========================================================================================= ========================================================================================= All observations from March 13 through 18th 2010 from a trip to Arkaroola Resort in Australia. ========================================================================================= ========================================================================================= Arkaroola Sat 13Mar10 Observations from 11:30pm till 2:25am. 21.6 Mag/ArcSec2 Observers: Mark Johnston, solo trip. Arkaroola Location: 139 20 East, 30 18 South Sky was cloud covered then started to clear at 11 then all clear by 11:30. Southern sky never seen objects. Date: 3/13/2010 Site: Arkaroola Scope: 14SctF7 Obs: 23 NELM: 6.6 see: 4 trans: 4 sqm: 21.6 NGC 3372 con: Car lst: SAL,C92 cmt1: EtaCarinaeNebula: alt: 60 BrtN 120.0' E SKY 10 44 00.0 -59 30 00 11:30 35mmPan 71x > 60' and Entire field and more in size. Stunning view with huge amounts of contrast and bright stars in clusters or not appearing here and there for added charm. Huge dark lane shows as a giant V. Keyhole dark nebula is just to west of eta star as a lightly oblong like a guitar shape but not totally black. 5mm Nag is 5' in len mouth of guitar has a light spot with averted. EtaCar star blooms towards keyhole mouth and the color is a distinct yellow-orange. 1' yellow glow around the star then a break in darkness encircling the homunculous yellow nebula. Then white light nebula starts up after the darkness. The SCT has some collimation issues so will do homunculous detail another night. I made a few observations of 3324 but noise from motors made it very hard to hear and this object was better observed on 3-17 so I will not detail it here. NGC 3532 Cr 238 Mel 103 con: Car lst: DM,SAL,C91 alt: 61 Open 3.0 55.0' 150 8.0 II 3 r LYN 11 05 30.0 -58 44 00 11:45pm 35mmPan 71x 60'x45' Similar mag stars, Bright CStar N of center, EW dark lane. Obvious standing out from background. SW side has apparent dark area. Far WSW is bright carbon star. Note: A binocular observation from 3-12-2010 describes this as resembling a large EW 2x1 'fish' shape from Horrocks pass. NGC 2069 con: Dor lst: SAL,C103 cmt1: TarantulaNebula: alt: 29 BrtN 18.0x11.0' E UNK 05 38 30.0 -69 07 00 11:50pm 16mmNag 156x 20' size. No filter (NPB seemed worse) This appears to me as a face (like a monkey). Eyes to north side. Big hole to East with filliment. Out of north is fat nebulous arm that splits to 2 medium tendrals to North. Out of south is broad nebulous region similar size to central main 'head'. NGC 2070 cmt1: TarantulaNebulaCluster: Open 8.3 5.0' --- --- BAA 05 38 42.4 -69 06 03 12:05am 16mmNag 156x 50 stars, about 20 resolvable. slight NS EL. NGC 2060 cmt1: TarantulaNebulaCluster: Open 2.0' --- --- III m n BAA 05 37 48.0 -69 10 18 12:10am 9mmNag 280x Cluster is apparent here. Nebulous with darker, lower nebuloscity break to it's east. NGC 104 con: Tuc cmt1: 47_Tuc: lst: SAL,C106,SAL alt: 13 Glob 4.0 50.0' 11.7 14.1 --- --- BAA 00 24 05.2 -72 04 51 12:15 16mmNag 156x 15' obvious size. High concentrated and small 1.5' dia central core. Very gradual fading. Massive numbers of resolvable stars. Maybe slightly less concentrated on the East. cmt: SMC: NGC 121 con: Tuc Glob 1.5' --- --- --- --- BAA 00 26 41.3 -71 31 24 12:20am 5mmNag 500x 1' len 2EL 60dPA sort of a feel to it. NW of SMC but just N of Tuc 47. NGC 395 Open 1.5x 1.5' --- --- NGC 01 05 09.9 -71 59 39 12:25am 9mmNag 280x 1' len 2EL 90dPA. Averted only, direct looses it. Less obvious than 371 NGC 371 lst: SAL alt: 13.6 Open 7.0' --- --- n NGC 01 03 33.3 -72 04 38 12:27am 9mmNag 280x 3.7' dia brighter than 395. Broad, 8 stars resolvable in the midst of nebulous area. NGC 346 Lind 60 lst: SAL alt: 13.6 Open 10.3 5.2' --- --- n BAA 00 59 06.0 -72 11 00 12:30am 9mmNag 280x 2' len 3EL 160dPA Much brighter than 371. Tight 2 stars NS aligned. Most of brightness on NW side of total nebula. NGC 330 lst: SAL alt: 13.6 Open 9.6 2.0' 874 12.6 NGC 00 56 18.4 -72 27 48 12:33am 9mmNag 280x 1.2' size 1.5EL Bright. Some stars resolve. NGC 361 Kron 46 Lind 67 Open 1.6' --- --- BAA 01 02 11.3 -71 36 25 12:35am 9mmNag 280x Tiny glow near FS to it's NW. No resolvable stars. 30' N of 371. NGC 419 Kron 58 Lind 85 lst: SAL alt: 14.5 Open 11.2 2.4' 1762 15.4 BAA 01 08 19.5 -72 53 02 12:40am 9mmNag 280x 45" round no resolvable stars. Round fading glow. N corner of EQ Tri with 2 other FStars Big time period of just shuffling papers. I think only missed 416 but recapped after starting tape. NGC 416 Kron 59 Lind 83 Open 12.6 1.2' 985 15.3 BAA 01 07 59.0 -72 21 19 12:45am 9mmNag 280x < 30' round. fainter than 419. No resolvable stars NGC 362 lst: SAL,C104 alt: 12.4 Glob 6.8 14.0' 12.7 15.4 --- --- BAA 01 03 14.3 -70 50 54 12:50am 9mmNag 280x 4.5' obvious dia Medium concentrated. Less conc than 47 Tuc. SSE has a bit more stars off to that side of concentrated section. Overall fairly spherical. Maybe not as many members on NE outskirts. Start another recording: NGC 2516 Cr 172 Mel 82 