A Messier Night

[glenc]

Last night 14/15 June 2023, I saw 82 Messier objects.
· * Packed our VW Golf wagon with a 10” Dob and an 11mm EP (82 deg field)
· *Took 15x70mm Binoculars
· *Used a laptop on min brightness with SkyMapPro
· *Red torch and glasses
· *Drove for 45 mins to Boxsell Rd. Tyalgum, NSW (lat -28.3)
· *Observed from 6pm to 9pm.
· *Drove home and slept
· *Observed again from 3am to 4am
· *Looked at M31 with binoculars, the rest with the 10” Dob, not goto.

The attached Messier list is sorted by RA.
It contains 107 objects, 40 Gxy, 29 GC, 27 OC, 7 Neb and 4 PN.
The first column is the date seen, 10 objects north of declination +50 are marked N+50.
15 objects south of dec +50 were not seen.

This photo is of Boxsell Rd, it is on a ridge. https://goo.gl/maps/gotgHJJ38CtEC6XCA
There is some light pollution to the north, M51 was difficult.

[EpickCrom]

Hi Glen.

Wow, you got a lot of observing done, sounds like you had a great night! Thanks for sharing.

Clear Skies
Joe

[Mick]

Great report :thumbsup:

[glenc]

Thanks Joe and Michael.
I forgot to include the OC Pleiades, M45 in the list.

A lady drove past last night, stopped and looked at omg Cen, eta Car, 3532 and 4945.

[Hemi]

Very nice report Glen,

3m per object and no goto...wow.



:bowdown:


Hemi

[glenc]

Thanks Hemi.
I had to use SkyMapPro to find some of them, found the rest from memory.

[glenc]

I saw M31, M32, M74 (just) and M77 with my 10" Dob this morning.
Light pollution washed out M33 and M110.