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2024.01.01

• Condition: VG6
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

8:47pm

• Target: SAO 109003
• RaDec: 00h05m +08°47
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x

Image

Color is pale yellow with a touch of orange.

9:16pm

• Target: Z Piscium
• RaDec: 01h16m +25°46
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x

Image

A very warm orange glow for a very cold night. Not many stars nearby, especially to the SE.

9:25pm

• Target: M 42, Orion Nebula
• RaDec: 05h35m -05°23
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x

This might be one of the best views of M42 I've seen yet. The air is so still that I can seem to make out minor details and variations in the structure of the nebula.