From anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com Tue Aug 12 21:48:12 2008 From: anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com) Date: 12 Aug 2008 21:48:12 -0400 Subject: (IAAC) Obj: Lesath (Nu Sco) - Inst: Vixen 9x63 binoculars Message-ID: <20080813014812.19982.qmail@s15272250.onlinehome-server.com> ---- Observation Poster: St?phane Meloche Observer: St?phane Meloche Your skills: Advanced (many years) Date/time of observation: 2008-07-05 2h29 UT Location of site: St-Joseph-de-Coleraine (Lat 46?, Elev 300 m) Site classification: Exurban Sky darkness: 5.6 Seeing: <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: None - moon not in sky Instrument: Vixen 9x63 binoculars Magnification: Filter(s): Object(s): Lesath (Nu Sco) Category: Multiple star. Class: Constellation: Sco Data: mag 4.1 + 7.0 size Position: RA 16:12 DEC -19:28 Description: In Scorpius, at ~ 1?? E of Graffias (Beta Sco). I had not observed this double star for a while, my last observation dates back to May 20, 2001. The brightness of the primary surpassed, by far, that of the secondary, which complicates the identification of the latter. I estimate the position angle near of 360?, which is pretty close to the real value (337? in 1955). The 2 components are white. -- ** This observing log was submitted via the IAAC Web form: www.visualdeepsky.org/enter-log.html From anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com Thu Aug 14 00:20:47 2008 From: anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com) Date: 14 Aug 2008 00:20:47 -0400 Subject: (IAAC) Obj: Epsilon Lyrae (Double Star) - Inst: 7x50 Vivitar Binoculars Message-ID: <20080814042047.16026.qmail@s15272250.onlinehome-server.com> ---- Observation Poster: Joshua E. Horn Observer: Joshua E. Horn Your skills: Beginner (< one year) Date/time of observation: August 13, 2008 11:13 PM CST Location of site: Deer Park Tx (Lat , Elev ) Site classification: Urban Sky darkness: 3 <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Seeing: 3 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: Major - gibbous or near object Instrument: 7x50 Vivitar Binoculars Magnification: 7x50 Filter(s): Object(s): Epsilon Lyrae (Double Star) Category: Multiple star. Class: Constellation: Lyra Data: mag size Position: RA : DEC : Description: Double star 2 deg NE of Vega viewed faintly from fairly bright sky. Other constellations not very visible in tonight's sky. -- ** This observing log was submitted via the IAAC Web form: www.visualdeepsky.org/enter-log.html From anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com Tue Aug 19 20:56:56 2008 From: anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com) Date: 19 Aug 2008 20:56:56 -0400 Subject: (IAAC) Obj: M80 - Inst: Vixen 9x63 binoculars Message-ID: <20080820005656.19658.qmail@s15272250.onlinehome-server.com> ---- Observation Poster: St?phane Meloche Observer: St?phane Meloche Your skills: Advanced (many years) Date/time of observation: 2008-07-05 2h36 UT Location of site: St-Joseph-de-Coleraine (Lat 45,97?, Elev 380 m) Site classification: Exurban Sky darkness: 5.6 Seeing: <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: None - moon not in sky Instrument: Vixen 9x63 binoculars Magnification: Filter(s): Object(s): M80 Category: Globular cluster. Class: II Constellation: Sco Data: mag 7.3 size 8.9' Position: RA 16:17 DEC -22:59 Description: In Scorpius, at 4?? NW of Antares (Alpha Sco). My last observation of this cluster dates back to May 20, 2001. Initially, I was confused on the correct identification of the object because of the proximity of the star TYC 6793-311-1, just NE of the M80. Also, transparency of this sector in the sky is not very good. With careful observations, I managed to isolate M80 from TYC 6793-311-1. The dimensions of this GC are rather smal at 9x, but high degree of concentration is evident and, using the averted vision, the heart of the cluster is looking stellar. -- ** This observing log was submitted via the IAAC Web form: www.visualdeepsky.org/enter-log.html From anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com Tue Aug 19 21:08:21 2008 From: anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com) Date: 19 Aug 2008 21:08:21 -0400 Subject: (IAAC) Obj: B43 - Inst: Vixen 9x63 binoculars Message-ID: <20080820010821.24041.qmail@s15272250.onlinehome-server.com> ---- Observation Poster: St?phane Meloche Observer: St?phane Meloche Your skills: Advanced (many years) Date/time of observation: 2008-07-05 2h51 UT Location of site: St-Joseph-de-Coleraine (Lat 45,97?, Elev 380 m) Site classification: Exurban Sky darkness: 5.6 Seeing: <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: None - moon not in sky Instrument: Vixen 9x63 binoculars Magnification: