Moon and Venus
The evening was clear and the RH was down to 46%. My observations began early with a binocular view of the crescent Moon near Venus. The ashen light was bright enough to see clearly the features on the dark part of the Moon. The maria were easily discernable as was the crater Copernicus. I then used the binoculars to view a few open clusters, M45, M44, M41 and even M36.
As it got darker I took out the scope. First on the list were the Leo triplet. M65 and M66 were easily visble; the elongated shape of M65, M66 with a star very close to it and I also saw for the first time the ghostly form of NGC3628 which is very faint with my viewing conditions. Before it got too cloudy I managed to observe M38, a beautiful cluster with a cruciform shape, M36 which I had already observed earlier with binoculars, and then used the UHC filter to view the M97 Owl Nebula.
As it got darker I took out the scope. First on the list were the Leo triplet. M65 and M66 were easily visble; the elongated shape of M65, M66 with a star very close to it and I also saw for the first time the ghostly form of NGC3628 which is very faint with my viewing conditions. Before it got too cloudy I managed to observe M38, a beautiful cluster with a cruciform shape, M36 which I had already observed earlier with binoculars, and then used the UHC filter to view the M97 Owl Nebula.
posted by Albireo at 11:03 PM
4 Comments:
Thanks for the comment the moon and Venus was a great view did you get any pictures.
Mark
No picture unfortunately. At the moment I only have a small digital snapshot camera. It doesn't have an optical zoom or long exposure mode. It is useful for digiscoping the Moon but is not good enough for wide views of the night sky.
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