Evening 06/04/2007
The beautiful Friday morning has been offering since the conditions for a great observation: clear skies, no wind, low humidity ... a cloud even pay for it.
And so, after one month and one day, the story begins. The optics are thermally stable for a long time and the collimation ad hoc. The only drawback, the terrace is directly illuminated by two lamps.
Venus, the first object, in May -4. A true beacon, just below the Pleiades! Even at 93x it highlights the half-moon shape, while at 250x in the B / TMB 5mm is even clearer: the image is slightly dirty from a chromatic content, the eastern edge seems sometimes reddish shade of blue line. (With a clear sky background still makes the world a diffraction pattern almost perfect, very smooth with a cross arm mirror, 48x. A 250x, however, a knead the image alone annoying part, this phenomenon get worse with the darkening of the sky background, you will then be noticed on Saturn; brightness too high? Indicates the presence of ghost images by using the B / TMB, with glasses.)
Saturn, the second target in May 0.0.Tra Leo and Cancer. The first and last memory of the planet back in January, while the conjunction with the Moon, drowned in the glow of our satellite. Here, the B / TMB is at its best when offering an image defined dry and contrasted. Some guests of the evening, which never before had put an eye to the eyepiece, are easily identified at 250x the Cassini division, a northern hemisphere equatorial band (?) and four satellites. From experience some problems similar to observations of Venus: some reflection and ghosting, once again accentuated when using glasses.
then I showed friends the most beautiful objects and easy to the season: M44-M67-M35-M13-M3-M5-M81-82-M109-M101-M45-the trio of galaxies in Leo-M51-M63-M94 Eskimo-M102-M97-NGC 6340-NGC-3242 "Ghost of Jupiter" ... the real headlights, then the last planetary nebula is a real punch in the eye! This concludes the first part of the evening.
Leo and Virgo: land of galaxies, nearly 50 galaxies observed in just over an hour. "... The Intelliscope guided my hand, galaxies my eyes." . Placed in the field Hyperion 13mm to 93x (these enlargements the background sky is dark enough to appreciate the contrary to 48x, the fund is still too bright), I found it difficult for any of them, easy viewing in direct . All in one breath:
Ngc3628
M65-66-M95-M105-96
Ngc3384
Ngc2903-3389-7-
Ngc3226
-Ngc3187 3190-3193
Ngc3377
Ngc3412
Ngc3489
Ngc3521
Ngc3593
trio Ng3605- 6-7
Ngc3640
The "Sombrero" M104 introduces me to the Virgin: "... very light and flat to 93x. The swelling is not evident, but the black band of dust at the nucleus can be seen, at times, even in direct vision. "It continues with:
Ngc4216
Ngc4261
Ngc4365
Ngc4371
M84-86" The Eyes in the ... range of 25mm to 48x will have at least a dozen galaxies, including Ngc4402-4388-4438, 4435 ... plus a few others in averted vision that come and go. "
Ngc4429
Ngc4442
M61 M49 M87
M90 M89
M58
Ngc4517
Ngc4526-27-36
Ngc4535
Ngc4546
"Siamese Twin"
... I'm here, too many galaxies in too little time. To relax
shortly after a "marathon of galaxies", left in half to come, I decided to return to some conspicuous object in the early evening and add new ones to spoil.
M5: "... perhaps the most impressive item of the evening. Even at 93x the halo results in a myriad of stars ... to 250x is resolved almost to the core, now it's really great here and there fine branching chains defining the elongated shape of the globular cluster. "
M3" ... much more compact and full of the previous, very big. 250x, the halo is partially resolved, while the vast nuclear region is completely mixed. "
M53: "... globular cluster in Coma. Vaguely reminiscent of M56. "
M51-Ngc5195: cover with a cloth to achieve a better adaptation to darkness:" ... evident, the two nuclei are bright halo surrounding a gray-white, averted vision is realized in the form of a windmill; I can actually claim to have seen and not imagined the arms, 93x. With half of the bridge visible enlargements. (An interesting asterism of 5-6 stars grouped together to form a "key" that seem to indicate the position of the galaxy not far away. "
M97" Owl "-Ngc3242" Ghost of Jupiter "-Ncg2392" Eskimo "-Ngc6543" Cat's Eye: "... as impressive as a planetary nebula may be light having a dark sky. The boundaries of nebulosity are NET NET, without OIII, 93x. The "Eskimo" is easy to 48x and shows a slight bluish; ngc3242 beam that defines a triangle with two other bright stars at 250x is a beacon. "
-M102-Ngc5869 Ngc5907: "... easy and very showy."
