Messier 35

[Mike Q]

Congratulations Mike on achieving the Messier 70 target views.

M70 Profile Bling awarded.

Thanks. Tough night last night.

[pakarinen]

M11...still don't see a duck.

Looks like a wedge of pie to me.

[Mike Q]

M11...still don't see a duck.

Looks like a wedge of pie to me.

I have seen it called the salt and pepper cluster before, i think i can get on board with that name.

[helicon]

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck then it is a duck.

[Mike Q]

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck then it is a duck.

It doesnt look like a duck to me. I just dont see it lol

[Mike Q]

6 July 2024. Scopes used XX16G and Meade 10 inch SCT. The eyepieces used were bit of this and that. Open clusters were observed using an ES 30/82 in the 16 inch and a Meade 56mm in the SCT. Start time was about 2215 and ending around 0030 this morning.

Three that i had hoped to bag are now blocked by trees, so M91, 52 and M105....i will catch you later.

M39 open cluster. This is just a nice open cluster.
M62 glob, nice and bright but not exactly round.
M23 open cluster. This is a pretty cluster, especially in the 16.
M16 The Eagle Nebula. An Oiii filter really brings up the nebulocity.
M18 open cluster...kinda a meh cluster for me.
M24 Sagittarius Star Cloud. What a mess of stars. Interesting but i think that is a one and done object.
M21 open cluster, there is a "circle" of stars that show up very well in the 16.
M20 the Triffid an Oiii brings up the nebulocity nicely.
M8 The Lagoon, good with no filter outstanding with a Oiii.
M25 open cluster, nicest cluster of the evening with the bright stars scattered around it.

With these 10 that gets me to 82 of 110.

[Graeme1858]

Another fine group of Ms to add to your list Mike.

Have you seen The TSS DSO Challenge Targets for July? They include three from your first trip out last November.

[Mike Q]

Another fine group of Ms to add to your list Mike.

Have you seen The TSS DSO Challenge Targets for July? They include three from your first trip out last November.

Slowly but surely i am gaining on it. I have not had a chance to check the DSO challange yet but i will.

And may i add a bit of congratulations to Sir Lewis Hamilton for hanging onto the win of the British Grand Prix. That was a pretty good show

[Graeme1858]

And may i add a bit of congratulations to Sir Lewis Hamilton for hanging onto the win of the British Grand Prix. That was a pretty good show

The boy done good! It's been a while since he won anything too!

[Mike Q]

And may i add a bit of congratulations to Sir Lewis Hamilton for hanging onto the win of the British Grand Prix. That was a pretty good show

The boy done good! It's been a while since he won anything too!

I will be the first to admit i am firmly in the anybody but Hamilton group lol, but good strateg, a lot of patience a good decision making won him the race

[kt4hx]

Well done on your latest M collection Mike. Oh, by the way, the thing with Messier 11 and the name "Wild Duck Cluster" is that its brightest stars form a bit of a wedge shape, thus bringing to mind a flock of ducks - at least to some I guess. I find the vast majority of object nicknames are not so obvious and sometimes nonsensical. Perhaps they are obvious to some, but what one sees is a very personal thing in the majority of cases. I would have to agree though that the other nickname "Scutum Salt-n-Pepper" is more readily apparent to the eye.

[Mike Q]

Well done on your latest M collection Mike. Oh, by the way, the thing with Messier 11 and the name "Wild Duck Cluster" is that its brightest stars form a bit of a wedge shape, thus bringing to mind a flock of ducks - at least to some I guess. I find the vast majority of object nicknames are not so obvious and sometimes nonsensical. Perhaps they are obvious to some, but what one sees is a very personal thing in the majority of cases. I would have to agree though that the other nickname "Scutum Salt-n-Pepper" is more readily apparent to the eye.

I am of the mind that whoever gave the names to some of these things was on a diet of psychedelic mushrooms and was listening to Pink Floyd

[JayTee]

was on a diet of psychedelic mushrooms and was listening to Pink Floyd

Reminescing over my way younger days!

[Mike Q]

3 August 2024, time 2200. Conditions 81 degrees and humidy around 75 percent. Scope was the XX16G and the eyepieces varied a bit. Intermittent clouds and some haze were the name of the game tonight.

M6, the Butterfly Cluster. It pretty much filled the FOV of the Orion 14/80 LHD.

M7, The Ptolemy Cluster, again it filled the 14/80. This huge cluster would have been better in a 20 or 24

M15, Globular Cluster. The ES 9/100 brings out all sorts of details. "Arms" are easily seen with a very bright core.

M2, Globular Cluster, not as good as M15 but still respectable at 200x

M22, Globular Cluster, kinda on the loose side for a glob but it frames nice in the 14/80

M28, Globe Cluster, the area this was in had some haze going on and while you could see it, it was basically a fuzzball

M52, Open Cluster. In the 14/80 to me it looks like a loose glob more then a open.

Tonights additions take me to 89 out of 110.

[Bigzmey]

Good progress Mike!

[Mike Q]

Good progress Mike!

Little by little lol

[Bigzmey]

Good progress Mike!

Little by little lol

It will take a while to get all 110 as some of them are winter targets. In the mean time, if you are enjoying Messier catalog I would suggest to take a look at the Herschel 400. It is a bit more challenging than Messier but also contains many beautiful targets.

The target list in Excel and PDF is at the bottom of this AL's page.

https://www.astroleague.org/herschel-40 ... g-program/

[Mike Q]

Good progress Mike!

Little by little lol

It will take a while to get all 110 as some of them are winter targets. In the mean time, if you are enjoying Messier catalog I would suggest to take a look at the Herschel 400. It is a bit more challenging than Messier but also contains many beautiful targets.

The target list in Excel and PDF is at the bottom of this AL's page.

https://www.astroleague.org/herschel-40 ... g-program/

Oh no ... Not another list lol. I do actually have a note to look into these objects. I just recently did the first dozen or so of the Caldwell objects, mostly just to give them a shot.

[Thefatkitty]

Good lord man, you're a machine! Well done on on all that, I know what you and Alan mean by record keeping. I might start that one day!

[Mike Q]

Good lord man, you're a machine! Well done on on all that, I know what you and Alan mean by record keeping. I might start that one day!

That might be pushing it a bit, but thanks