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07/31/21

Location: Anza desert site, Bortle 3.5
Equipment: Celestron 9.25” Edge HD SCT and Celestron 150ST achro on SW SkyTee 2 manual AltAz mount.

Upon arrival to Anza desert I have discovered that the dirt track to the dark site was eroded with water from recent thunderstorms. Some gullies were a couple feet deep. Nothing my 4Runner can’t handle, but no racing today. :D Can’t imagine that much rain in the desert in the middle of summer, but I guess when they issue flashflood warning they are not kidding.

Another surprise was that chaparral started to bloom. One of my favorite times in the desert! I missed it last year, will enjoy this summer. I will snap some pics when there will be more flowers.

20:58. The session started with a bang – bright white meteor with smoke trail, going westwards from Cingus.

My original plan was to observe DSOs until half Moon rises ~00:30 and then do some lunar and planetary. However, when I checked SkySafari I discovered that something special was to happen early morning on Jupiter. So, the new plan was to have a shorter DSO version, sleep for three hours and then observe Jupiter.

Most of this season I was hunting galaxies. Now it was time to catch some star clusters, and Sagittarius/Scorpio is the premium area for that. I just pointed the scopes at the Scorpio tail and spent entire evening within the same 5 degrees FOV of RACI.

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Ptolemy’s (M7) and Butterfly (M6) Clusters dominate the area. Due to their larger size and brightness they were presented better in 150ST refractor compared to Edge 9.25” SCT. This was the general rule for the evening: open clusters stood out better from the field in 150ST, however 9.25” Edge has shown more stars in clusters.

Antalova 1 (Ant 1) – OC – better presented in 150ST/ TV Panoptic 27mm (28x). Two bright stars dominate the cluster with two chains of fainter stars forming seagull shape below in the field of faint stars. Not detached from field.

Antalova 2 (Ant 2) – OC – below Ant 1, small chain of 5 stars with background glow. Better presented in 150ST/ Pentax XW10 (75x).

Antalova 3 (Ant 3) – OC – forms triangle with Ant 1 and Ant 2. W-shaped patch of ~20 stars with two bright stars above. Edge 9.25”/Pentax XW20 (118x) and 150ST/ Pentax XW10 (75x) delivered similar views.

Antalova 4 (Ant 4) – OC – next to NGC 6383. ~10 stars form small parallelogram patch well detached from field. Edge 9.25”/Pentax XW20 (118x).

NGC 6383 – OC – large cluster in the same FOV with M6, contains several chains of faint stars, dominated by bright HJ 4962 multiple star. 150ST/ TV Panoptic 27mm (28x).

HJ 4962 – multiple star – 5.7, 10.5, 10.9, ab5.9”, ac14”. Neat double due to differences in brightness and proximity of faint silvery companions to the bright, warm white main. Edge 9.25”/Pentax XW20 (118x).

Tr 28 (Cr 337) – OC – tiny star patch in 150ST/ TV Panoptic 27mm (28x), detached from field. 20+ stars resolved with Edge 9.25”/Pentax XW20 (118x).

NGC 6404 – OC – very faint patch of many dim stars, resolved with averted vision in Edge 9.25”/Pentax XW20 (118x).

Tr 27 (Cr 336) – OC – small triangle detached from field in 150ST/ TV Panoptic 27mm (28x). Diamond patch formed by 7 multi-colored stars with two star chains forming V-shape below in Edge 9.25”/Pentax XW20 (118x). Nice looking cluster.

Tr 29 (Cr 343) – OC – 3 bright and a few faint stars forming triangular patch. Edge 9.25”/Pentax XW20 (118x).

It was close to midnight – time to catch some sleep before the second half of the session.

Triple Jupiter transit

I woke up ~02:30 to get a head start. Aimed scopes at Jupiter and immediately saw in both scopes small, sharp, deep black circle of Ganymede shadow closer to the left rim and dark brown circle of Ganymede itself on the right portion of Jupiter disk. GRS was not immediately visible. I have played with EPs and selected Pentax XF 8.5mm (276x) for the Edge 9.25”, and Pentax XW3.5 (214x) for 150ST. For this session I have stopped 150ST to 90mm to improve its planetary performance. Still, on this night of better seeing Edge 9.25” had obvious advantage in terms of sharpness, contrast and resolution over 150ST.

30 min later GRS moved closer to the center and was resolved in both scopes. Ganymede disk was sitting in the middle of the South Equatorial Belt, touching the top edge of GRS. I don’t know if you noticed, but for the last couple of seasons GRS color seemed to pale down. It used to be easy to spot by reddish-salmon color as oppose to brownish belts. Now GRS color seems close to the belts color.

While Ganymede, its shadow and GRS were easy to spot in 150ST, the fine details on Jupiter disk were not resolved. In contrast, Edge 9.25” has shown intricate structure of South and North Equatorial Belts and resolved Red Spot Hollow surrounding GRS, and the lighter GRS “eye”. I have not seen such amount of the details in years. Unfortunately, due to proximity to Jupiter opposition, North and South Polar Regions were lost in glare. I did stack Baader Moon and Sky Glow and Contrast Booster filters to fight it, but it was not enough. I will try to add a neutral filter next time.