con: Car lst: SAL,C96 cmt1: MJ_SpeckledManCluster: alt: 44 Open 3.8 29.0' 80 7.0 I 3 r LYN 07 58 00.0 -60 45 00 1:10am 35mmPan 71x 30' main len 2EL NS orientation. About 50 stars Naked Eye visible. Obvious from background and many tiers of magnitudes. Impressive. Like a man with 1-star head to the south. Carbon star on W side of body. Feet both point to E at far N of cluster. Head is 1 star spaced by small gap. 1 leg bends to N in arch. Other one sticks out NW with a foot straight E (brighter stars). Arm on West comes out and drops North. IC 2391 Cr 191 con: Vel lst: DM,SAL,C85 alt: 52 Open 2.6 49.0' 30 4.0 II 3 m LYN 08 40 18.0 -52 55 00 1:20am 35mmPan 71x 3EL EW 15-20 stars Very very bright star a NNE end, 5-8 tier2 stars. Very open. Two Tier2 stars just south of main mag Tier1 northern star. Far east is two tighter stars of 2nd Tier mag NGC 2808 con: Car lst: SAL alt: 49 Glob 6.2 14.0' 13.5 16.2 --- --- BAA 09 12 02.6 -64 51 47 1:37am 7mmNag 360x 3.6' obvious size. Sugary averted. Some resolution averted. Fairly high concentration. No streamers noted. Slight notch perhaps on S edge. Maybe also darker on NW. NGC 3114 Cr 215 Mel 98 con: Car lst: DM,SAL fav: F3 alt: 57 Open 4.2 35.0' 171 9.0 II 3 r LYN 10 02 42.0 -60 06 00 1:40am 35mmNag 71x 30'x15' NSxEW 200 stars. 1 Real bright member to south. 8 Tier 2, rest all similar mag. Naked Eye visible. Bright star on southern side. Large gap on Easter area. Long line of 6 or so stars border the far Northern edge. Stands out medium in eyepiece. Note: A binocular observation from 3-12-2010, Horrocks pass, describes this as resembling a spider due to central ring as body and several legs extending out that I describe in that OR to more detail. NGC 5139 con: Cen lst: DM,C80 Glob 3.9 55.0' 11.5 14.5 --- --- BAA 13 26 45.9 -47 28 37 1:45am 16mmNag 156x 16' obvious size. Slight EW elongation. Light concentration with slow fade. Extreme sugar texture. Lots of stars resolving. One void slightly to south of center and one slightly to N of center. Averted shows 2 small darker areas in line NS with fine ridge of stars between them. From North one is darker lane N that arches to the E. Absolutely stunning! NGC 4372 con: Mus lst: SAL,C108 alt: 47 Glob 7.2 5.0' 12.2 15.6 --- --- BAA 12 25 45.4 -72 39 33 2:08am 9mmNag 280x 5-6' obvious size. Very low concentration, 20 or so resolvable stars. Appears like even open cluster. like a smudge. Bright FStar just off of NW edge. NGC 4833 con: Mus lst: SAL,C108 alt: 48 Glob 8.4 14.0' 12.4 15.5 --- --- BAA 12 59 35.0 -70 52 29 2:20am 9mmNag 280x 4.5' obvious dia. Low concentration but some center concentration. Slightly globular. Bright FS on N edge. Brighter than 4372 Shutdown 2:25am ========================================================================================= ========================================================================================= Arkaroola Sun 14Mar10 Observations from 11:30pm till 2:25am. Observers: Mark Johnston, solo trip. Arkaroola Location: 139 20 East, 30 18 South Sky was off and on cloud cover and finally full cloud cover so I did big open clusters between clouds Date: 3/14/2010 Site: Arkaroola Scope: 14SctF7 Obs: 7 NELM: 6.6 see: 4 trans: 4 sqm: 21.6 NGC 2516 Cr 172 Mel 82 con: Car lst: SAL,C96 fav: F5 cmt1: MJ_SpeckledManCluster: alt: 54 Open 3.8 29.0' 80 7.0 I 3 r LYN 07 58 00.0 -60 45 00 9:50pm 35mmPan 71x 20'x10' N-S major axis. 5 Tier1 with 1 at extreme S. Looks like a 'man' with head to south as a single star but has 2 arms and 2 legs. The body is slightly wider to the S side of 'body', or the chest. One arm goes to the left [W] in this view from the neck and then made of about 3 stars drops to N along the side with bright star as his right hand. Two Tier2 stars are where the heart is. See March 13 for more description of this man. Scope: 15x50Bino IC 2391 Cr 191 con: Vel lst: DM,C85 alt: 64 cmt1: OmicronVelourumCluster: Open 2.6 49.0' 30 4.0 II 3 m LYN 08 40 18.0 -52 55 00 10:15pm 15x50 15x 1.5deg across if we include 5-6 stars outside of main area that may be stragglers. 40' if only the fairly tight central members. 5 Tier1 with 1 very bright center star. A double with about 120dPA is near SE side. 6-7 stars more southern side. Extremely open. A trapazoid shape comes to mind for some of the brighter stars. IC 2602 Cr 229 Mel 102 con: Car lst: DM,SAL,C102 alt: 54 cmt1: SouthernPleiades: Open 1.6 49.0' 60 3.0 I 3 r LYN 10 42 57.0 -64 23 42 10:20pm 35mmPan 71x about 1.5x1 degrees across. 25 visible stars. Extremely open. 1 super bright star, 9 Tier2 stars. The brightest star is in the center but right away one notes a very regular upper case 'M' on the outskirts of the cluster. The M has 5 very obvious stars at each line segment endpoint for an upper case M that is twice the width of it's height. Above this upper case M after a gap of about the width of the M is an arc of 4 obvious stars from above the left vertical line of the M and arcing away from the M slowly. This arc is about the same dimension of the M from lower left to upper right peak. NGC 3766 Cr 248 Mel 107 con: Cen lst: SAL,C97 alt: 57 Open 5.3 12.0' 100 8.0 I 3 r LYN 11 36 15.0 -61 36 36 10:50pm 16mmNag 156x 8' across Maybe 200 stars. 