Ngc4565: "... really beautiful galaxy viewed edge-extended, is very long! The core point is not bright, but longer. "
M57: at the end of the evening, still very low. "... Far away from the splendor of summer, barely visible central hole, 93x. "
M101:" ... varamente easy, the small nucleus is enveloped by a large halo cloudy. Other than trasparante "
Izar: Boots in the constellation: May 2.4 Separation 3 ", the main component yellow-orange, blue secondary. Easy to 250x.
Xi Bootis: the constellation of Boots mag.4.6 separation 7 "; main component yellow, violet secondary, even at 93x. In this same field a bell'asterisma of three bright stars lined up, as if to remind the belt of Orion.
Cor Caroli: a beautiful double lot easier: mag.3 separation 19 " main component of white-blue, white secondary, a diamond, 93x. (After-galaxies that weak caricatures pleasure!).
Evening 07/04/2007,
high pressure continues to keep away the concentration of clouds and the party continues. I uploaded the telescope in the car for the first trip outside the home
And in two minutes by car are dropped at the sports of the country, is a football field to 11 which offers a rather clear horizon. Moisture content, moderate transparency, luminescence at very low near the horizon, seeing enough midnight ... still see the double cluster in Perseus, counted at least 7-8 stars in the scope defined by the Big Dipper.
Unfortunately the weather escape quickly and set a number of items were overlooked. I "lost" a lot of time with low on the horizon as constellations Perseus, Hydra ol'Unicorno.
Unicorn, observed numerous open clusters (despite the low declination this region of the sky is crowded with a myriad of stars), have proven to 48x composed of bright stars, but not very concentrated:
M50: "... stands a star orange alive, rich enough. "
Ngc 2232 Ngc 2236
Ngc 2237/39/46 "Rosette Nebula", "... very nice open cluster, concentrated in the center and increasingly poor in the suburbs, not the nebula. "
Ngc 2361 Ngc 2364 Ngc 2301
Ngc 2324 Ngc 2335 Ngc 2343
M41 NGC 2346, below the horizon.
Toro, too low, tried unsuccessfully ngc1514 the planet and the remaining list of objects hidden by vegetation.
Giraffe, other galaxies is not very flashy, but easy in direct vision, mostly small, they show a bright nucleus surrounded by a small cloudy glow:
Ngc 2146 Ngc 2336 Ngc 2403
"extended halo ... from which emerge three stars, mv 8.6-10.4-12.
Ngc 2655 "... to small, very bright nucleus.
Ngc 2715 Ngc 1501 "planetary ... very easy, comes off well on a dark background, in a pretty rich field. It looks like a gray circular disk, similar to M57 "
Auriga return to watch the famous trio of open clusters, always fantastic, it identifies a total of seven, used low magnification (48-93x):
M36 M37
M38 Ngc 1857 Ngc 1883
Ngc 2192 Ngc 2281 "... the fourth most beautiful open cluster dell'Auriga in my opinion. It costitituisce a few bright blue stars bright and regrouped. "
Hydra constellation here is a novel for its interpretation is too low, I understand it from your desk hidden under the trees on the terrace. Missed galaxies Ngc2781 and 2855. The planetary nebula M83 and Ngc2610 because hidden from the mountain, observed:
M48: "... not very rich compared to the large open clusters, but composed of bright stars."
M68: "... discrete globular cluster. Unresolved at 48x. Begin to solve at least a dozen stars in the halo, 93x, a good index of heaven. "
Virgin, completed the galaxies in the list left open the day before. I have not encountered difficulties for any of them, identified after a few seconds once centered in the field. Most of NGC have an almost stellar, 48x. I noticed that the Messier galaxies are distinguished not so much for less than mv to a greater extent, observed: NGC
4608-4596 "... beautiful couple, also contained a 93x!"
