💾 Archived View for shizy.srht.site › daily › 2022-04-03.gmi captured on 2024-09-29 at 00:43:57. Gemini links have been rewritten to link to archived content
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- Condition: VG5
- Location: Cabin: 44.31, -103.88
- Target: M 52
- Const: Cassiopeia
- RaDec: 23h25m +61°42
- Type: Open Cluster
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 40x
M52 was very difficult to see. Only really spotted it because one star seemed to have a larger 'blueish' glow than expected. When magnifying to 40x, saw very dim 'freckles' of stars clumped together.
- Target: M 95
- Const: Leo
- RaDec: 10h45m +11°35
- Type: Spiral Galaxy
- Target: M 96
- Const: Leo
- RaDec: 10h47m +11°42
- Type: Spiral Galaxy
- Target: M 105
- Const: Leo
- RaDec: 10h48m +12°27
- Type: Elliptical Galaxy
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 16x, AV
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M96, M95, and M105 were very hard. I first attempted it by re-calibrating on Regulus, then slewing between κ and ι. Panning around a little, I could barely see elongated spots of deep blue. But it was hard to tell whether it was a trick of the eye. I re-calibrated on Regulus again, then set RA / Dec to M95's coordinates, this gave me a view with all three elongated spots again; confirming that it wasn't a trick of the eye.
