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2010/04/02

Mon, 04/05/2010 — Daniel
  • Who: Daniel
  • Time: 21:30 EDT
  • Temperature: ~64 degrees F
  • Location: Farrington Boat Ramp - western ramp
  • Equipment: Astroscan with 21.5mm RKE
  • Viewed
    • M44 - Beehive: Mediocre early in the night - better around 22:00.
    • Saturn
    • Vesta: It was possible to view Vesta and Algenubi (Epsilon Leonis) in the same FOV.
    • M67
    • M81 and M82: Viewing of the pair seemed to be better than 2010/03/19 session.
    • M51
    • M94
    • Cor Caroli (Alpha Canum Venaticorum): I could easily split the two stars.  The magnitude difference was very apparent.
    • M3: Very beautiful with a radial symmetry.  There was a well-defined center with a graceful drop of density/intensity.
  • Notes
    • Robert N. and Jon S.T. from CHAOS were observing also.
    • Light from vehicles made observing tonight very tough and frustrating.  The warm night, and holiday weekend, brought out a lot of boat ramp traffic.