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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

- Type: Star (Carbon)

- Scope: AT102ED

- Setting: 55x

../images/2023-10-20_RYCyg.jpg

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

- Type: Star (Carbon)

- Scope: AT102ED

- Setting: 55x

../images/2023-10-20_UCyg.jpg

Faint, but deep red.

8:38PM

- Target: CY Cygni

- Const: Cygnus

- RaDec: 20h46m +46°03

- Type: Star (Carbon)

- Scope: AT102ED

- Setting: 55x

../images/2023-10-20_CYCyg.jpg

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

9:11PM

- Target: V Cygni

- Const: Cygnus

- RaDec: 20h41m +48°08

- Type: Star (Carbon)

- Scope: AT102ED

- Setting: 55x, AV

../images/2023-10-20_VCyg.jpg

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, Collinder 423

- Const: Cephus

- RaDec: 20h31m +60°39

- Type: Open Cluster

- Scope: AT102ED

- Setting: 55x

../images/2023-10-20_NGC6939.jpg

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

11:05PM

- Target: NGC 884, Double Cluster with 869

- Const: Perseus

- RaDec: 02h18m +57°08

- Type: Open Cluster

- 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

- Setting: 55x

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