💾 Archived View for shizy.srht.site › daily › 2022-03-07.gmi captured on 2024-09-29 at 00:44:04. Gemini links have been rewritten to link to archived content
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- Location: Cabin: 44.31, -103.88
- RaDec: 20h10m -16°3
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 80x, 1/2 stop-down
Crescent visible with light blue coloring. Silhouette of dark side also visible. Lightly hazy probably due to it being close to the horizon.
- Target: M 44, Beehive Cluster (Praesepe)
- Const: Cancer
- RaDec: 8h41m +19°35
- Type: Open Cluster
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 16x
Not clearly visible to the naked eye. Once I got it in view at 16x, it was breath taking. I gasped so loudly, that I spooked a nearby animal (probably a deer) and I could hear it scamper away into the night. It was at this moment that I realized I just found a life-long hobby.