[Paddy (Patrick)]

Enjoyed some clear skies on Sunday night and played around some objects in Vela. Here are my notes.

2240

Seeing good 2/5
Transparency good 6/7

NGC 3201 GC in Vela Class 10
Dia 20’ mag 6.9 10h 17.6m –46 25

175X A large and interesting GC with very poor central concentration and many resolvable stars to the edge of what looks like about a 9’ halo. The stars produce many interesting lines and shapes. There is a mottling of disc stars around the GC, but the contrast is still quite good.

NGC 2910 OC in Vela Trumpler type III 3m
Dia 6’ mag 7.2 9h 30.5m –52 55

175X A broad 6’ horseshoe shaped cluster with the opening to the SW with numerous resolved stars against faint horseshoe shaped haze. Many surrounding stars.

VdB-Ha 72 OC in Vela Trumpler type III 1p
Dia 2’ 9h 31.4’ –44 02

175x Apparent as a small faint but distinct glow just to the south of NGC 2910. A few stars are just resolvable. Looks 2’ across.

NGC 3105 OC in Vela Trumpler type II 2p
Dia 2’ mag 9.7 10h 00.7’ –54 47

175X This is a small faint glow with some resolvable stars surrounded by many field stars. It is shaped somewhat like an oriental fan with the pivot point to the SW.

NGC 2899 PN in Vela
Dia 2’ mag 11.8 9h 27.1’ –56 06

250X Quite large for a PN, looks 2’ across. Appears as a crescent with the concave to the Northeast. There is a firmer bright edge to the south. Overall it looks like a brighter C-shape against a mottled irregularly shaped halo. UHC filter brightens southern edge, OIII lights up the whole nebula which has many bright patches and the crescent shape changes to a hollow SE-NW ellipse.440X it becomes a little soft, but the impression of a dark patchiness within the C shape is enhanced.

NGC 2866/Pismis 13 OC in Vela
Dia 2’ mag 10.2 9h 22.1’ –51 06

80X A small object in a stunning star field at this power. 175X A delicate 2’ acorn shaped clump of haze and about 15 small stars with the acorn’s point to the west.