6 Tier1 stars, 50 tier2, many more lower mag stars. Lots of lines and curves seem to be in the pattern. con: Car lst: DM,C90 alt: 56 cmt1: FirstPlanitaryNebula: NGC 2867 ESO 126-8 Henize 2-27 Wray 16-43 PK 278-5.1 PNG 278.1-5.9 Plan 9.7p 24.0" 16.6 4 STE 09 21 25.4 -58 18 43 11:30pm 7mmNag 360x NPB filter. Full Disk illuminated evenly with sharp cutoff on edges. 1/40 FOV [20'] dia. No central star with this NPB filter. Very difficult to find. I can see how this may be mistaken for planitary. I was upset such a tiny PN would rate in a list of 100 just because of history of this being mistaken for planet by Herschel. con: Cru lst: DM,SAL,C94 cmt1: JewelBox: alt: 56 NGC 4755 Cr 264 Mel 114 Open 4.2 10.0' 218 7.0 I 3 r LYN 12 53 38.0 -60 21 24 11:40pm 9mmNag 280x 1/3 FOV EW [6'] Concentrated 50-100 stars or more. The very brightest 7 or so stars give a a look of an eiefel tower with Tier1 point star to west. Quite a few mixed mag lower mag stars all about. The base of this tower or upper case 'A' is just under 1/5FOV [3.5'] A completely stunning view with extreme range in magnitudes. The middle bar of the A stars midway along Southern side of the A. This middle bar only goes half way up to north with 3 total stars in a line (middle one is Tier2) but the most northern of these 3 tight line stars is a bright carbon star which adds color to this view. con: Cen lst: DM,SAL alt: 45 cmt1: RigelKentDouble GSC 9007:1740 Rigil Kent Alpha1 Cen 9007:5849:1 PPM 360911 SAO 252838 HD 128620 Star -0.01 0.4 4 G2V TYC 14 39 40.9 -60 50 07 11:50pm 5mmNag 500x Roughly 1/60 FOV spacing [10"]. PA of 80dPA. Slightly brighter one is one to the east. Leading one is slightly orange compaired to trailing one. Very close mags. ========================================================================================= ========================================================================================= Arkaroola Mon 15Mar10 Observations from 9:30pm till 12:00am. 21.7+ Mag/ArcSec2 Observers: Mark Johnston, solo trip. Arkaroola Location: 139 20 East, 30 18 South The 14th was all clouds. Clear all this night but observatory in use till 9:30 Southern sky never seen objects with this night the my first real good but general LMC run. For the LMC objects I did not take super detailed descriptions on the most part but kept to general brief observations because LMC is just frankly a lifetime project so I wanted a broad overview more than clinical detail. On 3-17-2010 a few nights later I went back to focus on a few areas I had felt were nice and had detailed DSS printouts of for a closer look. Date: 3/15/2010 Site: Arkaroola Scope: 12DobF5 Obs: 84 NELM: 6.8 see: 5 trans: 5 sqm: 21.74 Scope: 14SctF7 NGC 1261 con: Hor lst: SAL,C87 alt: 30 Glob 8.3 6.8' 13.5 16.8 --- --- BAA 03 12 15.3 -55 13 01 8:53pm 7mmNag 360x 3' apparent dia Low concentration. Slightly NS look to it. Averted shows shugary look, low concentration to edges. FStar ENE by 5 min. Some jutting out to Northern side with almost-resolving star spikes. PostNote: It is larger but as usual if you cannot pick out the outter stars I tend to get much smaller 'apparent size' than per the book. Scope: 12DobF5 Moved to 12" BinTel Dob after collimating it. Time for LMC NGC 2069 con: Dor cmt1: LMC_TarantulaNebula: fav: F5 alt: 39 BrtN 18.0x11.0' E UNK 05 38 30.0 -69 07 00 9:40pm 9mmNag Lumicon O3 filter. Wide-mouthed deamon head with ear to the left goes up and is defined. Nostrel to the right is the bright center of a large clump of field stars [PostNote: must be 2070], perhaps core stars of 2070. Bridging to right then small dark area, nebulous vertical land then broad dark area as big as head, then wispy. Below the chin there are dark round areas below and to right of chin and two dark areas below and to left of the chin. so 3 across. Now to below chin is dark area then to right is another dark circle to the right. Nebulous area below the dark circle below right of chin has bright nebulous lower (E) boundry with dark area farther E and faint nebulous far E boundry to this dark area. The goblin's big ear goes out to the left then turns up, W, before it splits to 2 prongs and the whole ear as tall as the head. Moving north of the ear is a dark channel parallel to the ear then light again. Then above the head is a bit of a hump in nebuloscity with another dark area above the eye to the right and nebuloscity extending up twice the height of the head. There is a separate area of nebuloscity around a fair sized grouping of stars that is distinct and round and as big as the large mouth of the goblin. The round nebulous to the south-west is distinct enough to be an object [PostNote: must be Ngc2060]. NGC 2081 con: Dor cmt: LMC_2074area: C+N 5.0' E NGC 05 40 05.3 -69 24 06 10:15pm 9mmNag 170x 5-6 resolvable stars. Averted vision required to see the loop around the cluster area. There is a noticable knot in nebuloscity on the south side of the ring of nebulous area. NGC 