💾 Archived View for shizy.srht.site › daily › 2022-04-02.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: VG6
- Location: Cabin: 44.31, -103.88
- Target: M 1, Crab Nebula
- Const: Taurus
- RaDec: 1h34m +60°45
- Type: Supernova Remnant
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 32x
M1 was very hard to see. I could make out what looked like a star whose light was diffused by a dark "splotch". With other tiny "splotches" surrounding it.
- Target: M 35
- Const: Gemini
- RaDec: 6h10m +24°19
- Type: Open Cluster
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 32x
M35 was easy and beautiful, at 35x the cluster filled the FOV nicely.
- Target: M 65
- Const: Leo
- RaDec: 11h20m +12°58
- Type: Spiral Galaxy
- Target: M 66
- Const: Leo
- RaDec: 11h21m +12°52
- Type: Spiral Galaxy
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 32x, AV
../images/2022-4-2_M65-M66.jpg
M65 and M66 were a surprise. I planned for them on a whim last minute and was not expecting to find anything. I saw them on my first attempt. They were both faint, but the elongated shapes were evident with AV.
