.68 95° | SAB(rs)b |
| Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' circular glow. vBT* 5'p. Sat 1988/05/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=2/9 2' glow with a BT stellar nucleus. 8m* 8'p. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Exact same observation. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 LG and vFT 3' round halo with a 10m 1' core with wings which run in pa 60°. Looks like the bar of a face-on barred spiral. 8m* 10'p. | ||||||
| M59 | 124202.5+113849 | Vir | eg | 9.63:10.57 | 5.37x3.72 165° | E5 |
| Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT glow. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3' glow. BT* 10'np. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 2'x1'ns glow surrounding an x122 stellar nucleus. Sun 1992/05/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 3'x1'15° glow becomes gradually slightly BTr to a nonstellar core, and at x122, to a 12m stellar nucleus. Forms a 3-4-5 right triangle with a 10m* 6'10° and a 9m U* 10'315°. 12m* 2'n. 12m* 4'p. The much LGr and BTr M60 is 30'f. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 3'x1.5'0° halo with BT core and 11m stellar nucleus. 11m* in n tip. M60 30'105°. 9m* 8'30°. 8m* 10'330°. Just s of the line connecting M59 and M60 are n4637 and n4638. | ||||||
| M60 | 124340.3+113258 | Vir | eg | 8.84:9.81 | 7.41x6.03 105° | E2 |
| Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT glow. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 4' vBT glow. BT* 20'np. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 At x122 I see a 10m stellar nucleus with a gradually fading glow out to about 3'x2'pf. Sun 1992/05/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 3' round glow gradually much BM to a sudden 11m stellar nucleus at x122. n4647 is an xFT 1.5' glow 3'np. M59 30'285°. 9m U* 20'np. 10m* 18'f. 12m* 6'nnf. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Almost in contact with n4647 4'330°. pLG FT 4'x3'105° homogenous halo with a BT 11m nonstellar core. 11m* 8'60°. 12m* 8'165° is part of a tiny triangle. Nearest U* is 9m 20'330°. Just s of the line connecting M59 and M60 are n4637 and n4638. | ||||||
| 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°. | ||||||
| M62 | 170113-3006.8 | Oph | gc | 6.4 13.0pm* | 14.1 | IV |
| Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nearly stellar center with slight 5' haze at x49. Not BT but still conspicuous in the field. x122 shows unresolved glow. x272 gives hint at resolution but no ** for sure. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Not round. Oval-shaped ns with central BT glow off center to the np. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 pFT 3' gc BM to a 0.5' BT core. No resolution at x122. Core appears centered tonight. Possibly slightly elongated 45°. 13m* 4'sf. 12m* 8'sp. 9m* 20'sp. Wed 1992/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Tried to see the beard Steve Coe mentioned, but couldn't. Perhaps there's too much skyglow here. Try from Hawthorn Hollow. Wed 1992/05/27 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Central glow is off-center to the p. Most FT** are off the sf, f, and nf edges of the glow, and almost none are p. That must be the beard Steve Coe mentioned. Thu 1993/07/15 at Zion Campground, Zion National Park, UT using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 1020 PM MDT. vFT vSM round glow slightly BM. Barely nonstellar. 9m* just n. Fri 1997/06/27 23:53:00 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. LGst and BTst gc in the area. 3' glow slightly elongated sp-nf, gradually BM until a suddenly much BTr 0.5' core is reached. Looks like the sf edge is blocked by an intervening dust cloud. Very well resolved, with a bunch of 13m** p and np, just outside the glow. Mon 1997/08/04 10:50:00 EDT at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 vSM core compared to the size of the resolved halo. 3 BTness tiers. Pretty intense 1' BT core, then FTr glow that's 3'x2' elongated roughtly 0°. Resolved ** form the 3rd tier, roughly 5'x4'0°. SM BT core fades very suddenly to the FTr glow. Outer core is flattened on the nf side, though DSO says sf. | ||||||
| M63 | 131549.3+420206 | CVn | eg | 8.59:9.31 | 12.59x7.24 105° | SA(rs)bc II |
| Wed 1985/05/08 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT 3'x1'pf streak. Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 pFT. 6'x3'. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 5'x3'pf glow. Steady BTness increase towards the nucleus which is off-center to the s. Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 9m* 3'p. Sun 1992/05/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 4'x2'100° glow which is fairly BT but is overpowered by a 9m* 4'80°. Central 1'x0.5' is mottled, but a persistant 12m stellar spot is assumed to be the nucleus. S edge of the eg ends more abruptly than the n edge, making the nucleus appear off-center to the s. Probably a dust lane. !Comparing pix AD142, I'm not seeing the arms at all. Fri 1994/05/13 at Fish Lake, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT oval glow with ratio of 3 to 1, in pa 100°. Gradually BM to a core, then suddenly much BTr at a stellar nucleus. S edge of eg is sharper than n edge. | ||||||
| M64 | 125644.3+214105 | Com | eg | 8.52:9.36 | 10.00x5.37 115° | (R)SA(rs)ab |
| Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT 7'x3'120° glow. No black edge spotted but the BTst area is off-center to the s. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 LG BT 5'x3'120° glow. Very gradual BTness increase towards the nucleus which is off-center to the s. Sun 1992/05/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 LG BT 5'x3'110° mottled glow at x122 with a stellar nucleus which is slightly off-center toward the p. I do not see any arms or the dark lane at x122, x65, x49, or x30. Fri 1994/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 vBT 6'x3'95° glow. Entire disk is vBT, and becomes a very little bit BTr toward the center until a suddenly xBT 10m stellar nucleus. At 1'60° from the nucleus is the black eye, easy with averted vision. Its about 1'x0.5', in an arc shape with the nucleus located toward the center of the curved arc. 10m* 5'60°. | ||||||
| M65 | 111855.3+130535 | Leo | eg | 9.33:10.25 | 9.77x2.88 174° | SAB(rs)ab II |
| Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find with M66 in field. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 6'x2'ns glow. Not vBT, distinctly non-stellar nucleus -- at x122 it looks like its about 1.5'x1.5'. 11m* on sp edge. Mon 1992/04/27 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=9/9 Very soft and pFT 5'x2'175° glow becomes suddenly much BM at a 1.5' round core. I see no stellar nucleus within that core. No dust lane was seen. Sat 1994/05/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pBT 8'x3'160° oval which becomes gradually BTr to a 3' round core and then very suddenly to an 11m stellar nucleus. Core becomes gradually BTr toward the nucleus, then the nucleus really jumps out. No dark lanes show up. 10m* 4's. 11m* 4'30°. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 vBT 8'x2'165° streak slightly BM to a 1'x0.5'45° core with a stellar nucleus superimposed at the center. Halo is BTr on the n side than on the s side, and on the n side it has a bit of a curve toward the f. I see no texture in the halo, but the f side of the eg is cutoff more sharply than the p side, so I might be seeing a dark lane on the f side, but I see no glow from the eg beyond the supposed dark lane. 11m* 3'210° from nucleus. 12m* 3'45°. M66 20'120°. Sat 1995/04/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Core in pa 330°. Arm on the n side of the eg seems to be BTr on the p edge, making me suspect it comes out of the p edge of the core. Arm on s side seems to come out of the f edge of the core. | ||||||
| M66 | 112014.5+125942 | Leo | eg | 8.92:9.65 | 9.12x4.17 173° | SAB(s)bc II |
| Wed 1985/02/27 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM FT smear. At x49 its the 3rd "*" of 3 in a line each 5' apart. Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy find with M65. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 BT 4'x3'150° glow. Pretty stellar nucleus seems to be off-center towards the p edge. 9m* couple'np. Mon 1992/04/27 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=9/9 pBT 4'x3'0° glow which becomes gradually BM to a 1.5'x0.5'0° core with a stellar nucleus at the center. 10m* 5'np. Sat 1994/05/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 pBT 5'x3'0° glow with a BT 2'x1'135° core and a vBT nonstellar nucleus. No dark lanes show. Chain of BT** p. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 BT vLG 6'x3'15° irregularly-shaped glow with a 1'x0.5'150° core and a stellar nucleus inside it. The halo is of very uneven surface BTness. At x170, I see an appendage coming out of the s edge of the main halo which curves toward the sp and ends on a * that is 4'210° from the core. The offset in angle between the halo and the core is obvious at this power. M65 20'300°. 4 9m** just np the eg. The closest is 4'330° from the core. The 2nd is 7'330°. | ||||||
| M67 | 0850.4+1149 | Cnc | oc | 6.9 9.7m* | 30 | II 2 m/III 3 r |
| Sun 1984/12/16 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Medium-rich speckling of FT** in an empty background field. Only a few BT**. Sort of like winter salt-and-pepper. Fills an x122 field. This is an old oc. Should see several red giants. Thu 1985/02/07 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 50 member ** seen. All FT except 1 red giant. The rest were too FT to see any color. Wed 1985/02/27 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No color seen. 60 **. WS sketch has fewer ** than I see at x49. 12'sp the BT* is a super dense nebulous area. Mon 1985/04/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 The sp corner is extremely rich. Its a great area to use x272 on with averted vision. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Round 15' group of about 60 10m..13m** just 10'psp an 8m**. Looks poor at first, but the longer I look the more ** appear and the group begins to look dense. No * colors were seen. Well isolated. A few condensations of FT**, especially on the psp side. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 935 PM EST. xFT 30' unresolved glow. Near the limit of direct vision with binoculars. Located as the center of 5 ** in the "dish of the radio telescope" asterism, a slightly curved 4° chain of 5 6m** with ALPHA Cnc at one end. The dish curves such that the "feed" is a pair of 6m** 5°n, which turn out to be OMICRON-1 and OMICRON-2 Cnc. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Easy in finder. Gorgeous rich cluster of at least 100 and probably more than 150 **. 25' fan shape with BT* at n edge, which is where the fan points. S edge is ragged, but the other 2 edges of the triangle appear pretty sharp. No red ** noticed. Quite a condensation of ** at pa 225° about 5' from the edge. This condensation is in the S198903 pix, ** D, E, F, K area. I used that pix to derive a limiting magnitude for tonight of 15.4m, based on seeing * N (15.30m) but not seeing * O (15.58m) or * P. Sun 1995/04/02 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=8/9 transparancy=5/9 The condensation in the p quadrant is in an area with no BT** which is surrounded by a semicircle of BTr ** on the n, f, and s side. The BTst * in the field is a blue 8m* 10'nf the center. The BTst ** in the cluster form an elongated 10'x4'30° ellipse. Other equally BT** are mainly at the nnp edge of the cluster. A couple of ** have a very pale tinge of reddishness to them, but no outstandingly colorful ** were seen. Sat 1995/05/06 at Note added at desk, not observing using Note added at desk, no equipment used seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Precessed 2000.0 coordinates from the RNGC are 085104+114821. | ||||||
| M68 | 123928-2644.6 | Hya | gc | 7.3 12.6m* | 12.0 i | X |
| Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. Way f meridian. Sure of location. Tue 1988/05/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=3/9 eFT 3' glow with no resolution. Just barely glimpsed. Has a very tough time competing against the skyglow. Forms a near-equilateral triangle with a 9m* 10'sp and 10m* 10'sf. Wed 1992/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Same observation, except slightly mottled at x122. | ||||||
| M69 | 183123-3220.9 | Sgr | gc | 7.7 13.7m* | 7.1 round | V |
| Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT glow. 9m* 7'nnp. Found it in a 10 min notch in the trees. Requires x49 + averted vision. Pretty solid glow at x122 but no resolution. Can't hold it in x272. Sat 1992/08/29 at Fish Lake, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Rather sickly 2' round glow with no resolution. Located 7'sf a 9m*. Due p of M70. | ||||||
| M70 | 184313-3217.5 | Sgr | gc | 7.8 14.0pm* | 7.8 round | V |
| Sun 1988/07/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 eFT glow. 10m* 4'n. Found in a 10 minute notch in the trees. 11m* 1'nf. Very slight resolution at x272. Sat 1992/08/29 at Fish Lake, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 Another sickly 2' round glow with no resolution. Located 15'nff a 9m*. Due f M69. | ||||||
| M71 | 195346+1846.7 | Sge | gc | 8.4 12.1m* | 7.2 | |
| Fri 1985/08/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 20 FT** resolved over a slight glow at both x122 and x272. FT but seeable at x49. Wed 1985/09/11 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Looks more like an oc than gc to me. Too resolved for gc. No haze. Not round. To find, put the near double * on p edge and just a little s in x49. Gc now should be centered in x122. Sun 1987/09/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 There is indeed a lot of resolution but there's also a glow underneath. Mon 1992/07/27 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 5' irregularly round glow with about 10 FT** resolved. Very irregular shape. Most prominent resolved ** form a nearly p-f line. Fri 1994/05/13 at Fish Lake, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 Well-resolved irregularly shaped gc. Elongated 90° overall with very irregular outline. Unresolved glow under the resolved **. | ||||||
| M72 | 205328-1232.2 | Aqr | gc | 9.2 14.2m* | 5.9 round | IX |
| Mon 1986/08/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT glow barely discernable in x49 or x122 and still at x272 but with no ** ever resolved. F an optical 9m 11m* 3'330° double. Field sketched. Sat 1988/08/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Exact same observation except it is p (not f) the wide pair of **. 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 3' gc MBM. Mottled but not resolved at x170. Just barely marginally resolved at x262. 8m/9m pair 7'f. | ||||||
| M73 | 2059.1-1238 | Aqr | oc | 8.9p 10.00pm* | 2.8 | IV 1 p |
| Mon 1986/08/11 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' Y-shaped asterism. No nebulousity seen. UHC shows no nebulousity. Wed 1987/09/23 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 SM 2' FT oc of 4 ** in a Y-shape. | ||||||
| M74 | 013642.1+154711 | Psc | eg | 9.39:9.95 | 10.47x9.55 25° | SA(s)c 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 Using AD35 I could hop from ETA to M74 and just barely see an eFT glow. Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Using same procedure I saw an eFT 2' glow. LPR enhances ever-so-slightly. Sat 1993/10/23 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 4' eFT glow with a few superimposed 13m**. Very slightly BM. Mottled. 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 vBT 1' core with a FT 4' glow surrounding. Close field ** within 10' at 60° and 240°. | ||||||
| M75 | 200605-2155.3 | Sgr | gc | 8.6 14.6m* | 6.0 round | I |
