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07/05/21

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.

Wanted to start my 4th of July break with observing. However, high clouds were rolling through most of the weekend. At least I managed to squeeze a session at the holiday end. :) In summer you have to watch for thunderstorms. They are hard to forecast and each year I have at least one trip where I pack and drive to the desert just to turn around and go back because of unexpected clouds and rain. Another hazard is wildfires. Every time I plan a trip I always check before leaving to make sure that none are burning in the vicinity of the route or location. The smoke is harder to avoid. This time I smelled it in the air, and despite clear and dry weather the sky at night had grayish undertone, with Milky Way less vivid than on the last trip. Still I proceeded to make as much of this session as possible.

Many galaxy-rich constellations are clustered around spring, which is storm season here at California. Often the only chance to log a few targets from them is the early summer. But there are so many of them, :lol: and they moving fast towards western, the most light polluted portion of the Anza sky. Well, what can you do but try?

I have started at 21:40 with arrival of astronomical darkness.

Virgo galaxies (all observed with 9.25” Edge HD SCT).

NGC 4773 – small faint oval with brighter central area. Pentax XW14 (168X).
NGC 4777 – narrow lens. Pentax XW20 (118X).
NGC 4784 – small faint narrow oval in the same FOV with NGC 4781. Pentax XW20 (118X).
NGC 4799 – small faint oval next to star. Pentax XW20 (118X).
NGC 4813 – faint oval with averted vision (AV), moving EP for detection. Pentax XW14 (168X).

NGC 4843 – extremely faint glow next to star. Pentax XW20 (118X), XW10 (168x).
NGC 4878 and NGC 4888 – two extremely faint ovals in the same FOV. NGC 4888 is next to uncharted optical double Pentax XW20 (168X).
NGC 4879 – listed as a star or multiple star – extremely faint fuzzy dot with AV. Same FOV with NGC 4878 and NGC 4888. Pentax XW14 (168X) and XW10 (235x).
NGC 4890 – very faint spot with AV. Pentax XW14 (168X).
NGC 4925 – extremely faint spot with AV. Pentax XW20 (118X).

Booties galaxies (all observed with 9.25” Edge HD SCT).

NGC 5684 – wide oval with brighter central area. Pentax XW20 (118X).
NGC 5695 – faint narrow oval. Pentax XW20 (118X).
GK Boo (ALI 367) – double star in the same FOV with NGC 5695, close pair of equal white stars. Pentax XW20 (118X).
NGC 5696 – faint oval with AV. Pentax XW20 (118X).
NGC 5697 – extremely faint spot with AV. Pentax XW14 (168X), XW10 (235x).
NGC 5698 – faint oval. Pentax XW20 (118X).

NGC 5702 – small faint elongated oval. Pentax XW20 (118X).
NGC 5710 – very faint glow with AV. Pentax XW20 (118X), XW14 (168x).
NGC 5714 – narrow edge-on with AV. Pentax XW10 (235X).
NGC 5730 – extremely faint narrow shape, moving EP for detection. Pentax XW10 (235X).

Hunting faint fuzzies at the detection limit is a good challenge but very taxing. By midnight I have run out of juice. Jupiter was beckoning in the east, but it was still too low for a good view and I was too exhausted to wait. Next time!
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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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A very nice report Andrey, with lots of fine galaxy action. I wish I was having your kind of skies at present. :)

Regarding your following, I have added some comments, which I hope you find interesting and useful:

NGC 4878 and NGC 4888 – two extremely faint ovals in the same FOV. NGC 4888 is next to uncharted optical double Pentax XW20 (168X).
NGC 4879 – listed as a star or multiple star – extremely faint fuzzy dot with AV. Same FOV with NGC 4878 and NGC 4888. Pentax XW14 (168X) and XW10 (235x).



