2019 Oct 5
Deep Sky Observations
5 Oct 2019, midnight to 2am
Observed with a 30cm Saxon Dob and an 11mm Explore Scientific 82 deg EP (135x, 35’ field).
No goto, star hopping is much faster than a goto.
Light pollution to the north around M31, from the Gold Coast, and trees to the SW and SE.
A courtyard protected me from the 20 km/hr wind.
Saw 51 galaxies in this order. (NGC numbers)
M31, M32, M74, M77, 1055, 7585 (M110 not seen)
247, 253. 55, 300, 7793
7213, 7410, 7552, 7582, 7590, 7599
LMC, SMC (with 20x80 binos)
1617, 1596, 1566, 1553, 1549, 1546, 1533
1672, 1559, 1313
986, 1291. 1365, 1316, 1317, 1326
1386, 1389, 1404, 1399, 1387, 1379, 1381, 1374-75, 1380, 1350
1531-32. 2090, 1792, 1808
Also approx. 40 nebulae (used a 13mm EP with a UHC filter for emission neb)
1435, M42, M43, 1973-75-77, 1999, 2023, 2024, M78, 2071, 2261
346, 371, 395, 456, 460, 602, 249, 261, 267 in the SMC
More than 20 neb in the LMC
Also 8 planetary nebulae
246, 7293, 7009, IC5150, 1360, 1535, 2438, 2440
Also 10 globular clusters
M2, M15, M30, 104, 121, 362, 1261, 1851, M79, 2298
Also 6 open clusters
M45, M41, 2362, M46, M47, 2477
Also Neptune and Comet Africano (2018 W2)
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