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9/7/21

I took this week off to have some kickback time with family, do a few things around the house, and off cause, to do more observing! So, middle of the week found me driving back to my favorite desert site. Considering that our club has over 600 members I am surprised how underutilized our dark site is. On the new Moon, dry, clear, and warm night there were only three other members. The site has 20+ private observatories, only one was in use. Oh well, more for me. :)

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.

All targets unless otherwise stated were observed with Celestron Edge 9.25” SCT. Various EPs were tried in particular on difficult targets. Pentax XW20 (118x), XW14 (168x) and XW10 (235x) were used the most.

20:12 Milky Way got well structured.

Hercules
The first target of the evening SN 2021wuf was suggested to me by our friend Alan.

SN 2021wuf – supernova – it was easier than expected at ~14 mag. Faint but sharp and steady star was in the middle and slightly offside between NGC 6500 and NGC 6501 disks.

Ophiuchus

6P/d’Arrest – comet – FAIL. I thought at predicted 12.4 mag and 2.8’ it might be doable with my scopes. However, brightness prediction for comets is tricky business and they move pretty fast. I scanned the area at different powers, might saw something extra faint but not confident enough to call it.

The next set of targets have not risen yet, so I went to sleep for a few hours and woke up ~02:00 ready for action.

Taurus

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko – comet. Predicted 12.1 mag and 1.2’ size. This one was quite obvious in Edge 9.25”/XW20 (118x). Round coma, bright nucleus and hints of tail.

4P/Faye – comet. Predicted 11.8 mag and 3.4’ size. - FAIL, likely due to low surface brightness similar to 6P/d’Arrest.

Lynx

C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) – comet. Predicted 9.8 mag and 2.2’ size. Was not as easy to detect as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, but I did manage to detect dim round coma with slightly brighter center.

Two out of four comets – not bad at all, I would take it any night. :)

Eridanus galaxies
NGC 1482 – faint lens with AV (118x).
NGC 1498 – asterism – small tight patch of 3 faint stars detected with AV (118x).
NGC 1516 – extra faint spot detected with AV by moving EP (168x).
NGC 1552 – small oval with brighter central area (118x).
NGC 1576 – very faint, elongated oval with AV (168x).

NGC 1609 – faint elongated oval with brighter central area (118x).
NGC 1611 – faint narrow shape detected with AV by moving EP (168x).
NGC 1613 – very faint AV oval in the same FOV with NGC 1611 (168x).
NGC 1635 – wide faint oval (118x).
NGC 1636 – wide faint oval with AV (168x).

NGC 1643 – small faint round disk with AV (118x, 168x).
NGC 1646 – small oval with stellar core (118x).
NGC 1653 – round disk with brighter central area (118x).
NGC 1665 – wide oval with brighter central area (118x).

IC 2118 (LBN 959) – Witch Head Nebula – FAIL. I have tried with 150ST and various EPs and filters. Due to its large size should try with binos instead.

Orion
04:10 – Orion has risen high enough to try for some galaxies

NGC 1670 – faint small, elongated oval (168x).

04:20 - At this point I realized that I can’t take another faint fuzzy and dropped down to catch another couple of hours of sleep.
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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Besides the comets, nice list of faint fuzzies. :)
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turboscrew wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:10 am Besides the comets, nice list of faint fuzzies. :)
Wait, you don't like comets? ;)
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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Bigzmey wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:18 am
turboscrew wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:10 am Besides the comets, nice list of faint fuzzies. :)
Wait, you don't like comets? ;)
Ah, bad selection of words. Maybe "In addition to..."?
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Telescope: OrionOptics XV12, Mount: CEM120, Tri-pier 360 and alternative dobson mount.
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Eyepieces: 26 mm Omegon SWAN 70°, 15 mm TV Plössl, 12.5 mm Baader Morpheus, 10 mm TV Delos, 6 mm Baader Classic Ortho, 5 mm TV DeLite, 4 mm and 3 mm TV Radians
Cameras: ZWO ASI 294MM Pro, Omegon veLOX 178C
OAG: TS-Optics TSOAG09, ZWO EFW 7 x 36 mm, ZWO filter sets: LRGB and Ha/OIII/SII
Explore Scientific HR 2" coma corrector, Meade x3 1.25" Barlow, TV PowerMate 4x 2"
Some filters (#80A, ND-96, ND-09, Astronomik UHC)
Laptop: Acer Enduro Urban N3 semi-rugged, Windows 11
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turboscrew wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 4:03 am
Bigzmey wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:18 am
turboscrew wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:10 am Besides the comets, nice list of faint fuzzies. :)
Wait, you don't like comets? ;)
Ah, bad selection of words. Maybe "In addition to..."?
My English better getting? Yes?
I understood your "besides" as "in addition to".
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Bravo again Andrey !
It is great to take some time and have the "weather gauge" as well at the Anza site !

Thank you.
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Well done Andrey and glad you had a chance to pick up the NGC 6500 supernova. I saw it the evening of the 6th, but still working on that report as well as the one for the 7th. Eridanus is always an excellent galaxy playground! Hopefully fall into winter will be a good run of observing. :)
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Good night Andrey - comet hunting and faint fuzzy hunting - sounds really good.

Your club's dark site sounds great too!
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Thanks Juha, nFA, Mark, Alan and Brett!
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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