TUESday, AUGUST 17, 2010
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. Recently, reorganised by catalogue, and sorted.
Gonna go for some of the SAA top 100! And the "Finest NGCs."
- 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 μ (mu) in Cepheus looks more orange to me. Could be mistaken for
Mars, if it weren't so far north. Phil, through the C14, in Jul 2010, remarked, "Oh, red!"
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- 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 457
- Small collection of pale blue-white stars in Cassiopeia. Beside (behind?)
double star φ CAS.
- NGC 752
- Open cluster between Tri and And. Viewed through 12.5" f4.83 DOB at CAO. Viewed again Aug 2010 with 8" SCT at CAO.
- 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 4284
- Very faint nebula near M40 and NGC 4290. Smaller than 4290. Very challenging to see in C14 at CAO. At the edge of visibility and averted vision. Need good transparency for it.
- NGC 4290
- Small faint nebula (mag 12) near M40. Oval shape (it's a barred spiral). It forms a triangle with a bright star nearby (70 Ursae Majoris).
- NGC 4565 - Needle Galaxy
- Spotted this faint fuzzy in CrB near Mel 111. Easy to visualise with Paul and Stef's photos coming to mind. Large. An edge-on spiral galaxy. Requires averted vision to sense the true size and to discern some structure in the foreground. Could see the bright core and centre region. Viewed with C14 with 55mm and 27mm eyepieces in Jul 2010. Did I see another fuzzy nearby?
- NGC 4647
- The very faint spiral galaxy near to elliptical M60. Chance alignment. They do not interact.
- 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.
- NGC 5907
- Small edge-on galaxy. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 6144
- A faint, loose, open object. Thought it was a galaxy at first. Some structure, tendrils?, visible at low power in the SP-C8 with 36mm. This globular cluster is quite low for Canadians...
- NGC 6543 - Cat's Eye
- In Dra. Could see green or aqua colour. Almond-shaped. Bright centre. Viewed
through SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 6652
- A very small globular cluster near ε (epsilon) Sagittarius aka Kaus
Australis. Only briefly viewed it. Hard to see any detail.
- NGC 6633
- A lazy S-shape of stars. 71x is too close; but at 10x too small. 32x in a Tele Vue 101 is better. Pale blue stars with a bright yellow-white star nearby. Were these stars closer together at one point?
- NGC 6712
- Small faint Globular Cluster is Scu. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 6818
- Planetary Nebula. Lovely small triangle of faint field stars nearby. Viewed
through SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 6822
- Irregular. Hard to make out. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 6826 - Blinking Planetary
- Viewed on a couple of occasions through SCT 14" at CAO. Fantastic aqua-green
colour. Even the central star looks green. Fascinating the blinking effect with
and without averted vision.
- NGC 6905
- Very nice. Planetary Nebula. Very spherical. Lovely field stars. Viewed through
SCT 14" at CAO.
- NGC 7009 - Saturn Nebula
- It is small but a rich cyan colour. Oblong in shape. There are no nearby stars.
A little treat! Viewed in Jul 2010 in Phil's 15" with an UHC filter. Intense blue colour again.
- 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 7293 - Helix Nebula
- In Aquarius. Very faint. Viewed with different eyepieces. Still faint. 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 Nebula
- Very nice planetary nebula. Viewed through SCT 14" at CAO. On 18 Dec
09 viewed at 300x through DDO 74": photograph like, structure visible, central
star visible.
- NGC 7789
- Wow. Cas. Beautiful rich dense field Open Cluster. Viewed through SCT 14"
at CAO.
- Mel 111
- The Melotte 111 cluster, near γ Com, is a large open cluster. Nicely framed at 10x. The bright stars form a V-shape like a flock of geese.
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