The "uncharted" double next to NGC 4888 is actually catalogued, mistakenly, as PGC 44787. You correctly noted it is a pair of stars. Its inclusion in the Principle Galaxies Catalogue is an obvious error. However, it is indeed a catalogued (optical) double star with the designation of HJ 1224 (John Herschel). The following link has some info about it.

https://www.stelledoppie.it/index2.php?iddoppia=55597

NGC 4879 is a single star, listed as GSC 04963-0103 at magnitude 14.99. It was discovered by William Herschel on 23 Mar 1789 at the same time as NGC 4878. Obviously his interpretation of one is correct, the other is not.
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kt4hx wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:32 am A very nice report Andrey, with lots of fine galaxy action. I wish I was having your kind of skies at present. :)

Regarding your following, I have added some comments, which I hope you find interesting and useful:

NGC 4878 and NGC 4888 – two extremely faint ovals in the same FOV. NGC 4888 is next to uncharted optical double Pentax XW20 (168X).
NGC 4879 – listed as a star or multiple star – extremely faint fuzzy dot with AV. Same FOV with NGC 4878 and NGC 4888. Pentax XW14 (168X) and XW10 (235x).



The "uncharted" double next to NGC 4888 is actually catalogued, mistakenly, as PGC 44787. You correctly noted it is a pair of stars. Its inclusion in the Principle Galaxies Catalogue is an obvious error. However, it is indeed a catalogued (optical) double star with the designation of HJ 1224 (John Herschel). The following link has some info about it.

https://www.stelledoppie.it/index2.php?iddoppia=55597

NGC 4879 is a single star, listed as GSC 04963-0103 at magnitude 14.99. It was discovered by William Herschel on 23 Mar 1789 at the same time as NGC 4878. Obviously his interpretation of one is correct, the other is not.
Thanks Alan, that helps! Sky Safari lists NGC 4879 as multiple star with mag 15.5. This was confusing on both accounts: I saw a single dot, which I should not have if it has mag 15.5. Mag 14.99 places it closer to AV limits.

I have also revisited the FOV and you are right, the double is HJ 1224. Again Sky Safari played a trick on me hiding it behind fainter stars for some reason. You have increased my doubles count to 1450. :)
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EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.

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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Nice jog again, @Bigzmey !
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Bigzmey wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 4:41 am
kt4hx wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:32 am A very nice report Andrey, with lots of fine galaxy action. I wish I was having your kind of skies at present. :)

Regarding your following, I have added some comments, which I hope you find interesting and useful:

NGC 4878 and NGC 4888 – two extremely faint ovals in the same FOV. NGC 4888 is next to uncharted optical double Pentax XW20 (168X).
NGC 4879 – listed as a star or multiple star – extremely faint fuzzy dot with AV. Same FOV with NGC 4878 and NGC 4888. Pentax XW14 (168X) and XW10 (235x).



The "uncharted" double next to NGC 4888 is actually catalogued, mistakenly, as PGC 44787. You correctly noted it is a pair of stars. Its inclusion in the Principle Galaxies Catalogue is an obvious error. However, it is indeed a catalogued (optical) double star with the designation of HJ 1224 (John Herschel). The following link has some info about it.

https://www.stelledoppie.it/index2.php?iddoppia=55597

NGC 4879 is a single star, listed as GSC 04963-0103 at magnitude 14.99. It was discovered by William Herschel on 23 Mar 1789 at the same time as NGC 4878. Obviously his interpretation of one is correct, the other is not.
Thanks Alan, that helps! Sky Safari lists NGC 4879 as multiple star with mag 15.5. This was confusing on both accounts: I saw a single dot, which I should not have if it has mag 15.5. Mag 14.99 places it closer to AV limits.

I have also revisited the FOV and you are right, the double is HJ 1224. Again Sky Safari played a trick on me hiding it behind fainter stars for some reason. You have increased my doubles count to 1450. :)
That is the thing about both paper and electronic atlases - not a single one gets everything correct. Some go by the original NGC, some by the RNGC. They all contain mistakes, even the PGC, UGC MCG, etc. Errors are simply an inevitable part of the process. :)

Below is an image from from Prof. Courtney Seligman's site (sourced from DSS, SDSS or PanSTARRS-1 as he states) In it you see that NGC 4879 is clearly a single star and HJ 1224 (labeled PGC 44787) lying next to NGC 4888. As to the magnitude of NGC 4879 (or more properly GSC 04963-0103), Seligman's site lists it at the 15.5 you mentioned. However, I got the 14.99 from Sky Tools 3, which I felt might be more in line with what you were experiencing. Interestingly enough, CdC lists it at mag 17.0, which is obviously way out of line.