At 03:15 Europa shadow finally moved on the Jupiter’s right edge. It was smaller, less sharp and of dark gray color, while Ganymede shadow was sharp black. For three brief minutes both shadows were visible as seen in the sketch below, and then Ganymede’s shadow slid off.
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That was exciting! After a few minutes of contemplation I hit the sleeping bag to get some sleep before sunrise.
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Observing: DSOs: 3106 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2180, S110: 77). Doubles: 2382, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 255
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Indeed an exciting and dynamic time!
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Cool report, and nice sketch. Must have been a pretty nice trip.
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Wow - that's really cool - nice. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks nFA, Juha and Brett!
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
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Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.

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Wow. Outstanding. Thanks.
I googled the site to see where you were. Here in Texas, we carry green light lasers to dark sky sltes to scare off the critters, but I am not sure that would be enough where you were.
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I don't suppose they make good pack animals for carrying your telescopes and stuff... In my backyard when I am observing, I have an opossum who comes by and I talk to him as he trundles past. I am not sure what I would say to those guys.
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Thanks for the great report. Enjoyed very much.
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Thanks Michael and Michael! :D

@mikemarotta I am sure you get a fair share of those, also ain't everything is bigger in Texas? ;)
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Nice outing Andrey. Sounds like an epic event with the triple transit. I found the Antalova clusters interesting. I note they are not in the IDSA, but are in Uranometria, plus in Sky Tools 4. Ant 1 is centered on the diffuse nebula Sharpless 2-13, and possible involved with it. I may be over at the dark site tomorrow evening (hopefully) and will have to check these out - thanks for the suggestion. :)
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Nice report and sketch, sounds beautiful out there.
Sleep tight in that bag, sounds like fun, I haven't camped in a few years :)
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Wow! A triple transit Andrey! Very exciting along with the cluster hunt. A unique evening it was and congrats on a well deserved TSS Visual Report of the Day!
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Hi Andrey. A very nice observing report from you again from the Anza dark site. Congratulations on catching the Jupiter triple transit, as well as a lot of gems in Scorpio. Thanks for your excellent and descriptive report including a fine sketch of the Galilean moon transits Andrey, and congratulations on winning another well deserved TSS VROD Award today.
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kt4hx wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 2:34 am Nice outing Andrey. Sounds like an epic event with the triple transit. I found the Antalova clusters interesting. I note they are not in the IDSA, but are in Uranometria, plus in Sky Tools 4. Ant 1 is centered on the diffuse nebula Sharpless 2-13, and possible involved with it. I may be over at the dark site tomorrow evening (hopefully) and will have to check these out - thanks for the suggestion. :)
Thanks Alan! And thanks for the reminder that open clusters are often associated with nebulae. I have filter wheels on the scopes for that, but not always remember to check for nebulosity.
Ylem wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 2:51 am Nice report and sketch, sounds beautiful out there.
Sleep tight in that bag, sounds like fun, I haven't camped in a few years :)
Thanks Jeff! Scenic drive, beautiful landscape, sleeping under the stars, watching sunset (and sometimes sunrise). I enjoy these aspects of the desert trips as much as observing.
helicon wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 1:41 pm Wow! A triple transit Andrey! Very exciting along with the cluster hunt. A unique evening it was and congrats on a well deserved TSS Visual Report of the Day!
Thanks Michael! And thanks for the award, much apreciated!
Makuser wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 2:39 pm Hi Andrey. A very nice observing report from you again from the Anza dark site. Congratulations on catching the Jupiter triple transit, as well as a lot of gems in Scorpio. Thanks for your excellent and descriptive report including a fine sketch of the Galilean moon transits Andrey, and congratulations on winning another well deserved TSS VROD Award today.
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A great report of the triple transit!
Complete with a field sketch. Very nice, thanks.
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John Baars wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:03 pm A great report of the triple transit!
Complete with a field sketch. Very nice, thanks.
Congratulations on the VROD!
Thanks John! I believe there are one or two multiple transits which will be visible from Europe in August.
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I make sketches of planets too. Mostly in three steps: field sketch, immediate sketch inside, sketch next morning with all drawing materials and a cup of coffee. What I like about field-sketches is their directness. It is the raw material: straight from the telescopic eye to the hand and paper. One can still feel the night.....
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A problem for us in UK is that Scorpius is not really visible, and even at our summer place at 46 N, Shaula only gets to 5 degrees altitude.
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Re: Scorpio tail and Jupiter triple transit

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Gfamily wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:53 pm A problem for us in UK is that Scorpius is not really visible, and even at our summer place at 46 N, Shaula only gets to 5 degrees altitude.
I don't believe I ever saw Scorpio before we moved to California.
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Re: Scorpio tail and Jupiter triple transit

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Gfamily wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:53 pm A problem for us in UK is that Scorpius is not really visible, and even at our summer place at 46 N, Shaula only gets to 5 degrees altitude.
Always someplace better... always a better telescope... I would settle for a good view of the northern sky. I did, indeed, choose this house (agree with my wife's choice, that is), because I stepped out into the backyard, took one look to the south (almost 180) and said, "Yeah, this'll do." I did not own a telescope at that time, but I wanted the zodiac and I got about 60 degrees of it. To my due north is the city of Austin. I live in town on the far southside, again a choice for convenience at that time. I have been to dark sky sites hosted by my local club. But the sky is what it is. Aurora Borealis is unusual down here. Nominally circumpolar stars do set, visually, unless you are out on an open vista.

Just sayin'...

You know, I read that the southern hemisphere sky is such a rich star field with the Magellanic clouds and all that the Incas mapped the dust lanes, not the stars.
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Re: Scorpio tail and Jupiter triple transit

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Great session, Andrey! Congrats on the transit captures and the VROD!

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