mnastro

Points: 4583

Observations: 65

Kudos: 17

NameDean
LocationBirch Lake Observatory
TimezoneUS/Central
Latitude45.0
Longitude-98.0
Altitude287m

Clear

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.

See sketch of M31/M32.

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!

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.

InstrumentObservations
Naked eye 2
XX12i 49
Starblast 4.5 3
7x50 Binos 10