2022-05-02

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

9:00PM

• Target: M 101, Pinwheel Galaxy[1]
• Const: Ursa Major
• RaDec: 14h4m +54°14
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 40x
• Image: ../images/2022-5-2_M101.jpg[2]

Found M101, first target with the new finder-scope. Very faint. Not particularly impressive.

[1] M 101, Pinwheel Galaxy (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-5-2_M101.jpg

9:15PM

• Target: M 51, Whirlpool Galaxy[1]
• Const: Canes Venatici
• RaDec: 13h30m +47°05
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 40x
• Image: ../images/2022-5-2_M51.jpg[2]

M51 was next, fairly bright with a speck of a very bright core.

[1] M 51, Whirlpool Galaxy (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-5-2_M51.jpg

9:30PM

• Target: M 106[1]
• Const: Canes Venatici
• RaDec: 12h20m +47°11
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 57x
• Image: ../images/2022-5-2_M106.jpg[2]

M106 is much smaller, but still has a speck of a bright core.

[1] M 106 (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-5-2_M106.jpg

9:45PM

• Target: M 94[1]
• Const: Canes Venatici
• RaDec: 12h51m +41°
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• Target: M 63, Sunflower Galaxy[2]
• RaDec: 13h16m +41°54
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 57x
• Image: ../images/2022-5-2_M63-M94.jpg[3]

M94 is very tiny and very faint. M63 is similar.

[1] M 94 (ID)

[2] M 63, Sunflower Galaxy (ID)

[3] ../images/2022-5-2_M63-M94.jpg

10:00PM

• Target: M 3[1]
• Const: Canes Venatici
• RaDec: 13h43m +28°16
• Type: Globular Cluster
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 57x
• Image: ../images/2022-5-2_M3.jpg[2]

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.

[1] M 3 (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-5-2_M3.jpg