Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Observing >> Deep Sky Observing Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 JakeT93 member Reged: 06/28/08 Posts: 177 Loc: Williamstown, NJ Half way down the M's!       #2498102 - 07/03/08 07:11 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   As of last night, I have found about 57 M's. I spotted in order...M51, M63, M39, M70, M69, M54, then M26. Tried to make it 58, but couldn't spot M55 at all. But 5 very faint M's is good with me. M54 is a very interesting cluster, it looked like a star with a glow at 45.6x. At 90 and 130x, it was obvious it was a cluster, but as I expected, no resolving was detected...but I still found it, that counts! I could tell as the night went on, it got a little more humid, and viewing faint clusters 10 degrees or less of the horizon, meant looking into ALOT of atmosphere. My favorites were, obvoiusly, the galaxies!. Hey, hope it's gonna be clear tonight, wanna find M94 and M106. Just need to find M55 and M75 for Saggitarius to be done. -------------------- -Jake the Snake My equipment: Orion DSE 10" Light Bucket! 10x50 Finder and ebay bracket 40mm GSO Plossl 32mm Celestron Plossl 2x Antares Barlow 25mm and 6.7mm Meade 3000 Plossls Orion Explorer II 10mm and 17mm Kellners Orion SkyGlow Ultrablock Antares ND25 70 M's Obsreved All Planets seen Post Extras:       Mr Q sage Reged: 02/25/08 Posts: 351 Loc: N Central New Mexico Re: Half way down the M's! [Re: JakeT93]       #2499372 - 07/04/08 01:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Jake - I hope you are enjoying each object by spending some time observing each. Remember to "stop and smell the roses" when you find each object, otherwise the stargazing Gods will poke you in the eyes when you are sleeping at night for not giving each object its just attention. And you can't say you will slow down when you need glasses! Mr Q -------------------- What goes around, comes around, eventually. Meade DS-10(10" newt) 10x50, 10x70 binos Post Extras:       JakeT93 member Reged: 06/28/08 Posts: 177 Loc: Williamstown, NJ Re: Half way down the M's! [Re: Mr Q]       #2499598 - 07/04/08 03:54 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Don't worry bout that Q, I spend at least 5 minutes changing eyepieces, and my averted vision M51 I must have spent 10 minutes staring at, and following it as it left the FOV, the 2 little smadges with glow around them was great, and M63 was cool to. Even though I can't really see any detail, galaxies are still interesting. No glasses for me, I use contacts...WAY better then glasses, and they don't fog in cold weather! Them Stargazing gods never poke me in the eyes, so I guess I'm doin' the right thing. -------------------- -Jake the Snake My equipment: Orion DSE 10" Light Bucket! 10x50 Finder and ebay bracket 40mm GSO Plossl 32mm Celestron Plossl 2x Antares Barlow 25mm and 6.7mm Meade 3000 Plossls Orion Explorer II 10mm and 17mm Kellners Orion SkyGlow Ultrablock Antares ND25 70 M's Obsreved All Planets seen Post Extras:       Mr Q sage Reged: 02/25/08 Posts: 351 Loc: N Central New Mexico Re: Half way down the M's! [Re: JakeT93]       #2499985 - 07/04/08 08:40 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Glad to hear you are really seeing those Ms like they should be seen. Remember, old man Messier is up there somewhere keeping an eye open on you!!! Mr Q -------------------- What goes around, comes around, eventually. 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