2074 lst: SAL alt: 39 Open 1.0' --- --- BAA 05 39 02.7 -69 29 41 10:17pm 9mmNag 170x Much brighter than 2081 nebulus region. Bright half circle starts on NW, loops around the north still bright then continues looping around East, still bright, then dims as it thins out in the loop back CCW down to the south side. NGC 2080 cmt: LMC_2080area: Open 0.7' --- --- BAA 05 39 44.6 -69 38 42 10:17pm 9mmNag 170x Very bright and concentrated nebula. Thins and 2077 is dimmer to SSW NGC 2077 Open 0.6' --- --- BAA 05 39 34.9 -69 39 19 10:20pm 9mmNag 170x Dimmer than its neighbor of 2080 but seems separate with darkness between the 2. Just below 2077 there seem to be 2 even dimmer and smaller nebulous areas before the dark gap that will separate this from 2079/2083 area. To the west is FS with nebuloscity to its west then NGC 2085 Open 0.4' --- --- BAA 05 40 09.2 -69 40 21 10:22pm 9mmNag 170x Noticed as dimmer than 2080 as a field star with nebuloscity to WSW NGC 2086 C+N 0.3' NGC 05 40 12.3 -69 40 04 10:25pm 9mmNag 170x Noteced just to east as fuzzy area just to east of 2085 NGC 2083 NGC 2084 cmt: LMC_2083area: C+N 3.5x 2.5' NGC 05 39 58.8 -69 44 56 10:25pm 9mmNag 170x This area appears as 3 nebulous areas. 2083 is second brightest and to the East. I describe a third object as between brighter 2079 and 2nd tier 2083 but I think it is part of 2083. [PostNote: Bright part of 2083 is denser star area to NE of this group] NGC 2079 C+N 0.8' E NGC 05 39 40.2 -69 46 25 10:30pm 9mmNag 170x Brightest of 3 nebulous areas in 2083 group. Smaller than area to East but brightest surface brightness. NGC 2078 C+N 0.4' E NGC 05 39 40.1 -69 44 36 10:30pm 9mmNag 170x I noticed this as a tiny, dim NW corner of a 'box' but dim compared to other corners. NGC 2052 cmt1: . C+N 1.1x 0.9' RID 05 37 12.0 -69 46 27 10:34pm 9mmNag 170x 16' E of 2083 [was mystery object] A definite nebulous round area which is half way to 2013 which I did not note in my tape but does show up on DSS so I circle it on my chart. Tape: 14min NGC 2058 con: Dor cmt: LMC_TheGrapes: Open 12.0 1.0x 1.0' --- 16.0 I r NGC 05 36 54.3 -70 09 48 10:35pm 9mmNag 170x One of two dominant clusters of this group. Larger and very obvious but no resolved stars. NGC 2059 Open 12.9 0.4x 0.4' --- --- NGC 05 37 00.9 -70 07 40 10:35pm 9mmNag 170x A medium dim and tiny cluster just N of 2058. NGC 2066 Open 13.1 0.5x 0.5' --- --- NGC 05 37 42.4 -70 09 58 10:36pm 9mmNag 170x Very very tiny, dim and East of 2058. NGC 2065 Open 11.0 1.5x 1.5' --- 16.0 I r NGC 05 37 36.5 -70 14 09 10:36pm 9mmNag 170x One of two dominant clusters of this group. Larger and very obvious but no resolved stars. This pattern above is like a staircase with this is bottom floor. NGC 2072 Open 13.2 0.4x 0.4' --- --- NGC 05 38 23.9 -70 13 59 10:37pm 9mmNag 170x Very tiny, dim grape directly East of 2065 dominant member. NGC 2057 Open 12.2 0.5x 0.5' --- --- NGC 05 36 56.2 -70 16 12 10:37pm 9mmNag 170x Tiny cluster directly south from 2058 2.5 'step' units. Mystery_Object Possible object on East point of an EQ triangle formed with 2047 adn 2046 as other verticies. This seems like it may be an object but may be asterysm? NGC 2046 Open 12.6 0.7x 0.7' --- --- NGC 05 35 38.4 -70 14 26 10:37pm 9mmNag 170x tiny tier2 grape SSW of 2047 on the SW side of the group of 'grapes' NGC 2047 Open 13.2 0.5x 0.5' --- --- NGC 05 35 54.6 -70 11 32 10:37pm 9mmNag 170x tiny tier2 grape NNE of 2046 on the SW side of the group of 'grapes' con: Dor cmt: LMC_SE: NGC 2019 SL 554 Glob 10.9 1.0' --- --- --- --- BAA 05 31 56.7 -70 09 35 10:38pm 9mmNag 170x Easily noticed, no resolved stars noted. Mystery_Object 10:38pm 7mmNag 220x Possible tiny object 5' SW of 2019 [PostNote: MegaStar mag 12.5 star & LMC picture 1 shows this as possible star with nebuloscity.] Mystery_Object 10:38pm 7mmNag 220x Possible tiny object 5' NNW of 2019 [PostNote: MegaStar mag 13.5 star & LMC picture 1 shows this as possible star with nebuloscity.] NGC 2018 BrtN 2.0x 1.5' E SKY 05 31 18.5 -71 04 06 10:42pm 9mmNag 170x NPB filter. Bright distinct stars in most nebulous region. Nebuloscity off to the west is very faint. 2'W/1'N a much smaller faint but appearing a bit separate from main nebulous region. 9' East and a bit N is distinct separate sort of smaller nebulous area that does not appear stellar. Also 4' WSW of main area is knot in nebuloscity. HenizeN 206B BrtN 1.2x 0.3' MAC 05 30 48.1 -71 08 03 10:44pm 9mmNag 170x NPB filter. Distinct 1' len mostly EW elongated 1x bright nebulous bar. Mystery_Object 10:44pm 9mmNag 170x Obvious possible cluster object 15' S and about 5' E of 2018. [PostNote: DSS shows it very well] con: Dor cmt: LMC_NearTarNeb: Tape: 21min NGC 2100 Open 9.6 2.0' --- 11.8 II r NGC 05 42 08.2 -69 12 42 10:45pm 16mmNag 95x Fairly large and bright cluster due East of Tarantula Nebula. NGC 2055 Open 0.6' --- --- BAA 05 36 41.8 -69 29 49 10:46pm 16mmNag 95x In amoung a gorgous 16' length star cloud just SSW of Tarantula Nebula. Cloud is Very apparent from background and a fairly even blanket of stars. NGC 2050 Open 1.0' --- --- BAA 05 36 40.0 -69 22 49 10:46pm 16mmNag 95x Within a gorgous 16' length star cloud just SSW of Tarantula Nebula. NGC 2048 BrtN 18.0' SKY 05 35 04.1 -69 42 37 10:47pm 16mmNag 95x Noted as nebulous area farther south from large star cloud that is just below Tarantula nebula. Funny: Got a bit lost looking for Globular Ngc2005 and said 'Cripes theres objects like everywhere' LOL Tape: 21min con: Dor cmt: LMC: NGC 2036 Open 12.8 0.7x 0.7' --- --- NGC 05 34 31.9 -70 03 59 10:50pm 16mmNag 95x Noted as small cluster in failed search for 2005. NGC 2028 Open 12.9 0.4x 0.4' --- --- NGC 05 33 48.2 -69 57 03 10:52pm 16mmNag 95x Noted as small cluster in failed search foron hop route to 2005. NGC 2016 Open 0.1x 0.1' --- --- m NGC 05 31 31.1 -69 55 59 10:53pm 16mmNag 95x Noted as small cluster in failed search foron hop route to 2005. con: Dor cmt: LMC_By1962: Tape: 21min SL 476 HenizeN 144 LH 58 C+N 4.0' MAC 05 26 35.6 -68 49 05 11:15pm 9mmNag 170x 5' size. Contains CCW on half circle 1962 on W, 1965, 1966, 1970 on East. Note that MegaStar only had 1962 so I used GSC stars for other objects which I observed on 3-18-2010 separately. GSC 9162:500 NGC 1953 Star 13.6 0.4 6 GSC 05 25 29.4 -68 50 28 10:55pm 9mmNag 170x Noted as distinct object on this nite, more on 3-18-2010 NGC 1962 Open 0.5' --- --- BAA 05 26 19.4 -68 50 15 10:55pm 9mmNag 170x GSC 9162:484 NGC 1965 Star 10.4 0.3 6 GSC 05 26 29.6 -68 48 20 10:55pm 9mmNag 170x GSC 9162:987 NGC 1966 Star 12.3 0.4 6 GSC 05 26 46.2 -68 48 47 10:55pm 9mmNag 170x GSC 9162:971 NGC 1970 Star 10.96 0.0.461 --- TYC 05 26 53.1 -68 50 00 10:55pm 9mmNag 170x NGC 1949 BrtN 0.4' E SKY 05 25 05.8 -68 28 15 11:00pm 9mmNag 170x Less distinct than SL 476 area and small bright center then very faint outter glow. NGC 1901 Open 20.0' 40 --- III 3 m LYN 05 18 34.6 -68 30 09 11:01pm 9mmNag 170x 20' size < 40 stars. Very sparse, elongated 5x NS sort of look due to 5 Tier1 stars, another 15 lower mag. Good for a marker and jump-off point. con: Dor cmt: LMC_by1910: fav: F3 TAPE: 29:30 NGC 1910 Open 11.2 9.0x 9.0' --- --- association NGC 05 18 27.5 -69 13 06 11:05pm 9mmNag 170x 8' size 50 stars with 5 bright members. Nebuloscity looping around to east from most of nebuloscity over the south side of the cluster. NGC 1916 Glob 10.4 0.5' --- --- --- --- BAA 05 17 26.7 -69 22 34 11:05pm 9mmNag 170x < 1' dia Tight, concentrated. Dimmer than 1903 by a bit. Object is 6' ESE of these coordinates that are wrong per dss and observation. I felt there was a very faint object halfway between 1916 and 1903. NGC 1903 Open 12.0 0.6x 0.6' --- --- Ir NGC 05 17 22.7 -69 20 13 11:06pm 9mmNag 170x 1' dia Broader than 1916 and partly resolved. con: Dor cmt: LMC_by1876: NGC 1876 C+N 1.0' MAC 05 13 19.8 -69 21 44 11:10pm 9mmNag 170x 3' size cluster with nebuloscity. Described as one with 1874,1877,1880 NGC 1874 C+N 0.7' E NGC 05 13 12.9 -69 22 32 11:10pm 9mmNag 170x 3' size cluster with nebuloscity. Described as one with 1876,1877,1880 NGC 1877 C+N 0.5' MAC 05 13 23.9 -69 22 44 11:11pm 9mmNag 170x 3' size cluster with nebuloscity. Described as one with 1874,1876,1880 NGC 1880 C+N 0.7' E NGC 05 13 38.9 -69 23 00 11:11pm 9mmNag 170x 3' size cluster with nebuloscity. Described as one with 1874,1876,1877 NGC 1872 Open 11.0 1.0' --- --- IV r BAA 05 13 11.5 -69 18 45 11:12pm 9mmNag 170x Described as concentrated cluster 1 unit (3') N of 1876 'large cluster with neb'. NGC 1894 Open 12.2 0.8' --- --- II m NGC 05 15 51.8 -69 28 13 11:13pm 9mmNag 170x Cluster < 1' size. Not too diffuse. Mistook for 1898 then corrected on tape. con: Dor cmt: LMC_by1918: LH 42 NGC 1918 C+N 2.0x 1.5' OB Assoc RID 05 19 18.3 -69 39 11 11:15pm 9mmNag 170x 3' size cluster with nebuloscity NGC 1898 SL 350 Glob 11.9 --- --- --- --- --- BAA 05 16 42.0 -69 39 24 11:15pm 9mmNag 170x < 1' dia Very diffuse like a cluster Not spectacular. NGC 1770 Open 1.6' --- --- BAA 04 57 16.8 -68 24 41 11:16pm 9mmNag 170x Described along with IC 2117 as very large open cluster IC 2117 Open 1.8' --- --- BAA 04 57 14.5 -68 26 30 11:16pm 9mmNag 170x Described along with 1770 as very large open cluster NGC 1835 Glob --- --- --- --- --- BAA 05 05 06.6 -69 24 14 11:17pm 9mmNag 170x Tiny but almost stellar with averted showing it broader NGC 1828 Open 12.5 0.7x 0.7' --- --- II NGC 05 04 21.2 -69 23 16 11:17pm 9mmNag 170x Noticed as dim cluster sort of object while looking at 1835 NGC 1830 Open 12.6 0.7' --- --- II NGC 05 04 39.5 -69 20 29 11:18pm 9mmNag 170x Noticed as dim cluster sort of object while looking at 1835 NGC 1856 Open 10.0 1.5x 1.5' --- 15.0 IV r NGC 05 09 31.0 -69 07 44 11:18pm 9mmNag 170x Broader than 1835 to it's SW. Medium concentration. con: Dor cmt: LMC_by1858: fav: F3 TAPE: 39:00 NGC 1858 C+N 3.0x 2.0' NGC 05 09 56.1 -68 53 48 11:20pm 9mmNag 170x 3' len 1.5EL 135dPA Broad star cluster with 10 resolved averted and dark spot in middle. NGC 1855 Open 10.4 3.0' --- 14.2 II 0 BAA 05 09 20.6 -68 50 51 11:21pm 9mmNag 170x Smaller than 1858 NGC 1850 Open 9.3 3.0' --- 14.3 r n NGC 05 08 46.0 -68 45 42 11:22pm 9mmNag 170x Almost 3' size and concentrated compaired to 1858 