| Sat 1986/06/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vSM (nearly stellar) at x49, but seems BTr than 8.5m. x122 and x272 prove its a gc but don't resolve. Sat 1988/08/06 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Exact same observation. The skyglow really ruins this gc. Only about 1' shows through and I don't resolve any ** at any power. Mon 1990/09/17 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 Tiny gc with an intensely BT core and a FT 3' halo. A couple of ** resolved at x272. Sat 1994/10/01 at Boon, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=8/9 pBT 2' glow very slightly elongated 45° with a vBT 30" core. ** resolve over the glow with averted vision. A few xFT** are outside the glow to a 3' diameter with averted vision. All this is at x262. At x378, the core has a BT nuclear pip. A crescent of 4 11m** outlines the cluster at a 6' diameter on the n, f, and s edges. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| M76 | 014219.7+513435 | Per | pn | 11 17.00m* | 163"x107" | 3+6 |
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| M77 | 024240.2-000048 | Cet | eg | 8.87:9.61 | 7.08x6.03 70° | (R)SA(rs)bP |
| Tue 1986/10/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy 1' fuzzball. Mon 1988/01/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=4/9 Easy 1' glow with a BT center located 2'np a 10m*. Eg n1055 was also found easily because of the easy BT** near it. Sat 1993/10/23 at Doug Bock's house, Fenton, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 BT 2' glow with a vBT center. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 800 PM EST. Nope. Abundant skyglow. 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 Just a really SM 0.5' cottonball with this BT moon nearby. 12m* 2'120°. | ||||||
| M78 | 0546.8+0003 | Ori | gn | 8 10.49m* | 8x6 | R |
| Wed 1987/02/18 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT fuzzy 7' glow surrounds an x49 double *. Easy with UHC. Found by using viewfinder xhairs on the 3 BT** 2° n and p. None of the other nebulae in the area were seen. Wed 1988/02/17 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Not really very hard with x49 alone. Same dcrp. 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 1996/02/16 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 In x131, 2 10m** separated by about 1'165° surrounded by a 4'x3' glow. 14m* 2'135°, and the glow extends out to there. The n edge of the glow is right along the n-more of the 2 BT**. It extends more to the f of those 2 ** than to the p. UHC shows a dark patch running nearly 90° between the part of the gn surrounding the 2 BT** and the part surrounding the 14m*. | ||||||
| M79 | 052411-2431.5 | Lep | gc | 7.7 13.1m* | 8.7 | V |
| Mon 1987/01/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Near ads3954. FT* 20'n and 20's. vFT fuzzball at x49. Seeable but not resolved at x272. !Should show mottling but probably no resolution. | ||||||
| M80 | 161703-2258.5 | Sco | gc | 7.3 13.4m* | 8.9 | II |
| Tue 1985/05/28 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Will take up to x272 but no resolution. Too far s. Skyglow. Mon 1986/06/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Not much skyglow but this gc is vSM and not vBT. No resolution. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 SM 2' gc with a couple of ** resolved finally at x272 + averted vision. BT 1' core with surrounding FTr glow. Located in a 50' group of sparse of about 15 9m..10m** including one 10's and one 5'nnf. Fri 1993/07/09 at Trailer Village on South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=9/9 1015 PM MST. Possible vFT vSM glow at the right location. Not positive that what I'm looking at is nonstellar. I'm really not sure if thats it or if its averted imagination. Fri 1996/07/19 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 vBT 4' round glow very much BM with about 100 FT** resolved. Very gradually very much BM, till a very suddenly xBT 0.5' central core is reached. 12m* 3'30°. 9m* 5'30°. | ||||||
| M81 | 095533.5+690400 | UMa | eg | 6.94:7.89 | 26.92x14.13 157° | SA(s)ab I-II |
| Tue 1984/12/04 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Fuzzy. No arms or detail. Fri 1985/02/01 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Seeable, but only as a SM eFT and fuzzy glow. Tue 1985/04/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope using x49 with or without UHC. Using FG176 I followed ** nearby to eg at left of pix. ** match perfect. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 6'x3'135° glow. Inner 2'x1' is pBTr than the softer outer regions and centered in that BTr region is a vBT stellar nucleus. Wed 1992/05/27 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 8'x3'150° glow suddenly BM to a stellar eBT nucleus. More of the FT extensions show on the ssf arm than on the nnp arm. THere is a 10m* just barely within the glow of the ssf extension. The outermost parts of the arms, which run n-s p and f the core, were not seen. Try again for outer arms when near meridian. Sat 1993/04/24 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 Saw the supernova 1993j as an 11m replacement for the 14.5m* of the 3 triangle **. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 1010 PM EST. pSM 10' round glow 1° due s of M82. 1° further s is a vFT*. Mon 1994/05/02 at Utica, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=4/9 First light on first light night for Felicity. Easily visible. Much BTr than Meade 8". BT core with FT halo which is elongated and includes the easy 2 ** which are just barely visible in the 8" from here. Fri 1994/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 First light on first dark-site night for Felicity. vBT nonstellar nucleus with BT core and FT LG halo which is elongated in a ratio of approximately 3 to 2 in position angle 150°. Thu 1995/08/17 at Porcupine Mountain State Park, Western Upper Peninsula, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=6/9 transparancy=7/9 pLG pBT smudge BM located just n of a 9m*. 2 ** np point right at it. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| M83 | 133700.3-295204 | Hya | eg | 7.54:8.20 | 12.88x11.48 55° | SAB(s)c I-II |