Anyway, glad that helped out and congrats on number 1450! :)

NGC 4879_single star.jpg
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Good night Andrey - thanks for sharing it with us.

You and Alan both exhaust me! You are both too prolific! :lol:
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Hi Andrey!

Really enjoyed reading your report. To me it is an amazing haul for one session. I also enjoy the comments between you and Alan on such things as finding errors in atlases. What both of you are doing is way beyond me, but it is fascinating reading. :) :Astronomer1:

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Great report Andrey! Catching the fading constellations in the West is an admirable goal before they go away entirely for the season. And, I have learned something new in that some NGC galaxies are misclassified stars, rather like Messier 73 in the constellation Aquarius. Congrats, also on the VROD!
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kt4hx wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:13 am
Bigzmey wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 4:41 am
kt4hx wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:32 am A very nice report Andrey, with lots of fine galaxy action. I wish I was having your kind of skies at present. :)

Regarding your following, I have added some comments, which I hope you find interesting and useful:

NGC 4878 and NGC 4888 – two extremely faint ovals in the same FOV. NGC 4888 is next to uncharted optical double Pentax XW20 (168X).
NGC 4879 – listed as a star or multiple star – extremely faint fuzzy dot with AV. Same FOV with NGC 4878 and NGC 4888. Pentax XW14 (168X) and XW10 (235x).



The "uncharted" double next to NGC 4888 is actually catalogued, mistakenly, as PGC 44787. You correctly noted it is a pair of stars. Its inclusion in the Principle Galaxies Catalogue is an obvious error. However, it is indeed a catalogued (optical) double star with the designation of HJ 1224 (John Herschel). The following link has some info about it.

https://www.stelledoppie.it/index2.php?iddoppia=55597

NGC 4879 is a single star, listed as GSC 04963-0103 at magnitude 14.99. It was discovered by William Herschel on 23 Mar 1789 at the same time as NGC 4878. Obviously his interpretation of one is correct, the other is not.
Thanks Alan, that helps! Sky Safari lists NGC 4879 as multiple star with mag 15.5. This was confusing on both accounts: I saw a single dot, which I should not have if it has mag 15.5. Mag 14.99 places it closer to AV limits.

I have also revisited the FOV and you are right, the double is HJ 1224. Again Sky Safari played a trick on me hiding it behind fainter stars for some reason. You have increased my doubles count to 1450. :)
That is the thing about both paper and electronic atlases - not a single one gets everything correct. Some go by the original NGC, some by the RNGC. They all contain mistakes, even the PGC, UGC MCG, etc. Errors are simply an inevitable part of the process. :)

Below is an image from from Prof. Courtney Seligman's site (sourced from DSS, SDSS or PanSTARRS-1 as he states) In it you see that NGC 4879 is clearly a single star and HJ 1224 (labeled PGC 44787) lying next to NGC 4888. As to the magnitude of NGC 4879 (or more properly GSC 04963-0103), Seligman's site lists it at the 15.5 you mentioned. However, I got the 14.99 from Sky Tools 3, which I felt might be more in line with what you were experiencing. Interestingly enough, CdC lists it at mag 17.0, which is obviously way out of line.

Anyway, glad that helped out and congrats on number 1450! :)


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Thanks Alan! Yep, this is how I saw it (with a bit less details :)), HJ 1224 sitting next to NGC 4888 makes it harder to detect.
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turboscrew wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:38 am Nice jog again, @Bigzmey !
Thanks Turboscrew!
KingNothing13 wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:36 pm Good night Andrey - thanks for sharing it with us.

You and Alan both exhaust me! You are both too prolific! :lol:
Thanks Brett! Come join us, the water is fine. :D
MistrBadgr wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:52 pm Hi Andrey!