Filter(s): Object(s): B43 Category: Dark nebula. Class: Constellation: Sco Data: mag size 200' x 80' Position: RA 16:22 DEC -19:40 Description: In Scorpius, just SE of Chi Oph. This dark nebula reveals itself surprisingly obvious to my 9x63. This is due to its larger size, and a rapid scanning in the sector clearly shows that there is a "hole" of stars on the location of B43. This observation is facilitated by the presence stars of the Milky Way, near the studied area. More precisely, the region where I can distinguish B43 without problems lies at the centre of the triangle formed by Psi Oph, Chi Oph and HD 150416. -- ** This observing log was submitted via the IAAC Web form: www.visualdeepsky.org/enter-log.html From anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com Tue Aug 19 21:14:40 2008 From: anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com) Date: 19 Aug 2008 21:14:40 -0400 Subject: (IAAC) Obj: M4 - Inst: Vixen 9x63 binoculars Message-ID: <20080820011440.26364.qmail@s15272250.onlinehome-server.com> ---- Observation Poster: St?phane Meloche Observer: St?phane Meloche Your skills: Advanced (many years) Date/time of observation: 2008-07-05 2h58 UT Location of site: St-Joseph-de-Coleraine (Lat 45,97?, Elev 380 m) Site classification: Exurban Sky darkness: 5.6 Seeing: <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: None - moon not in sky Instrument: Vixen 9x63 binoculars Magnification: Filter(s): Object(s): M4 Category: Globular cluster. Class: IX Constellation: Sco Data: mag 5.8 size 26.3 Position: RA 16:23.6 DEC -26:32 Description: In Scorpius, at 1? ? W of Antares (Alpha Sco). My last observation on this subject dates back to May 20, 2001. Always a pleasure to watch, showing M4 with impressive size with my 9x63. After all, this is the largest globular cluster of the Messier catalog. Also, the low degree of concentration is obvious. Some moments, I observe a vertical alignment of stars unresolved within the object. Unlike other globular clusters such as M92, M4 limits are difficult to identify and averted vision increases, significantly, the extent of the object. This same technique reveals occasionally a heart stellar appearance, which is weird for this peculiar object. -- ** This observing log was submitted via the IAAC Web form: www.visualdeepsky.org/enter-log.html From anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com Tue Aug 19 21:19:16 2008 From: anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com) Date: 19 Aug 2008 21:19:16 -0400 Subject: (IAAC) Obj: B41 (Negative report) - Inst: Vixen 9x63 binoculars Message-ID: <20080820011916.28267.qmail@s15272250.onlinehome-server.com> ---- Observation Poster: St?phane Meloche Observer: St?phane Meloche Your skills: Advanced (many years) Date/time of observation: 2008-07-05 2h43 UT Location of site: St-Joseph-de-Coleraine (Lat 45,97?, Elev 380 m) Site classification: Exurban Sky darkness: 5.6 Seeing: <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: None - moon not in sky Instrument: Vixen 9x63 binoculars Magnification: Filter(s): Object(s): B41 (Negative report) Category: Dark nebula. Class: Constellation: Sco Data: mag size 200' x 80' Position: RA 16:22 DEC -19:40 Description: In Scorpius, just NW of Psi Oph. After several minutes of careful observation, nothing appears in the area where B41 is supposed to be. Douth, a quick check in this region of Scorpius shows a lot of stars in the location of B41 and it seems contain a large number of dark nebulae. -- ** This observing log was submitted via the IAAC Web form: www.visualdeepsky.org/enter-log.html From anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com Tue Aug 19 21:25:22 2008 From: anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com) Date: 19 Aug 2008 21:25:22 -0400 Subject: (IAAC) Obj: Sigma Sco (Negative report) - Inst: Vixen 9x63 binoculars Message-ID: <20080820012522.30631.qmail@s15272250.onlinehome-server.com> ---- Observation Poster: St?phane Meloche Observer: St?phane Meloche Your skills: Advanced (many years) Date/time of observation: 2008-07-05 3h12 UT Location of site: St-Joseph-de-Coleraine (Lat 45,97?, Elev 380 m) Site classification: Exurban Sky darkness: 5.6 Seeing: <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: None - moon not in sky Instrument: Vixen 9x63 binoculars Magnification: Filter(s): Object(s): Sigma Sco (Negative report) Category: Multiple star. Class: Constellation: Sco Data: mag 3.0 + 9.0 size Position: RA 16:21 DEC -25:36 Description: In Scorpius, ~ 2? W of Antares (Alpha Sco). After several minutes of careful observation, the secondary star remains invisible to my binoculars. It shines less than 100x than the primary star. I had a feeling to catch the secondary star at right position angle, but this observation