November 2020 Monthly Challenge

[Graeme1858]

November 2020 Monthly Challenge

A big thank you to all of you that put forward suggestions for the November 2020 monthly challenge!

For the Northern Hemisphere we had
Uranus (3 votes)
M74
NGC457 (2 votes)
NGC7662
NGC6888
M45
M52

For the Southern Hemisphere we had
Uranus (3 votes)
M74
NGC253
NGC104
M45
SMC

The target suggestions for the November Challenge were once again put through a random number generator and we have our winners!

The Northern Target for November is NGC457

Thanks to Mr Shorty and kt4hx for proposing NGC457.

Wikipedia: "NGC 457 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1787, and lies over 7,900 light years away from the Sun. It has an estimated age of 21 million years. The cluster is sometimes referred by amateur astronomers as the Owl Cluster, the E.T."

The Southern Target for November is M74

Thanks to Mr Shorty for proposing M74.

Wikipedia: "Messier 74 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is at a distance of about 32 million light-years away from Earth. The galaxy contains two clearly defined spiral arms and is therefore used as an archetypal example of a grand design spiral galaxy."

We hope that you have fun finding these targets and we look forward to seeing your reports, sketches or images of either or both.

Have fun out there!!!

Regards

Graeme