- Condition: VG6
- Location: Cabin: 44.31, -103.88
- Target: M 101, Pinwheel Galaxy
- Const: Ursa Major
- RaDec: 14h4m +54°14
- Type: Spiral Galaxy
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 40x
Found M101, first target with the new finder-scope. Very faint. Not particularly impressive.
- Target: M 51, Whirlpool Galaxy
- Const: Canes Venatici
- RaDec: 13h30m +47°05
- Type: Spiral Galaxy
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 40x
M51 was next, fairly bright with a speck of a very bright core.
- Target: M 106
- Const: Canes Venatici
- RaDec: 12h20m +47°11
- Type: Spiral Galaxy
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 57x
M106 is much smaller, but still has a speck of a bright core.
- Target: M 94
- Const: Canes Venatici
- RaDec: 12h51m +41°
- Type: Spiral Galaxy
- Target: M 63, Sunflower Galaxy
- RaDec: 13h16m +41°54
- Type: Spiral Galaxy
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 57x
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M94 is very tiny and very faint. M63 is similar.
- Target: M 3
- Const: Canes Venatici
- RaDec: 13h43m +28°16
- Type: Globular Cluster
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 57x
M3 was small and bright. Could not distinguish individual stars in the cluster at 57x.
Six targets in one night! I had to give up on trying out Terry Peak tonight. Which means that I will not be able to catch M68 and M83.
