Name | Dean |
Location | Birch Lake Observatory |
Timezone | US/Central |
Latitude | 45.0 |
Longitude | -98.0 |
Altitude | 287m |
XX12i
30 points
A very pretty open cluster, quite dense, framed nicely in the FOV of my 24mm EP (~1.3 degrees).
M34 is in a good position to sketch now, will revisit and sketch soon.
XX12i
10 points
See sketch of M31/M32.
XX12i
50 points
Observed Neptune, took 3 nights to find the right time to view it between some trees at my observing site but finally found the time it was visible. Seeing wasn't very good, and it was lower in the sky, both added up to less than spectacular views but I can finally add Neptune to the list, completing all of the planets!
XX12i
50 points
Observed Uranus -- couldn't tease out any of its moons however. Small, very pale blueish, but the disc was readily apparent from ~100x and above. Below 100x it appeared a more like an out-of-focus star, a bit more like a small bright PN. Seeing didn't allow much more than ~300x, going any higher didn't really help the view.
Instrument | Observations |
Naked eye | 2 |
XX12i | 49 |
Starblast 4.5 | 3 |
7x50 Binos | 10 |