| Tue 1987/06/16 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 4' eFT glow. P a * by 1/2 of that * to BTr n-more *'s separation. Fri 1988/06/03 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 eFT 2' smear has a tough time competing with the skyglow. P the * by the same amount (not 1/2 the amount). Not seeable in x122. Wed 1992/05/06 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 xFT 1' glow with a stellar nucleus. | ||||||
| M84 | 122503.7+125315 | Vir | eg | 9.11:10.09 | 6.46x5.62 135° | E1 |
| Tue 1985/04/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Barely saw a haze. Best in x49 alone. Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 BT glow easy to see. Same field as M86, n4435, and n4438. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Twin of M86 except slightly FTr. Circular 3' glow with a pBT nearly-stellar nucleus. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 2' round glow with a pBT stellar nucleus. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 2.5'x2'150° very suddenly much BM to a 10m 30" core. Does not look mottled or granular. M86's halo is BTr, but M84's core is BTr. | ||||||
| M85 | 122524.7+181127 | Com | eg | 9.11:10.00 | 7.08x5.50 | SA(s)0+P |
| Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT glow with a * near sf. No trace of n4394. Sat 1988/05/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=2/9 11m stellar nucleus with a 2' FT glow surrounding. 10m* 4'sf nucleus. 12m* 2'nf nucleus. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 pBT 4'x2'170° glow becomes gradually BM to a stellar nucleus. 12m* 2'nf nucleus, centered within the glow of the arms. 10m* 5'sf. | ||||||
| M86 | 122611.8+125649 | Vir | eg | 8.90:9.83 | 8.91x5.75 130° | E3 |
| Tue 1985/04/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Barely saw a haze. Best in x49 alone. Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Easy to see. BT glow. Same field as M84, n4435, and n4438. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 Twin of M84 except slightly BTr. Circular 3' glow with a pBT nearly-stellar nucleus. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 2' round glow with a pBT stellar nucleus. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 3' round. BM to an 11m core. M86's halo is BTr, but M84's core is BTr. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 I don't see a companion at the edge. | ||||||
| M87 | 123049.7+122324 | Vir | eg | 8.63:9.59 | 8.32x6.61 | E+0.5P |
| Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eBT glow. I see a FTr eg sp. What is it? Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Same observation. The sp eg must be n4476 (12.32m) or n4478 (11.23m). n4478 assumed. Sat 1988/05/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=2/9 vBT 2' circular glow with an eBT stellar nucleus. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 Same observation. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 eBT pLG 4' round elliptical. At about 1' diameter it BTens suddenly to a core, and that core continues to BTen until a 10m stellar nucleus is reached. 8m* 7'345°. I do not see a companion butted-up against it, however, at about 10'240° is n4478. !Try for gcs and jet (see barbara wilson's observation). | ||||||
| M88 | 123159.6+142517 | Com | eg | 9.63:10.36 | 6.92x3.72 140° | SA(rs)bc I |
| Sun 1987/04/19 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2'x4'150° glow. Sat 1988/05/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=2/9 Confirmed. Central 1' is BTr than the rest of the glow. Non-stellar nucleus was seen. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 4'x2'150° oval glow slightly BM. Central 1.5'x1'150° core is mottled, with an occasional stellar nucleus showing as the seeing permits. 10m/12m 1' pair is 5's. 13m* 4'n. 9m* 15'nnp. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 5'x3'135° with a surprisingly vSM core. Entire halo appears to be slightly mottled. Wider on the p side of the core, and narrows down much quicker on the f side of the core. At sf edge just barely inside the halo is a 15m*. 13m* 4'330°. Pair of ** 13m* 14m* 7'150°. n4516 25'nf. | ||||||
| M89 | 123539.9+123325 | Vir | eg | 9.75:10.73 | 5.13x4.68 | S0 |
| Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT glow. Fri 1986/05/02 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 Pretty easy 2' circular glow. Sat 1988/05/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=2/9 Easy 2' glow with a BT 1' non-stellar nucleus. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 2' round glow with a vBT stellar nucleus. M-shaped zig-zag of 11m** is s. | ||||||
