[Paddy (Patrick)]

And a few more from last month.

Telescope 400mm f4.9 tri-dob reflector
Eyepieces 28mm UWAN, 17,13,9 mm Naglers, Paracorr
Navigation: Night Sky Observer’s Guide (NSOG) and Uranometria

2200

Seeing very good, transparency very poor

IC 4725/Messier 25 OC in Sagittarius

90X Stunning cluster of many bright stars, looks 30’x20’ longer N-S with big dark lane running E-W across the middle, narrower in the centre as if the cluster has a waist. To the north-eastern side of the waist is a graceful arc of stars and to the east of this is a bright yellow star, which I imagine could be the lucida. Other interesting asterisms come of the waist to the south.

NGC 6645 OC in Sagittarius

135X An intriguing 10’ cluster of fainter stars with 2 adjoining circles of stars enclosing star-poor areas, making a N-S figure 8. A less distinct arc to the following side could give the impression of a clover leaf. A bright double sits at the southern edge. Sits within a busy star field.

Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd

135X The comet is quite bright with distinct nucleus close to bright star, the tail appears 15’ long and finishes at a nice little triangular asterism. Little coma preceding the nucleus.

NGC 7090 GX in Indus

175X A beautiful edge-on spiral in a field of bright foreground stars. There is an impression of a nucleus and a mottled appearance suggesting dust lanes. Elongated NW-SE with the nucleus more towards the NW end and a foreground star sits in the SE end. Looks good even in these poor conditions. Looks 7’x1.5’

NGC 7064 GX in Indus

175X More challenging in this murk than 7090, this is a distinct, thin edge-on spiral roughly E-W with foreground star to the north. Looks 3’x1’. Would be interesting to revisit in better conditions.

NGC 7083 GX in Indus

175X N-S Oval halo with distinct nucleus, faint impression of spiral arms, but this could well be my imagination. To the east is a pair galaxies in the murk. NGC 7096 follows and is brighter than ESO 107-44, from which it is separated by about 14’. Both could be face-on spirals but it is hard to tell under the poor conditions.