Thursday, February 15, 2007

Observing Session

The sky remained reasonably clear so I took the opportunity yo set up the scope. I managed quite a list. Starting M42, M43, NGC1977 (faint), M47 (nice double star in the centre), M46 (the UHC filter reveals NGC2438 beautifully), M97 (couldn't see any detail), NGC2392, The galaxies M81 and M82 (for the first time this season), NGC2244, the nearby double 8 Mon, NGC2264 and finished off with Saturn before the wind got too strong and I decided to turn in.