2024-09-25

• Condition: G6
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

08:51PM

• Target: Cr 421[1]
• Const: Cygnus
• RaDec: 20h23m +41.42
• Type: Open Cluster[2]
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 110x
• Class: III 2 p
• Image: ../images/2024-09-25_Cr421.jpg[3]

Could easily be missed if you weren't looking for it. The dimmer stars come and go as I observe.

[1] Cr 421 (ID)

[2] Open Cluster (ID)

[3] ../images/2024-09-25_Cr421.jpg

09:07PM

• Target: Biurakan 2[1]
• Const: Cygnus
• RaDec: 20h09m +35.29
• Type: Open Cluster[2]
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 110x
• Class: IV 2 m
• Image: ../images/2024-09-25_Biurakan2.jpg[3]

Not easy to detect, mostly because it blends into the nearby starfield. I went with my gut instinct and confirmed after-the-fact that I was looking at it.

[1] Biurakan 2 (ID)

[2] Open Cluster (ID)

[3] ../images/2024-09-25_Biurakan2.jpg