M 59 M60
Ngc 4636 Ngc 4654 Ngc 4666
Ngc 4697 Ngc 4699 Ngc 4753
Ngc 4762 Ngc 4856 Ngc 4859
Ngc 5363 Ngc 5701 Ngc 5746
Ngc 5813 Ngc 5838 Ngc 5846
M81-82: "... never seen that! If I compare the image of this evening with previous experience I remain baffled. If at the end of August last year, the first time ever, (a mediocre night, mirrors misted and everything else) this pair seemed already great, now just a faded memory, a shadow ...
some real headlights! Both objects in the 25mm Plossl send chills up to 48x. M81: "... luminossissimo nucleus and highly concentrated, which certainly did not look stellar halo immense oval seems clear: they can only guess from the arms of the galaxy irreglolarità border, 93x" M82 "... a slice of light ! Here, too, are jagged edges ... "
Some galaxies in Leo at the end of the evening as objects suggeritemi from Stargazer "challenge" to test the goodness of Chile, "strange") - they are all seen from the front, so here:
Ngc 3162 "... very easy; roundish and net ... starlet sull'alone "
Ngc 3596" ... it seems the twin of the 3162 "
NGC 3507 ... mv 10 two stars, one of which you can see a faint halo "
Ngc 3655" ... perhaps the easiest one, also round-oval, close to a star of 13 mv. "
Evening 04/08/2007 ', Easter
raining until late afternoon, then begins to clear at 19.00 and already the sky is completely clear, a nice evening calm, clear and transparent, seeing 4 / 5. Continue the magic Easter three wonderful nights in a row to another.
observation usually takes place on the terrace: the above table are placed the agenda, "Visual observation of deep sky, a star atlas and torch red. Use sunglasses and a dark cloth to improve dark adaptation ruined by the usual bloody street lamps.
M98: "... easy, is elongated and is located in a very poor field, 48x.
M99
Ngc4203
Ngc4251
NgcM99
Ngc4274
Ngc4278
M100 "... round and extended, the more obvious the nucleus, diaphanous appearance."
M85-Ngc4394: "nice couple: the first is decisamete light, the other small but easy in direct vision. "
Ngc4414
Ngc4450
Ngc4459
Ngc4473
Ngc4477
Ngc4494
M88 "... magnificent. Elongated with a large halo, the core is not point and seems displaced to one side: in averted vision shows a clear star mv 13.7. "
M91
Ngc4559
Ngc4565:" ... already seen the previous days, a most beautiful views of galaxies cutting. "
Ngc4710
Ngc4725
M64
Abell 1656" ... moderately bright, and think that is more than 300 million light years! "
Sextant, rich galaxies, offers several interesting ideas and some items confusing, non-NGC 3055. The galaxies seen from the front are really hard!
NGC 2967: stellar appearance, mild alone, 48x "
Ngc 3135" Spindle "," very bright, even in the halo, it seems viewed edge. "
NGC 3156:" mv ... 12.5 is given in the book as an object of Albano difficult, actually it was revealed after several failed attempts, strictly in averted vision, very weak. Small comes close to a star that marks mv 9 with two other stars of similar mv a triangular-shaped asterism, 93x. "
Ngc3166
Ngc3169
Lynx, a few galaxies and globular:
Ngc2419 ... globular very small and elusive (size 4.1 '), initially mistaken for a galaxy; but ensures that you do not notice the stellar core and reveals a uniform gray tone, 93x. "
NGC 2500:" ... not easy because the sight of the face, rather pale. "
Ngc 2537" Bear Paw ":" ... in the vicinity a star of 10.7 mv is quite elusive, however, easy in direct vision. "
Ngc2683:" ... beautiful galaxy viewed edge-on, clear the nuclear region. "
Ngc2782
Ngc2844
NGC 5466:" ... globular cluster in Bootes, (size 11 ') very large compared to the previous evening. The halo dark gray starts only partially resolved, averted vision emerge in a dozen stars, is a stain tufted, 93x. "
Ngc5005-5033:" ... nice pair of galaxies in Canes Venatici flashy, the first core has a brighter, very easy. "
NGC 4038 -39 "Antenna": "... a pair of galaxies are seen from the front, one next to the other in the constellation Corvus (certainly not conducive to a declination), rather low on the horizon; 93x to appear as a grayish stain shapeless, pale. "
The evening ends with another handful of objects chosen at random, a bit here and a little there. The stanzhezza and above all the hassle arrecatomi by heinous street lamps make me desist from galaxies in the Leo Minor, also made the list.
Evening 09.04 / Easter Monday 2007,
God exists! How do I put four evenings of beautiful weather and no thanks: I note and thank you. Actually there are three nights and 1 / 2, in fact I have occasion to observe for about an hour after dinner (21:30 to 22:30, before returning to Genoa ... and my parents make the final preparations, it's nice to see in any spare time, hit and run, in thirty seconds, the TV is on the terrace takes very little).
