Binocular Nebulae

[glenc]

I did some observing at Tenterfield airport again last weekend. Saturday night was excellent, one of the best nights I have ever experienced. I used 20x80s and objects that usually require averted vision were seen easily without it. The 795m altitude really helps.
Some of the nebulae I saw were:
The Merope nebula in M45 = NGC 1435, the western part of the California nebula = NGC 1499, IC 410, The Crab nebula = M1, NGC 2174, the Rosette nebula, M78 and the nearby part of Barnard's loop, the Flame nebula = NGC 2024, M42, NGC 1973-5-7, the Seagull nebula = IC 2177, Thors Helmut = NGC 2359, NGC 2467, part of the Gum nebula between NGC 2547 and IC 2391, NGC 3324 and eta Carinae = NGC 3372, NGC 3581-2, IC 2944-8, NGC 6188, The Antares nebula = IC 4606, IC 4603, M8 and M20. I also looked at about a dozen nebulae in the LMC and a few in the SMC.

[dannat]

wow, thats an impressive list - I have noted them down as my 20x80's should be arriving thursday (thanks houghy). well done

[Craig.a.c]

Last night I had my 10x50s out scaning the sky. I found a large number of star clusters, and what looked to be a large round nebula not far from the crux (southern cross), not sure what it was so I will have to have another look tonight.

[glenc]

Do you have a map? The large round nebula might be omega Cen.

[Craig.a.c]

I have been looking through the latest issue of Australian Sky and Space, along with the Atlas of the Southern Night Sky making a small list of things to try and find tonight. I didn't even think to look for the nebula in the book when I was going through it.

[glenc]

This image is a good guide for finding the nebulae in Cygnus.
It is the APOD today.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0804/CygnusMosaic_chekalin_without.jpg

[seeker372011]

wow. With 20 x 80s no less... tripod mounted i assume..some challenging objects there, never even suspected these are possible with binos.

[glenc]

Not tripod mounted, I rest my head and elbows on a banana lounge.
The eye notices things that move, so a little bit of motion is OK.

[AlexN]

thats an impressive list of targets found with bino's!!

[GrahamL]

I thought tenterfield looked pretty nice last year when we went camping up there glen ..Would probably be a little brisk in the cooler months though .

I asked a ranger if there was anywhere to go swimming in midsummer
he looked at me weird and said no one goes swimming up here
even in summer..which was probably a fair coment as the nights were still
around 5/6 degrees .

[glenc]

This 2.5Mb poster is interesting. It is an image showing the Milky Way at 10 different wavelengths.
Look for the red nebulae in the optical image.
The Vela SNR is interesting in the X-ray and Gamma ray images.
http://mwmw.gsfc.nasa.gov/mwpics/mwmw_8x10.jpg

[AlexN]

awesome image...