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Tonight, after about a week of cloudy nights, there was a period of about two hours where there were actually some gaps that allowed me to see into the beyond. I was like a tiger, ready to pounce, hunting down targets as the gaps drifted across the sky.
There were a couple of objects from the January list that caught my imagination tonight. I thought I'd share them with you:
1. Herschel 65: a lovely open cluster in Orion. I see a crude arrow head at one end, and an umbrella at the other. The brightest star in the field displays distinct nebulosity. The constituent stars are nice and bright.
2. IC 2128: a fainter, more tightly packed open cluster in Dorado. I am particularly interested to hear people's impressions of the nebulosity around the stars at the bottom of the field. To my eyes, they almost look like a galaxy cluster. What do you see?
E and F in the trapezium (M42) have never been clearer than they were tonight. Transparency was very good, when a large enough gap in the clouds appeared: 47 Tuc held up magnification of 225x.
Clearer skies!
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