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I was fortunate enough last night to have clear skies and the moon not rising till 12:40 AM.
I started out by looking at M 41 below Sirius then I moved over to look at M46/47 .
Then the one that blew my mind the most was M52 the Scorpion star cluster it was so exciting to view it that I went in the house and made my wife come out and look at it!
She was also blown away, this was after we returned home from dining out on St Valentine’s Day so I can say I had a great night all the way around !
P.S. I forgot that I also looked at the Orion Nebula and the Trapezium before I called it a night !
I started out by looking at M 41 below Sirius then I moved over to look at M46/47 .
Then the one that blew my mind the most was M52 the Scorpion star cluster it was so exciting to view it that I went in the house and made my wife come out and look at it!
She was also blown away, this was after we returned home from dining out on St Valentine’s Day so I can say I had a great night all the way around !
P.S. I forgot that I also looked at the Orion Nebula and the Trapezium before I called it a night !
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Thanks for the report Frank. Sounds like a good evening out there.
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It was an awesome night what a difference with out the moonlight ! Thank you for responding.
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Nice catches there Frank! Sounds like you are getting hang of your DOB . What EPs did you use?
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Hello my friend thanks for responding!
I started with my 2 inch 30 MM to find the star clusters, once I found them though I would gradually move up from that to a 20 MM than a 9 MM but I couldn’t use the 6 MM on any of them because I felt lost it was too much magnification.
Actually I should rephrase that and say I was also using a set of 7 x 50 binoculars to scan where I thought they would be and then I zeroed in on them with the scope.
Speaking of
He has made it much more of a pleasure having different magnifications to choose from versus what came with the scope the 30 MM I mentioned, and a nine MM.
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It sounds like you had a enjoyable evening viewing
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Well done Frank, and glad the 10 inch is working out for you. I really like M46 and its one of my personal favorites. Next time see if you can pick up the foreground planetary nebula "appears" to be floating among the stars in the northern portion of the cluster. It may not be obvious and require a little close scrutiny to pick up, but provides a curious contrast to the cluster behind it. Here is a chart showing its position relative to the cluster. Good luck and keep up the fine observing.
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A very successful evening for you there Frank.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Thank you so much for responding and thank you for the link I download it and looked at it next clear night I believe will be Saturday here I’m gonna look for it specifically thank you again!kt4hx wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 5:39 am Well done Frank, and glad the 10 inch is working out for you. I really like M46 and its one of my personal favorites. Next time see if you can pick up the foreground planetary nebula "appears" to be floating among the stars in the northern portion of the cluster. It may not be obvious and require a little close scrutiny to pick up, but provides a curious contrast to the cluster behind it. Here is a chart showing its position relative to the cluster. Good luck and keep up the fine observing.
Messier 46 and NGC 2348.pdf
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Yes it was my friend and I didn’t mention this because I could not verify which one it was but I stumbled upon a globular cluster.Butterfly Maiden wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 6:46 am A very successful evening for you there Frank.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
People say that they resemble cotton balls but this one looked like it was a piece of wet Kleenex crumbled up in the sky.
The thing was no matter how much magnification I put on it,it still looked the same, maybe a little bigger but it still looked the same “ faint” for lack of a better word.
The problem with me is I’m still so green that star hopping is still a challenge more than a pleasure but I’m getting better.
I think what I saw was somewhere in between the two chopsticks on the star chart.
I also have been using the sky and telescopes pocket sky atlas that Bigzmey so kindly gifted me and SkyView lite,a free
It’s been a year since I bought my telescope and I feel like I’ve barely cracked the art of star hopping but I can at least recognize the constellations a lot easier now.
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Thank you for that insight Frank
You are leaps and bounds ahead of my expertise and knowledge of astronomy, so you have no worries there.
There are some lovely people on this Forum who go out of their way to be helpful to our fellow members, so you were obviously the beneficiary of one of them - namely Andrey (Bigzmey) in this instance.
Keep posting Frank. You are doing a great job.
You are leaps and bounds ahead of my expertise and knowledge of astronomy, so you have no worries there.
There are some lovely people on this Forum who go out of their way to be helpful to our fellow members, so you were obviously the beneficiary of one of them - namely Andrey (Bigzmey) in this instance.
Keep posting Frank. You are doing a great job.
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Thank you for those kind words but I can assure you I am a real rookie compared to you and a lot of the Forum members here.Butterfly Maiden wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 4:18 pm Thank you for that insight Frank
You are leaps and bounds ahead of my expertise and knowledge of astronomy, so you have no worries there.
There are some lovely people on this Forum who go out of their way to be helpful to our fellow members, so you were obviously the beneficiary of one of them - namely Andrey (Bigzmey) in this instance.
Keep posting Frank. You are doing a great job.
Speaking of other members and the quality of the membership let me tell you when I first joined a year ago last January the first thing I was gifted was red filament to put over my lights from Greg .
Then Bigzmey gifted me that star atlas which is fantastic and a huge help.
Then the icing on the cake was when Makuser sent me a 6mm
To even top that one he then sent me the whole set of matching Skywatcher
I was so blown over and humbled by everyone’s generosity !