con: Dor cmt: LMC_by1934: NGC 1936 C+N 0.8' E NGC 05 22 14.1 -67 58 36 11:25pm 9mmNag 170x Described this as a larger and obvious area to the far SSE of the area of main 1934 nebulous region but with a darker gap in it then on it's northern edge brighter again. NGC 1937 C+N 3.0' NGC 05 22 24.5 -67 53 43 11:26pm 9mmNag 170x Described as 2 units (6') N of 1936 on other side of a star field that is apparent between these areas. NGC 1934 C+N 6.0' E NGC 05 22 01.4 -67 55 59 11:26pm 9mmNag 170x 7' size described for this whole complex with 1934 being the main nebulous region. NGC 1929 C+N 0.6' E NGC 05 21 37.8 -67 54 48 11:27pm 9mmNag 170x Described as nebulous area on western edge that may be nebulous field star. HenizeN 44H BrtN 0.2' MAC 05 22 49.4 -68 01 21 11:28pm 9mmNag 170x Described as 6'E and 3'S of main area and around 1' in size. IC 2128 BrtN 0.4' SKY 05 22 52.1 -68 04 23 11:28pm 9mmNag 170x Described as VERY dim nebulous area 6' S of HenizeN 44H and just noticable averted. con: Dor cmt: LMC_by1955: TAPE: 42:30 NGC 1955 Open 9.0 1.8' --- 11.3 III 3 p n BAA 05 26 04.2 -67 29 52 11:30pm 9mmNag 170x Arc of stars in center EW orientation and nebulous region is bowing around on this line's E side being the center of a wide arc open to the W. Averted vision required to see this 7' long 1/3 circle arc with outside edge to E. I did NOT report the western nebulous region that shows up as other side of a big circle if the big arc continued. Mystery_Object 6' SSE of bottom of big 1955 arc 11:30pm 9mmNag 170x Very dim nebulous region a lot smaller than 1955 NGC 1968 Open 9.0 1.1' --- 12.6 III 3 p n BAA 05 27 39.7 -67 27 20 11:32pm 9mmNag 170x Leading big Arc of 1955 this object is elongated EW with a very faint nebulous wide bar extending S from its Western end. A dark lane separates 1968 and the very faint lower nebulous S bar from the center through south side arc of 1955. I describe this 1966 area almost as 3 areas of brightness just next to each other. NGC 1974 Open 9.0 1.7' --- 12.7 III 2 p n BAA 05 28 00.6 -67 25 22 11:32pm 9mmNag 170x A more broad continuous segment described as 8'E and 8'N of center of 1955. con: Dor cmt: LMC_by2014: NGC 2014 Open 1.8' --- --- BAA 05 32 21.7 -67 41 58 11:35pm 9mmNag 170x 3' size and very obvious with nebuloscity all about the stars within it. NGC 2020 BrtN 1.5' SNR? SKY 05 33 08.6 -67 42 47 11:35pm 9mmNag 170x Very dim and diffuse nebulous region with averted with 1 central star visible. con: Dor cmt: LMC_by2014_TheTeeth_DragonsHead: LH 82 NGC 2032 Most W of the 2 main 'Incisors' C+N 6.0' RID 05 35 16.0 -67 34 13 11:40pm 9mmNag 170x Most East of the 2 main incisors and bright like 2035. Close to NS and elongated. LH 82 NGC 2035 Most E of the 2 main 'Incisors' C+N 6.0' RID 05 35 32.0 -67 34 50 11:41pm 9mmNag 170x Most East of the 2 main incisors and bright like 2032. Close to NS and elongated. LH 82 NGC 2029 NW of 2032 C+N 6.0' RID 05 35 05.0 -67 33 12 11:41pm 9mmNag 170x Not as bright as main 2 incisors and closer to EW. It is to W of 2 stars that are spacing of the length of main incisors. Mystery_Object Farthest NW of the teeth C+N 6.0' RID 05 34 59.0 -67 31 50 11:42pm 9mmNag 170x Averted shows this elongated region half the len of main incisors with dark between it and 2029 NGC 2040 LH 88 C+N 2.1x 1.7' RID 05 36 07.0 -67 34 00 11:42pm 9mmNag 170x LEFT OFF TAPE: 47:40 and was 11:44pm Next is 1873 area then 1773 bean area con: Dor cmt: LMC_Within_1869: NGC 1869 Open 14.0' --- --- association BAA 05 13 53.9 -67 23 00 11:45pm 9mmNag 170x This is an area that has 1873 AND 1871 all within it. So I KNOW I saw this area. Did not make any specific observations as I must have felt it was just general field stars. NGC 1871 Open 2.0' --- --- BAA 05 13 52.4 -67 27 09 11:45pm 9mmNag 170x 2' cluster EW mostly. About 5-6 tier1 stars. Small amount of nebuloscity. NGC 1873 Open 3.5' --- --- BAA 05 14 01.7 -67 19 54 11:45pm 9mmNag 170x 1.5' length cluster EW mostly. Small amount of nebuloscity. con: Dor cmt: LMC_1763area_BeanNebula: SL 125 LH 10 NGC 1763 C+N 5.2x 3.6' RID 04 56 49.0 -66 24 23 11:45pm 9mmNag 170x 5' len 2.5EL 45dPA. Few bright FStars along it's major axis NGC 1769 C+N 2.0' E NGC 04 57 44.1 -66 27 44 11:45pm 9mmNag 170x Bright nebulous area, less obvious than 1763. with a couple stars resolvable within it. just to East of main 'bean' of 1763. NGC 1776 Open 1.1' --- --- II NGC 04 58 39.2 -66 25 46 11:48pm 9mmNag 170x Described as a little cluster NE of 1769 and past a field star. NGC 1773 Star 11.8 0.3 6 GSC 04 58 08.8 -66 21 53 11:48pm 9mmNag 170x Ngc1773 is just SW of this star and was described as nebulous area smaller than 1769 with couple stars. NGC 1761 Open 1.2' --- --- BAA 04 56 34.4 -66 28 24 11:48pm 9mmNag 170x Cluster region almost as big as the bean and less nebuloscity. NGC 1760 C+N 2.0' E NGC 04 56 35.9 -66 31 17 << best guess at coordinates 11:48pm 9mmNag 170x Just South of 1761 this object appears as a small and elongated nebulous region. [PostNote: This I think has a core of a thin EW line of stars 2' S of the 1761 cluster/nebula. Was a