| M90 | 123650.1+130948 | Vir | eg | 9.54:10.26 | 9.55x4.37 23° | SAB(rs)ab |
| Fri 1986/05/02 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 Fat sliver 5'x3'45°. BT stellar nucleus. BT* 20'sp. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 vFT 5'x2'20° glow not really BM until a sudden stellar nucleus. Triangle with 9m* 10'sf and 10m* 10'sp. | ||||||
| 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°. | ||||||
| M92 | 171707+4308.2 | Her | gc | 6.5 12.1m* | 11.2 | IV |
| Sat 1985/02/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 10 ** resolve. This gc seems BTr in the center that most do. To find, follow side of Her with M13 up to 50' past 1st arm*, then 50 minutes of time f. Wed 1985/04/03 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Very easily resolved to the center at x272. Total width 20'. 3' dense nucleus. Very sparse outliners, especially to the nnf. Fri 1992/07/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=8/9 transparancy=6/9 4' round cluster, vBT in the middle, with resolution of about 20 ** in x122. ** radiate outward towards the n. That chain looks loke a long tapered spike coming out of the core of the gc. Thu 1993/07/15 at Zion Campground, Zion National Park, UT using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=8/9 1012 PM MDT. FT glow with a BT core. Just barely nonstellar. Is the right-angle "*" in a right triangle with 2 8m**. 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 3' BM core with ** resolved from the center to a 4' radius, totalling 8' diameter. One chain of ** extends to 8' radius to the n. Mon 1995/05/29 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=4/9 pBT gc with an intensely BT center. Most of the outliners surrounding the core are in a 5'x3'75° oval, but some are also n and s of that oval. The glow is round, about 3', and becomes suddenly BM to a 1.5' vBT core. ** are resolved all the way to the center. No dark lanes nor colorful ** were seen. Sat 2016/06/25 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=3/9 transparancy=5/9 Very compressed, very much BM gc with a very condensed core that falls off rapidly. M13 is much more flat of a gc. About 5'x3'45°. Inner core is about 1' in size. BT* 6'105°. | ||||||
| M93 | 0744.6-2351 | Pup | oc | 6.2 8.2m* | 22 | IV 1 p/I 3 r |
| Tue 1985/03/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 About 40-50 ** 15'. Shaped like a butterfly. Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Salt-and-pepper SMr than winter salt-and-pepper but just as dense. 2 BT 7m** on f edge. About 20 blue-white 8m**. Many 9m**. Sat 1988/02/13 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 Gorgeous salt-and-pepper oc. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 905 PM EST. xFT 15' round glow with no resolution. Not quite only-averted-vision, but nearly so. Located in a pretty rich * field. Need to try from a darker site (or when it gets a bit higher above the skyglow). Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 955 PM EST. xFT vSM 15' round glow with no resolution at all. Located 2°np XHI Pup toward Sirrius. BM, but no ** resolved. | ||||||
| M94 | 125053.6+410710 | CVn | eg | 8.24:8.99 | 11.22x9.12 105° | (R)SA(r)abP II |
| Wed 1985/05/08 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Solid fuzz seen clearly at all powers up to x272. No detail. Thu 1986/05/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vBT 1' nucleus with FTr surroundings that fade out by 4'. Circular. No arms seen. Mon 1987/06/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Confirmed. eBT. Sun 1992/05/31 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=6/9 vBT 10m 0.5' round core with a 4' slightly mottled fading glow around it. Occasionally at x122 I think I see more FT extensions p and f, making it a 6'x4'100° overall glow. First impression at low power appears like a gc. 9m* U* 10'n. 10m* 6'280°. | ||||||
| M95 | 104358.0+114215 | Leo | eg | 9.73:10.53 | 7.41x5.01 13° | SAB(r)b II |
| Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT glow. Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT glow. Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 2' FT glow. FTr than M96. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 2' nondescript glow. Like M96, the nucleus isn't really much BTr than the haze (or else I'm only seeing the nucleus). 9m* less than 10'p. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 2' round glow with a 0.5' suddenly BTr core. No stellar nucleus. 10m* 8'p. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 At x94, its a vFT round 3' homogenous glow suddenly BM to a pBT 10m 30" core. Looks like a face-on spiral, but no spiral structure is evident in the halo at either x94 or x188. 10m* 8'p. 12m* 8'f. 14m* 1'n of the core. FTr than M96. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 I wanted to reobserve this to try and see the bar, but I cannot. | ||||||
| M96 | 104645.2+114916 | Leo | eg | 9.25:10.11 | 7.59x5.25 5° | (R)SAB(rs)abP |
