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2023-10-20

Condition: G6
Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

8:01PM

Target: RY Cygni
Const: Cygnus
RaDec: 20h10m +35°56
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 55x

Image

Could almost miss it if I wasn't looking for it. Orange with hints of red.

8:16PM

Target: U Cygni
Const: Cygnus
RaDec: 20h19m +47°53
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 55x

Image

Faint, but deep red.

8:38PM

Target: CY Cygni
Const: Cygnus
RaDec: 20h46m +46°03
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 55x

Image

Orange, NW of Deneb. Took a while to find.

9:11PM

Target: V Cygni
Const: Cygnus
RaDec: 20h41m +48°08
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 55x, AV

Image

So faint. I had a hard time finding it. AV helped keep it in view, otherwise it would pop in and out of view. Very deep red.

10:50PM

Target: NGC 6939
Const: Cephus
RaDec: 20h31m +60°39
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 55x

Image

Faint, hard to resolve individual stars. Brighter in the center. Zooming in to 100x didn't help much.

11:05PM

Target: NGC 869
Const: Perseus
RaDec: 02h18m +57°08
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 55x

Target: NGC 884
Const: Perseus
RaDec: 02h22m +57°08
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 55x

I didn't want to go in for the night, as it was too peaceful and beautiful. My eyes found a bright patch SW of Cassiopeia and I turned the scope to it. Two beautiful clusters right next to one another. Turns out it was the Perseus Double Cluster, I'll have to add this to my list of favorites.

11:12PM

Target: Jupiter
Setting: 55x

Could see two of the cloud bands and four of the moons.

* 2023-11 November