mysteryObject but later identified by SteveG. ] I was very very tired and started feeling dizzy so decided to pack it up about 12 after a bit of wide-field looking at Milky way and so on. I had done a long hike this day and think I may have been a bit dehydrated at this time as well. ========================================================================================= ========================================================================================= Arkaroola Tue 16Mar2010 Observations from 9:30pm till 3:50am. 21.5 Mag/ArcSec2 Observers: Mark Johnston, solo trip. Arkaroola Location: 139 20 East, 30 18 South Started with 85% cloud cover and more then cleaned up 10:30pm. Seemed to always be slightly off transparency much of the night. This night was a night to catch up on mostly Southern Sky Astronomical League list and Caldwells and revisit the SMC to pick up the other objects I had not got round to on 1st night. Date: 3/16/2010 Site: Arkaroola Scope: 12DobF5 Obs: 51 NELM: 6.5 see: 5 trans: 4 sqm: 21.5 Some cluster very low between clouds ... 16mmNag 10' size Bright FStar NW side (lower right). This object was 5deg off horizon and 50 degrees off of alignment of Sprigg observatory. Row of 3 stars. Bright carbon upper right, 2 stars down 45deg down to left in middle. Far top is bright star. Eifel tower down and to right. 50 2nd tier stars. 150 stars max. NGC 104 con: Tuc cmt1: 47_Tuc: Glob 4.0 50.0' 11.7 14.1 --- --- BAA 00 24 05.2 -72 04 51 10:30pm 16mmNag < 25' obvious size. Central brightest core section 1.5' size. Gets thinned out with resolvable stars with ever gradual fade off. 10:34pm 9mmNag 17' obvious size. Super super concentrated. Very gradual fading off of stars while being highly resolvable outside of core area. Central brightest core section seems to still show individual stars. Central core of highest density is just under 1' dia. con: Tuc cmt: SMC: NGC 411 Open 1.0x 1.0' --- --- NGC 01 07 55.6 -71 46 00 10:30pm 16mmNag 95x Tiny but apparently round object. IC 1641 Open 0.5x 0.5' --- --- NGC 01 09 25.1 -71 45 58 10:30pm 16mmNag 95x Averted vision revieled this object. NGC 416 Kron 59 Lind 83 Open 12.6 1.2' 985 15.3 BAA 01 07 59.0 -72 21 19 10:34pm 16mmNag 95x tiny and looks much like 411 in brightness and size. NGC 419 Kron 58 Lind 85 lst: SSAL Open 11.2 2.4' 1762 15.4 BAA 01 08 19.5 -72 53 02 10:35pm 16mmNag 95x Small 1' size about twice the size of 416 and brighter. NGC 376 Open 10.9 1.0x 1.0' 470 12.8 NGC 01 03 54.2 -72 49 33 10:37pm 16mmNag 95x Tiny, round. Clearly brighter than 416 but slightly smaller than 416 and concentrated. NGC 456 Lind 94 Open 2.0' --- --- n BAA 01 13 43.9 -73 17 35 10:40pm 16mmNag 95x 2.5' size averted. No filter but nebulosity shows well NGC 460 Open 12.5 0.7x 0.7' --- --- BAA 01 14 41.9 -73 18 23 10:41pm 16mmNag 95x Smaller than 456 and condensed. Separated from 456. MysteryObject I described a small nebulous region around a bright star that lies just SE of 460 to be Ngc465 but in fact that is some other object as 465 is a larger OC just to it's E. IC1662 not difinitive sighting, just felt I saw it. NGC 346 Lind 60 lst: SSAL Open 10.3 5.2' --- --- n BAA 00 59 06.0 -72 11 00 10:45pm 9mmNag 170x Looks amazing in 9mm Nagler IC 1611 Open 12.0 0.8x 0.8' 336 14.7 NGC 00 59 48.6 -72 20 02 10:45pm 9mmNag 170x Tiny object and of similar mag to IC 1612 IC 1612 Open 12.5 1.3x 1.3' 104 14.4 NGC 01 00 00.4 -72 22 13 10:45pm 9mmNag 170x Tiny object and of similar mag to IC 1611. A smaller object that may just be asterysm may be just E of IC1612 same spacing as to IC 1611 MysteryObject: 30' from 330 towards 261 is the 'bottom' of a cross of 4 objects with no label. Then off of this box or cross with sides about 6' in len if we extend the cross bar towards 419 is a dimmer object spaced just a bit less than this box's edges. Each appears tiny and fuzzy with the one most NW a bit larger than the others. NGC 261 Open 13.4 0.4' 16 13.9 BAA 00 46 33.0 -73 05 55 10:50pm 9mmNag 170x 1' size. Nebulous with a star in the center resolving NGC 249 BrtN 1.3' E SKY 00 45 35.2 -73 04 56 10:50pm 9mmNag 170x 1' size. Nebulous area but no apparent stars resolving like 261 MysteryObject BrtN 1.3' E SKY 00 48 52.5 -73 07 46 10:53pm 9mmNag 170x 1' size. Nebulous area but I have no name for this. On same line as 249 to 261 go twice that distance to find this nebulous patch of similar size to 249. Barely detectible direct but clearly obvious averted. NGC 290 Open 12.0 0.5x 0.5' 228 13.8 NGC 00 51 14.9 -73 09 40 10:54pm 9mmNag 170x Tiny Visible direct but very obvious averted as tiny round object similar to cluster. May have a central star that makes it appear stellar. MysteryObject Open 13.x 0.8' 410 16.1 BAA 00 51 41.8 -73 13 40 10:55pm 9mmNag 170x Tiny object like a cluster. Non stellar. Averted 100% but blots out with direct. This is 1/4 of way on a line between 290 and 294 NGC 294 Lind 47 Open 12.7 0.8' 410 16.1 BAA 00 53 05.6 -73 22 49 10:57pm 9mmNag 170x Cluster of lower magnitude than 290 and not very stellar core like 290 was. Similar size. NGC 267 C+N 1.2' NGC 00 48 02.1 -73 16 30 11:00pm 9mmNag 170x 3' size and slight 2.5EL EW NGC 248 Open 13.6 0.8' 20 14.8 BAA 00 45 24.1 -73 22 44 11:00pm 9mmNag 170x Much smaller than 267 but similar mag and size to 265. Visible direct. NGC 265 Kron 24 Lind 34 Open 12.2 1.0' 301 15.0 BAA 00 47 11.6 -73 28 38 11:00pm 9mmNag 170x Much smaller than 267 but similar mag and size to 248. Visible direct. NGC 256 Kron 23 Lind 30 Open 12.7 0.6' 142 14.7 BAA 00 45 54.4 -73 30 24 11:00pm 9mmNag 170x Smaller and dimmer than 265, barely visible direct. 