| Fri 1985/03/15 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT glow. Tue 1986/03/11 at South River Road, near Selfridge AFB, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT glow. Fri 1987/05/15 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 3' pBT glow. Fri 1988/04/08 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=4/9 transparancy=6/9 3' nondescript glow. Very even BTness increase -- not an overpowering nucleus at all. BTr than M95. No ** in the same x122 field. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 FT 4'x1.5'30° glow. Gradually BM to a 1' core, then suddenly BTr to a stellar nucleus. 10m* 15'pnp. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 4'x2'120° eyeball-shaped halo pretty suddenly BM to a 30" 9m nonstellar core which occasionally shows a stellar nucleus at its center. Much BTr than M95. 13m* 4'p. 14m* 6'f. No details in the spiral arms at x94. Fri 1995/03/24 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=6/9 4'x2'135°. vBT 30"x15" core elongated in the same direction, and offset toward the np. This off-center core could also be caused by asymmetric BTness of the arms. No stellar nucleus shows at either x94 or x188. | ||||||
| M97 | 111447.71+550107.7 | UMa | pn | 12.0 15.88m* | 194" round | 3a |
| Tue 1985/03/12 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Field sketched. Need UHC to see at all. 4' haze. No central * seen. Best view is x49+UHC. Just barely visible with x122+UHC. Located 2 hours 9 minutes of time p Mizar. Mon 1986/06/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Seeable in x49. UHC still enhances. Sat 1988/04/09 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=3/9 transparancy=4/9 Seeable in x49 alone. 3' featureless glow. UHC enhances greatly. LPR does not enhance much at all. Wed 1992/05/27 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=5/9 4' round slightly-mottled glow. No eyes stand out. Viewed at x62 and x122 both with and without UHC. Best at x62 + UHC. 12m* 4'20°. 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 3' round glow appears slightly mottled. Easy without UHC, but UHC still enhances considerably. Couldn't really make out any definite "eyes", but mottling is apparent. 12m* 3'n. | ||||||
| M98 | 121348.2+145343 | Com | eg | 10.14:10.95 | 9.77x2.75 155° | SAB(s)ab I-II |
| Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 eFT glow found p 6 Vir. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 FT 6'x3'135° glow. Sun 1992/04/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 5'x1'155° spindle. BTr 2'x0.5' core seems more toward the p edge. Fatter in middle, tapers-off n and s. Definite 13m* 3'f the n edge, and a few other very close ** come and go. 6m T* (6 Com) 30'f. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 8'x2'135° very nice edge-on spiral. BT core elongated in pa 120° with a stellar nucleus at the center. The core is off-center toward the sp edge. Sp edge of halo seems sharper than the nf edge. 12m* 3'n. Halo is BTr on the np end than the sf end. Halo is very slightly curved at the np end toward the n (toward the *). Halo does not bulge outward at the nucleus. Instead it maintains a flat edge along the entire major axis. n4186 at 15'135° is an xFT vSM eg, at the preceeding edge of a group of **. No sign of n4192a or n4192b. 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 pBT 7'x2'150° slightly warped and mottled disk BM to a 0.5'x0.25'150° oval core, with a slightly BTr stellar nucleus. The tip at pa 330° bends a bit toward pa 0°. Eg isn't really very smoothly oval shaped, but instead has irregular edges. It is more poined on the pa 150° end of the major axis than the more rounded pa 330° end. The entire halo is very mottled. 10m* 3'15°. | ||||||
| M99 | 121849.4+142507 | Com | eg | 9.87:10.44 | 5.37x4.68 | SA(s)c I |
| Fri 1986/05/02 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 vFT glow found via location relative to 6 Vir. Forms an equilateral triangle with the T* and one non-T*. Sat 1988/05/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=2/9 Very soft 2' glow. No BT stellar nucleus was seen. I'm probably seeing a LG evenly-BT nucleus. Sun 1992/04/05 at Imlay City, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 FT 2' round glow becomes BM to a 30" core. Stellar nucleus is occasionally seen at x122. The arm which extends s from the f side (mentioned in DSO) was not seen. 13m* 2'70°. 7m T* 12'35°. 9m U* 15'80°. 12m* 7'70°. Fri 1994/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 pBT 3' round glow BM to a 1' core and nonstellar nucleus. Could not trace any arms. 12m* 4'120°. Thu 1995/03/23 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 Spectacular 5'x3'45° overall glow. BT nonstellar core off-center toward the sp of the overall glow. The spectacular thing is that I'm seeing a spiral arm. The main body of the eg is a round 3' glow with a BT nonstellar core, and coming out of the sf edge of that core and curving s, sp, then p, and np is a long thick, sweeping arm. It unwinds counterclockwise out from the core. The arm gets BTr near its end - perhaps there's a stellaring. The arm is not especially difficult, although it comes and goes with the seeing. The overall shape of the eg is a backwards comma, with a very exhaggerated hook. I don't see a corresponding arm on the nf edge of the eg. 14m* 2'f. 7m* 10'15°. Based on the pix, there other main arm extends almost straight out of the f edge of the core, and extends to the 14m* 2'f. I can indeed see glow here, but it doesn't really look like an arm to me, the way the other major arm does. I do not see the notch between the arms on the f side. The DSO sketch is excellent and shows what I see very well. Rating changed from 57 to 21 based on this observation. Sat 1995/04/22 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 No arm shows tonight in about 10 minutes of observation. | ||||||
