The night before Halloween was unseasonably warm and comfortable, which allowed me to stay out a bit later than usual and I observed M34 for the first time. Using low power for a wide field of view in my refractor. There is a very nice asterism of stars within this open cluster formed from a pair of stars acting as a pair of eyes, and a broad ellipse of stars with a narrow vertical axis acting as the chest. The lower part was a little less well-defined, but the single line of stars below was centrally located under him and in the same axis as the head and neck above the chest such that you could imagine he was standing on a pogo stick. If anyone sees another asterism in this cluster, please let us know.
Have you seen the "man" in M34?
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lwbehney
, Nov 01 2024 03:38 PM
DSO Observing Report Refractor Visual
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Posted 02 November 2024 - 08:58 AM
I saw a flying bird with a long neck:
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Posted 02 November 2024 - 05:49 PM
Kind of reminds me of NGC 437... a jet fighter look.
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Posted 03 November 2024 - 01:36 AM
"Have you seen the "man" in M34?".
Interesting aspect of perception,, keep looking,, 
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Posted 04 November 2024 - 12:04 PM
Hah! I wrote down my observation on this one Friday night and mentioned how it looked like a man (like a mini Hercules const.)
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Posted 04 November 2024 - 01:54 PM
Similar to the Owl Cluster (NGC 457).
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Posted 04 November 2024 - 08:21 PM
Similar to the Owl Cluster (NGC 457).
Yeah I agree, the Owl Cluster... a typo I made with my earlier post.
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Posted 07 November 2024 - 03:42 PM
No, didn't see the man. But I found the baseball that he hit out of the park during that famous game...
--Christian
Edited by ChristianG, 07 November 2024 - 03:43 PM.
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Posted 25 November 2024 - 11:01 PM
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Posted 27 November 2024 - 11:44 AM
It reminded me of the flux capacitor
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