I go out on the roof over your head and I am a sky as black as coal, I turn right and see M44 is a very easy and showy bright, so after a few seconds ... Yay! In practice
review the most beautiful objects of the previous evenings, without a precise list ... so going to another case in his pocket methodological thirty target: planetary nebulae, open and globular clusters, galaxies ... I jot down a quick tour of 5-6 galaxies in Draco can not remember that at the time, so high, overhead, give their views ... they are almost all cut, I was impressed!
__________________ raining until late afternoon, then begins to clear at 19.00 and already the sky is completely clear, a nice evening calm, clear and transparent, seeing 4 / 5. Continue the magic Easter three wonderful nights in a row to another.
observation usually takes place on the terrace: the above table are placed the agenda, "Visual observation of deep sky, a star atlas and torch red. Use sunglasses and a dark cloth to improve dark adaptation ruined by the usual bloody street lamps.
M98: "... easy, is elongated and is located in a very poor field, 48x.
M99
Ngc4203
Ngc4251
NgcM99
Ngc4274
Ngc4278
M100 "... round and extended, the more obvious the nucleus, diaphanous appearance."
M85-Ngc4394: "nice couple: the first is decisamete light, the other small but easy in direct vision. "
Ngc4414
Ngc4450
Ngc4459
Ngc4473
Ngc4477
Ngc4494
M88 "... magnificent. Elongated with a large halo, the core is not point and seems displaced to one side: in averted vision shows a clear star mv 13.7. "
M91
Ngc4559
Ngc4565:" ... already seen the previous days, a most beautiful views of galaxies cutting. "
Ngc4710
Ngc4725
M64
Abell 1656" ... moderately bright, and think that is more than 300 million light years! "
Sextant, rich galaxies, offers several interesting ideas and some items confusing, non-NGC 3055. The galaxies seen from the front are really hard!
NGC 2967: stellar appearance, mild alone, 48x "
Ngc 3135" Spindle "," very bright, even in the halo, it seems viewed edge. "
NGC 3156:" mv ... 12.5 is given in the book as an object of Albano difficult, actually it was revealed after several failed attempts, strictly in averted vision, very weak. Small comes close to a star that marks mv 9 with two other stars of similar mv a triangular-shaped asterism, 93x. "
Ngc3166
Ngc3169
Lynx, a few galaxies and globular:
Ngc2419 ... globular very small and elusive (size 4.1 '), initially mistaken for a galaxy; but ensures that you do not notice the stellar core and reveals a uniform gray tone, 93x. "
NGC 2500:" ... not easy because the sight of the face, rather pale. "
Ngc 2537" Bear Paw ":" ... in the vicinity a star of 10.7 mv is quite elusive, however, easy in direct vision. "
Ngc2683:" ... beautiful galaxy viewed edge-on, clear the nuclear region. "
Ngc2782
Ngc2844
NGC 5466:" ... globular cluster in Bootes, (size 11 ') very large compared to the previous evening. The halo dark gray starts only partially resolved, averted vision emerge in a dozen stars, is a stain tufted, 93x. "
Ngc5005-5033:" ... nice pair of galaxies in Canes Venatici flashy, the first core has a brighter, very easy. "
NGC 4038 -39 "Antenna": "... a pair of galaxies are seen from the front, one next to the other in the constellation Corvus (certainly not conducive to a declination), rather low on the horizon; 93x to appear as a grayish stain shapeless, pale. "
The evening ends with another handful of objects chosen at random, a bit here and a little there. The stanzhezza and above all the hassle arrecatomi by heinous street lamps make me desist from galaxies in the Leo Minor, also made the list.
Evening 09.04 / Easter Monday 2007,
God exists! How do I put four evenings of beautiful weather and no thanks: I note and thank you. Actually there are three nights and 1 / 2, in fact I have occasion to observe for about an hour after dinner (21:30 to 22:30, before returning to Genoa ... and my parents make the final preparations, it's nice to see in any spare time, hit and run, in thirty seconds, the TV is on the terrace takes very little).
I go out on the roof over your head and I am a sky as black as coal, I turn right and see M44 is a very easy and showy bright, so after a few seconds ... Yay! In practice
review the most beautiful objects of the previous evenings, without a precise list ... so going to another case in his pocket methodological thirty target: planetary nebulae, open and globular clusters, galaxies ... I jot down a quick tour of 5-6 galaxies in Draco can not remember that at the time, so high, overhead, give their views ... they are almost all cut, I was impressed!
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