| M100 | 122255.2+154923 | Com | eg | 9.35:10.05 | 7.41x6.31 30° | SAB(s)bc I |
| 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' FT glow with a pBT nucleus and some mottling. Sat 1988/05/14 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=5/9 transparancy=2/9 1' nucleus stands out over a FT 4' glow. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 xFT 4' round glow with a 1' BTr core. Fri 1994/06/03 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=4/9 transparancy=7/9 4'x3'150° vFT halo with a pBT 1' core and a vBT 10m stellar nucleus. | ||||||
| M101 | 140312.9+542103 | UMa | eg | 7.86:8.31 | 28.84x26.92 | SAB(rs)cd I |
| Tue 1985/04/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 No trace. Sure of location. No moon. Eyes well adjusted. Wed 1986/05/28 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Nope. This is the third utica try -- give up. Fri 1987/03/20 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 LG 10-15' FT glow was seen with no pix or assistance. No detail was seen. Fri 1987/06/26 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I've never seen it again -- weather has been hot and humid with poor seeing. Tonight is the best seeing since March but this is f meridian at dusk. Sun 1988/06/12 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 Huge and eFT 10'x10' glow. No details seeable. Not seeable in x122. Sat 1992/05/02 at Camp Hawthorn Hollow, near Richmond, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=5/9 eFT 10' round glow very slightly BM. The S198706678 pix is only about 15' in size. At x122 I could make out 2 of the superimposed ** shown on that pix but nothing else. Tried to trace arms with no luck. Sat 1994/05/28 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Difficult to see the details at first, but after I worked on it for a while, I could see many of them. First of all, I can see it in the finder, which really surpised me. The first look in the scope showed a FT 5' round glow, becoming gradually BTr in the middle to a 2' core, then suddenly BTr at a 13m stellar nucleus. The 11m* 2'n and a 13m* 5'p are the obvious ** to use when orienting a pix on S199306102 or S198706679, or the 12.5-inch sketch on S199306103. On the sketch, the 13m* is the one all alone about 1 inch left of the nucleus. The arm segments shown on that sketch are clearly visible when time is taken to study the image, and the HII regions n5447, n5455, n5461, n5462, and n5471 are all plainly visible. N5447, n5461, and n5462 UHCblink pretty well. Tue 1995/05/30 at Imlay City, MI using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=5/9 transparancy=7/9 15' round halo with a sharply BTr 1' central core and a BT stellar nucleus. 12m* 3'15° from the nucleus. Coming out of the s end of the halo is an arm sweeping out toward the f. It runs through a BT*. The HII region n5455 is just an xFT 14m dot. As that arm curves up (f and nf), it passes through a BT HII region, n5461. This is one of the BTst HII regions I see. Its a 12m 0.5'x0.25'60°. The arm continues, to a LGr HII region, n5462, which is 1'x0.5'30°, and is not as concentrated as n5461. Another vFT arm leaves the nf side of the core. It curls up n, then np. It doesn't curl around the eg as much as the 1st arm. Coming out of the np edge of the core is a 3rd xFT arm which curves p, then s. It ends on a fairly BT*. If I trace where it would have gone had it not ended on the *, I come to another HII region, n5447. This one is pLG 1'x0.5'150°. I do not see n5471. The UHC doesn't enhance these HII regions at all. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| M103 | 0133.2+6043 | Cas | oc | 7.4 11m* | 6 round | III 2 p/II 2 m |
| Fri 1984/11/02 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Fan-shaped with a dipper asterism in the same field of view. Tue 1984/12/04 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Sketched x61 field. Wed 1985/01/09 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 I don't resolve the doubles in the dipper that are shown in the WS sketch, but I do see ads1209. Sun 1985/02/17 at Madison Hts, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=?/9 transparancy=?/9 Central * is a red giant. Sat 1989/09/30 at Utica, MI using 8" f6 Newtonian seeing=6/9 transparancy=6/9 Detailed cmap completed tonight. Fri 1994/02/11 at Stargate Observatory, Ray Twp, MI using Bushnell 7x50 SportView Binoculars seeing=7/9 transparancy=5/9 725 PM EST. vSM pBT nebulous round glow with 2 ** inside. Pretty obvious object located exactly 1/2 of the way from DELTA Cas to the arc of 3 7m** that guards n663. Sat 2005/10/29 at Casco Twp Lindsay & Meldrum using Hand-made 14.5" f4.7 Newtonian Dob seeing=7/9 transparancy=7/9 At x262, I find 35 ** in the 10' triangle. Red * on the nf edge. BTst ** are at the corners of the triangle. The np corner is made of 3 ** equidistant in a straight line. There are several ** nf that triangle, which changes this into an almost round cluster, and adds several ** making there be 40 ** down to 14m. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 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°. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||