Also I have received a ton of helpful advise from the membership and for the most part everyone has been very welcoming and friendly!
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Nice session and great reporting, Frank! Certainly VROD worthy!!
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Frankskywatcher wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 2:36 pmThank you so much for responding and thank you for the link I download it and looked at it next clear night I believe will be Saturday here I’m gonna look for it specifically thank you again!kt4hx wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 5:39 am Well done Frank, and glad the 10 inch is working out for you. I really like M46 and its one of my personal favorites. Next time see if you can pick up the foreground planetary nebula "appears" to be floating among the stars in the northern portion of the cluster. It may not be obvious and require a little close scrutiny to pick up, but provides a curious contrast to the cluster behind it. Here is a chart showing its position relative to the cluster. Good luck and keep up the fine observing.
Messier 46 and NGC 2348.pdf
You're very welcome Frank.
Regarding your comments about star hopping, it certainly is not something that we come by naturally. It must be learned by doing, as you've experienced. For those of us who have done this a long time, it becomes second nature only because we've done it so many times over the years. But, I still make mistakes and get off-track from time to time, and I've been doing it for many, many years. The key there is to not be discouraged by the little mistakes, rather use them as a learning experience. Go back to your starting point, look at your chart and figure out where you went wrong and try again. The more you engage it, the better you become. As I am fond of saying, the more we learn the more fun we have, and the more fun we have, the more we learn. Keep working at it and observe as much as you can, you are doing just fine.
Alan
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Mounts: ES Twilight-II and Twilight-I
EPs: AT 82° 28mm UWA || TV Ethos 100° 21mm and 13mm || Vixen LVW 65° 22mm ||
ES 82° 18mm || Pentax XW 70° 10mm, 7mm and 5mm || barlows
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Mounts: ES Twilight-II and Twilight-I
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ES 82° 18mm || Pentax XW 70° 10mm, 7mm and 5mm || barlows
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Congratulations Frank on attaining the TSS VROD award of the day for your fine report. Glad that you made it!
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Thank you my friend it certainly is exciting and I laughed at your comment “ so much to see and so little time” that’s exactly how I think “ if I had know there was so much to see I would have started decades ago”
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Thank you for your fine comments my friend and you are 100% correct that’s exactly what I do and you are right the more you learn the more fun it is WR1R from KT4HX 73kt4hx wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:04 pmFrankskywatcher wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 2:36 pmThank you so much for responding and thank you for the link I download it and looked at it next clear night I believe will be Saturday here I’m gonna look for it specifically thank you again!kt4hx wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 5:39 am Well done Frank, and glad the 10 inch is working out for you. I really like M46 and its one of my personal favorites. Next time see if you can pick up the foreground planetary nebula "appears" to be floating among the stars in the northern portion of the cluster. It may not be obvious and require a little close scrutiny to pick up, but provides a curious contrast to the cluster behind it. Here is a chart showing its position relative to the cluster. Good luck and keep up the fine observing.
Messier 46 and NGC 2348.pdf
You're very welcome Frank.
Regarding your comments about star hopping, it certainly is not something that we come by naturally. It must be learned by doing, as you've experienced. For those of us who have done this a long time, it becomes second nature only because we've done it so many times over the years. But, I still make mistakes and get off-track from time to time, and I've been doing it for many, many years. The key there is to not be discouraged by the little mistakes, rather use them as a learning experience. Go back to your starting point, look at your chart and figure out where you went wrong and try again. The more you engage it, the better you become. As I am fond of saying, the more we learn the more fun we have, and the more fun we have, the more we learn. Keep working at it and observe as much as you can, you are doing just fine.
Gee if I had known there was so much to see I would have started decades ago !
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Polaris 4” Dobsonian
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WHAT I got report of the day award !
I actually feel embarrassed kind of like stepping out of the shower naked and being seen lol!
I say that because I was just so excited about seeing the cluster’s especially the tarantula one but I never expected to get an award because I was just excited and expressing what I saw I did not clean it up so to speak and polish it like so many of the other report that I read and see on here from people who are way more advanced than I am that’s why I say I’m actually I’m kind of embarrassed but honored at the same time
Last edited by Frankskywatcher on Fri Feb 17, 2023 4:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Gee if I had known there was so much to see I would have started decades ago !
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Re: Star Clusters 😳
Open clusters are my favorite targets and less likely to be obscured in my home light pollution.
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Enjoy the award as nominated by your fellow observers! There is plenty time to get in long sessions and reports as you continue with astronomy. We all started out as newbies after all and had to learn the ropes...Frankskywatcher wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:34 pmWHAT I got report of the day award !
I actually feel embarrassed kind of like stepping out of the shower naked and being seen lol!
I say that because I was just so excited about seeing the cluster especially the tarantula one but I never expected to get an award because I was just excited and expressing what I saw I did not clean it up so to speak and polish it like so many of the other report that I read and see on here from people who are way more advanced than I am that’s why I say I’m actually I’m kind of embarrassed but honored at the same time
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Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope
Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50
Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl
Camera: ZWO ASI 120
Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs
Latitude: 48.7229° N
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