Really enjoyed reading your report. To me it is an amazing haul for one session. I also enjoy the comments between you and Alan on such things as finding errors in atlases. What both of you are doing is way beyond me, but it is fascinating reading. :) :Astronomer1:

Best Regards,
Thanks Bill! When I started observing I remember trying so hard to catch my second galaxy after Andromeda. One galaxy per night was a good session then. Bits by bits and now I am going after 14-15mag galaxies. :lol:
helicon wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 1:57 pm Great report Andrey! Catching the fading constellations in the West is an admirable goal before they go away entirely for the season. And, I have learned something new in that some NGC galaxies are misclassified stars, rather like Messier 73 in the constellation Aquarius. Congrats, also on the VROD!
Thanks Michael! Much appreciated! Some galaxies are so small, they look like stars at lower powers, and some stars have a fuzzy look and can be mistaken for small galaxies. Unresolved faint doubles or multiples also looks like nebulas with soft focus or under poor seeing.
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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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Very good report again. You go 'to great depths with a 9.25 inch Celestron Edge HD. Amazing! Well done.
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Great report!
Congratulations on the VROD!!!
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Re: Virgo and Booties galaxies

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KingNothing13 wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:36 pm Good night Andrey - thanks for sharing it with us.

You and Alan both exhaust me! You are both too prolific! :lol:
MistrBadgr wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:52 pm Hi Andrey!

Really enjoyed reading your report. To me it is an amazing haul for one session. I also enjoy the comments between you and Alan on such things as finding errors in atlases. What both of you are doing is way beyond me, but it is fascinating reading. :) :Astronomer1:

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Andrey congrats on your VROD!
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Re: Virgo and Booties galaxies

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John Baars wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 5:46 pm Very good report again. You go 'to great depths with a 9.25 inch Celestron Edge HD. Amazing! Well done.
Last Friday I had the opportunity to observe with a C9.25 from the city at my local atronomy club. Great instrument! Finer views than the local C14 to my taste.
Thanks for sharing with us!
Thanks John! Indeed 9.25" Celestron Edge HD is a great instrument. My initial upgrade from 8" SCT was 11" SCT, but that turned out to be too much for me to handle. Combination of weight and width made it very uncomfortable to mount. 8" to 9.25" is not that much in terms of light gathering, but sharp Edge HD optics made it worth while. And if I ever decide to do AP or VA I already have it covered. :)
Gordon wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 6:18 pm Great report!
Congratulations on the VROD!!!
Thanks Gordon! Much appreciated.
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.

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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Re: Virgo and Booties galaxies

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kt4hx wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 6:28 pm
KingNothing13 wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:36 pm Good night Andrey - thanks for sharing it with us.

You and Alan both exhaust me! You are both too prolific! :lol:
MistrBadgr wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:52 pm Hi Andrey!

Really enjoyed reading your report. To me it is an amazing haul for one session. I also enjoy the comments between you and Alan on such things as finding errors in atlases. What both of you are doing is way beyond me, but it is fascinating reading. :) :Astronomer1:

Best Regards,
Just a little light chit-chat between friends! :)

Andrey congrats on your VROD!
Indeed! :D Thanks Alan!
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.

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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Hi Andrey. Yet another great report from the Anza desert site with the C9.25 Edge HD SCT. You pulled out a great haul of NGC objects in Virgo and Bootes. Thanks for your latest observing report Andrey, and congratulations on winning another TSS VROD Award.
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Makuser wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 6:50 pm Hi Andrey. Yet another great report from the Anza desert site with the C9.25 Edge HD SCT. You pulled out a great haul of NGC objects in Virgo and Bootes. Thanks for your latest observing report Andrey, and congratulations on winning another TSS VROD Award.
Thanks Marshall! Hoping to do another outing soon. :)
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.

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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Well done, Andrey! Once again, congrats on the VROD!

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Sounds like a great session, Andrey! I enjoy the fainter ones, but I know what you mean about it being taxing. Sometimes I just need a break from them.

Astronomical darkness at 9:40 -- wow, I'm so jealous! Up here in the north (northern VT) *nautical* twilight is 10:00 and astronomical isn't until 11:00. There are still gads of galaxies I could be getting if I could get out there at 9, but galaxy season is pretty much wrapped up here for now.
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Thanks Dave and Mark! It has been awhile since I catch any DSOs other than galaxies. I should do a nebula session. The problem is that I run out of brighter targets in general, so it will be popping eyes at the scope limit no matter what. :lol:
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.

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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