…and the clear nights keep coming. The Moon is back but these small cluster observations aren’t particularly affected by its presence. Session Stats Date: 1/10/2015 Time: 19:54 – 00:29 UTSeeing: II Mostly Stable,Transparency: II Clear,Temp:10.5c, Pressure: 1013mb,Humidity: 81%, Dew Point: 8.0 , Wind: 8.0mph, SQM: 17.8 NELM: 4.9 Collinder 420, NGC6910 In the Altair 250mm f/8 RC, 14mm Delos, 145 X, 29.8′ West is to the 7 O’Clock. At the centre of the cluster are two bright stars of 7.2…
Observing Session: 26, September
Bloody typical. More clear skies than I know what to do with, and what do we now have now – A full on Moon! Having decided that anything galactic or nebulous was going to be a waste of time, I set Skytools 3 the task of finding me some open clusters up near the Zenith that would be suitable for observation. As my Collinder observing programme has been quiet of late, I set the…