2024-01-01

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

8:47PM

• Target: SAO 109003 (HD 26)[1]
• Const: Pisces
• RaDec: 00h05m +08°47
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x
• Image: ../images/2024-01-01_SAO109003.jpg[2]

Color is pale yellow with a touch of orange.

[1] SAO 109003 (HD 26) (ID)

[2] ../images/2024-01-01_SAO109003.jpg

9:16PM

• Target: Z Piscium[1]
• Const: Pisces
• RaDec: 01h16m +25°46
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x
• Image: ../images/2024-01-01_ZPsc.jpg[2]

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

[1] Z Piscium (ID)

[2] ../images/2024-01-01_ZPsc.jpg

9:25PM

• Target: M 42, Orion Nebula[1]
• Const: Orion
• RaDec: 05h35m -05°23
• Type: Diffuse Nebula
• 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.

[1] M 42, Orion Nebula (ID)