is too uncertain to consider that this component was seen individually. The primary is white. -- ** This observing log was submitted via the IAAC Web form: www.visualdeepsky.org/enter-log.html From anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com Sun Aug 31 08:39:40 2008 From: anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com) Date: 31 Aug 2008 08:39:40 -0400 Subject: (IAAC) Obj: NGC 7789 - Inst: 100 x 25 Celestron mounted binoculars Message-ID: <20080831123940.13440.qmail@s15272250.onlinehome-server.com> ---- Observation Poster: Steven H. Yaskell Observer: Steven H. Yaskell Your skills: Advanced (many years) Date/time of observation: July 27-29, 2008 c. UT/GMT 1700 Location of site: Pico Mountain, Mendon VT. (Lat 43.651N, Elev at c. 2000 ft) Site classification: Rural Sky darkness: 10 <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Seeing: 8-10 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: None - moon not in sky Instrument: 100 x 25 Celestron mounted binoculars Magnification: - Filter(s): None Object(s): NGC 7789 Category: Open cluster. Class: Constellation: Cassiopeia Data: mag size Position: RA : DEC : Description: Night of 27 overcast at times. Gave first light to the Celestron 100 x 25's. About 3.4 degrees NE of Beta Cas. This open cluster appears clearly like a 12- 14?thumbprint, smeared at the bottoms, between Rho and Sigma Cas, L-to-R in the binoculars. (Using 16 x 50s in the same area a year ago, I did not discern this cluster.) The surface brightness is low and I see a strong glow from the interior, but I don't see this until the perfect night of 29 July. These binoculars have some light gathering power but the stand requires you adjust it so that you can see higher. -- ** This observing log was submitted via the IAAC Web form: www.visualdeepsky.org/enter-log.html From anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com Sun Aug 31 08:47:34 2008 From: anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com) Date: 31 Aug 2008 08:47:34 -0400 Subject: (IAAC) Obj: NGC 7822 - Inst: Celestron 100 x 25 mounted binoculars Message-ID: <20080831124734.16191.qmail@s15272250.onlinehome-server.com> ---- Observation Poster: Steven H. Yaskell Observer: Steven H. Yaskell Your skills: Advanced (many years) Date/time of observation: July 29, 2008, GMT/UT c. 1700-1730 Location of site: Pico Mountain, Mendon VT. (Lat 43.61N, Elev c. 2000 ft) Site classification: Rural Sky darkness: 10 <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Seeing: 10 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: None - moon not in sky Instrument: Celestron 100 x 25 mounted binoculars Magnification: Filter(s): None Object(s): NGC 7822 Category: Open cluster. Class: Constellation: Cepheus Data: mag size Position: RA : DEC : Description: Like long strings of pebble pearls, or see-through silk, dotted with stars in chains and loops, c. 8-10 degrees N-NE of Beta Cas. The lower aspect is stunning, a real standout in these light-gatherers. -- ** This observing log was submitted via the IAAC Web form: www.visualdeepsky.org/enter-log.html From anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com Sun Aug 31 08:57:28 2008 From: anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at s15272250.onlinehome-server.com) Date: 31 Aug 2008 08:57:28 -0400 Subject: (IAAC) Obj: m 51 - Inst: Celestron 100 x 25 mounted binoculars Message-ID: <20080831125728.20321.qmail@s15272250.onlinehome-server.com> ---- Observation Poster: Steven H. Yaskell Observer: Steven H. Yaskell Your skills: Advanced (many years) Date/time of observation: 29 July, 2008 , c. 1700 GMT/UT Location of site: Mendon Vt (Pico Mt) (Lat 43.61N, Elev c. 2000 ft) Site classification: Rural Sky darkness: 10 <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Seeing: 10 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: None - moon not in sky Instrument: Celestron 100 x 25 mounted binoculars Magnification: Filter(s): None Object(s): m 51 Category: External galaxy. Class: Sb Constellation: Canes Venatici Data: mag size Position: RA : DEC : Description: This view of a 20 second of arc object seems wider at this elevation, looking as I am to the NW a little upward. When I saw M 13 in this quadrant some years ago, it also seemed brighter: certainly brighter than when I see it overhead, like I do tonight, Hercules at this moment right overhead. I see the arms of the object, brighter at the ends than at the center, and big, and brighter, than I have ever seen it. But I do not see the total picture. One end hints of the growing accretion disk (I see it NE) and the SW view, a hint of gas, but bright enough to detect in this perfect sky. -- ** This observing log was submitted via the IAAC Web form: www.visualdeepsky.org/enter-log.html