2022-04-02

• Condition: VG6
• Location: Cabin: 44.31, -103.88

9:00PM

• Target: M 1, Crab Nebula[1]
• Const: Taurus
• RaDec: 1h34m +60°45
• Type: Supernova Remnant
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 32x
• Image: ../images/2022-4-2_M1.jpg[2]

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.

[1] M 1, Crab Nebula (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-4-2_M1.jpg

9:30PM

• Target: M 35[1]
• Const: Gemini
• RaDec: 6h10m +24°19
• Type: Open Cluster[2]
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 32x
• Image: ../images/2022-4-2_M35.jpg[3]

M35 was easy and beautiful, at 35x the cluster filled the FOV nicely.

[1] M 35 (ID)

[2] Open Cluster (ID)

[3] ../images/2022-4-2_M35.jpg

9:45PM

• Target: M 65[1]
• Const: Leo
• RaDec: 11h20m +12°58
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• Target: M 66[2]
• Const: Leo
• RaDec: 11h21m +12°52
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 32x, AV
• Image: ../images/2022-4-2_M65-M66.jpg[3]

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.

[1] M 65 (ID)

[2] M 66 (ID)

[3] ../images/2022-4-2_M65-M66.jpg