Thursday, September 25, 2008
Of course, there are many other excellent and interesting objects visible in
dark skies. I realise I've been fixated on the Messier list. So, I will document
here other notable finds.
Gonna go for some of the SAA top 100! And the "Finest NGCs."
- NGC 884 and NGC 869
- Viewed the double cluster in Perseus through Phil's NP101 Apo scope in an
TV Panoptic eyepiece that offered a 3° field at 23x. Beautiful, delicate collections
of small, fine stars. A mixture of colours. Seen on 20 Mar 07 from Toronto city
limits. Viewed Aug 08 through 12.5" f4.83 dob at CAO.
- NGC 5838
- Viewed the small, very faint galaxy near star 110 in Virgo. Rendered at the
THO in the 8" SCT as a oval smudge.
- IC 4665
- While searching Ophiuchus for Messiers, I came across this big open cluster.
It is pleasing in the finder scope so it should be a good low power subject or
one for the binoculars. You'll need dark skies though...
- Herschel's Garnet Star
- The bright star in Cepheus looks more orange to me. Could be mistaken for
Mars, if it weren't so far north.
- NGC 6652
- A very small globular cluster near ε (epsilon) Sagittarius aka Kaus
Australis. Only briefly viewed it. Hard to see any detail.
- NGC 7009 - Saturn Nebula
- It is small but a rich cyan colour. Oblong in shape. There are no nearby stars.
A little treat!
- NGC 6818
- Planetary Nebula. Lovely small triangle of faint field stars nearby. Viewed
through SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 6826
- Planetary Nebula. Star in the middle. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 6822
- Irregular. Hard to make out. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 6905
- Very nice. Planetary Nebula. Very spherical. Lovely field stars. Viewed through
SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 7027
- Very blue Planetary Nebula. Nearby star. Cone-shaped. Very small. Viewed through
SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 7184
- Edge-on galaxy. Very faint. Slightly canted. Bright core. Edge of field. TV
Panoptic 27mm (200x). Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 7331
- Lovely spiral, canted. Beautiful bright centre. Viewed through SCT 14"
at CAO.
- NGC 7619
- Two objects. Galaxy cluster. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 7662
- Blue Snowball. Very nice. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 752
- Open cluster between Tri and And. Viewed through 12.5" f4.83 dob at CAO.
- NGC 7789
- Wow. Cas. Beautiful rich dense field Open Cluster. Viewed through SCT 14"
at CAO.
- NGC 6712
- Small faint Globular Cluster is Scu. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO.
- Cat's Eye
- In Dra. Could see green or aqua colour. Almond-shaped. Bright centre. Viewed
through SCT 14" at CAO.
- Blinking Planetary
- Fantasic aqua-green colour. Even the central star looks green. Fascinating
the blinking effect with and without averted vision. Viewed through SCT 14"
at CAO.
- Helix Nebula
- Very faint. Viewed with different eyepieces. Still faint. Viewed through SCT
14" at CAO.
- NGC 253
- In Sculptor. Canted galaxy. Dust lanes. Very large in 36mm eyepiece. Edge
to edge in the field of view. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 5907
- Small edge-on galaxy. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO.
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