256 is slightly brighter than 269 but of a similar size as 269. NGC 269 Kron 26 Lind 37 Open 13.3 0.6' 218 15.2 BAA 00 48 21.3 -73 31 49 11:00pm 9mmNag 170x Smaller and dimmer than 265, barely visible direct. 269 is slightly dimmer than 256 but of a similar size as 256. NGC 231 Open 12.0 1.2x 1.2' 131 15.0 NGC 00 41 06.5 -73 21 02 11:10pm 9mmNag 170x Tiny and averted only. In a short line with 222 then 220. NGC 222 Open 11.0 0.5x 0.5' 128 15.3 NGC 00 40 44.5 -73 23 03 11:10pm 9mmNag 170x Tiny but visible direct. Center of a line of 3 clusters with 231 and 220 on either side. NGC 220 Open 11.0 0.8x 0.8' 256 14.8 NGC 00 40 31.0 -73 24 12 11:10pm 9mmNag 170x Small but visible direct and little larger than other 2 in this line. Most West of a line of 3 clusters with 231 and 222 to the East. NGC 176 Open 12.0 0.6x 0.6' --- --- NGC 00 35 58.5 -73 09 57 11:15pm 9mmNag 170x Tiny and just visible direct, perhaps from FStar to it's SW. NGC 152 Kron 10 Lind 15 Open 1.7' --- --- BAA 00 32 55.5 -73 06 59 11:15pm 9mmNag 170x 1.5' size and visible direct. Diffuse and large as SMC objects go. No resolved stars detected. 11:25 now with Tape at 24:00 NGC 2442 NGC 2443 ESO 59-8 IRAS 7367-6924 PGC 21373 con: Vol cmt: . Glxy 11.2b 6.6x 5.4' 95 SAB(s)bc pec RC3 07 36 17.7 -69 32 16 11:25pm 7mmNag 220x 6' main body 30dPA SCore Arms seem clockwise. A strong arm averted with potential knot in that arm comes out of bottom [north]. On the top [South] averted shows a broad fan of the glow going off to the right [East]. South arm does not have as strong as a feel as an arm. con: Cen cmt1: RunningChickenNebula: lst: C100 IC 2948 RCW 62 BrtN 66.0x42.0' R UNK 11 38 19.0 -63 18 00 11:40pm 35mmPan 44x NPB_Filter. 45' len Cluster within it has a grouping of 5 stars on the edge of one broad nebulous region and an equilateral triangle of bright stars of about the same dimension. I go on to attempt to describe this area but it is a complex description and my only take-away is that I saw two fairly broad main areas of nebuloscity. I think my idea of West was off by as much as 90 degrees which adds to difficulty of interpriting description. con: Cru cmt1: CoalSack: lst: C99 CoalSack 1 Around the center of the large area Star 9.17 0.0.436 --- TYC 12 54 00.9 -61 46 17 11:50pm 15x60Bino 15x A series of very large areas that blot out most of the background stars but tend to not really blot out all the stars except in two small areas. To me the most obvious and darkest of the spots was an area just shy of 1 degree south-east of alpha Crux on the other side of 2 fairly bright stars in a 45dPA line. That area is about a degree of very dark zone slight elongated at around 45 dPA. Moving North to what is typically called the coal sack we see main circular area just S of jewel box about 3 degrees by 2 degrees N. Overall in the binoculars I make out a capitol A letter with top of the very long 4 degree A to the west. From the most eastern beta Crux going past Jewel box an equal distance farther you hit the north most fat bottom part of this leg of this giant A and here too the darkness is about as profound as the area SE of Alpha Crux. There is the feeling of a gap in the black on the East that is the bottom of the 'A' and to the west of that is a dark bridge (the center 'horizontal' stroke of the 'A' then assorted stars showing up to form the hole in the top of the A which is ill defined. The second tall right side of the 'A' is not quite as defined as northern tall left side of the A. This leg is AGAIN separated with a thin EW long area where stars shine through a bit till we hit a third very long mostly ES dark section with the extremely deep darkness on the W end close to Alpha Crux. NGC 6101 con: Aps lst: SSAL,C107 Glob 9.2 5.0' 13.5 16.6 --- --- BAA 16 25 48.6 -72 12 06 11:57pm 7mmNag 220x 4' size Low concentration. Averted appears to yeild some resolution. Transparency only 3 just now as it is low, will try later. NGC 4945 ESO 219-24 IRAS 13025-4911 PGC 45279 cmt: Ngc4945group: con: Cen lst: SSAL,C83 Glxy 9.3b 20.5x 3.8' 43 SB(s)cd: sp RC3 13 05 26.2 -49 28 15 12:05am 16mmNag 95x 20' length 6EL 45dPA Flaring out on NE end. SE edge appears to be faded from being regular in symitry. Brighter slightly in core but not obvious core. Some puffing out on the N end. NGC 4976 ESO 219-29 PGC 45562 Glxy 11.0b 5.6x 2.9' 161 E4 pec: RC3 13 08 37.3 -49 30 23 12:10am 9mmNag 170x 1' len Has a more of a SCore then 4945. [PostNote: it is a lot larger] NGC 4945A ESO 219-28 PGC 45380 MltG 13.0p 2.5x 1.3' 55 SB(s)m? sp RC3 13 06 33.3 -49 41 36 12:10am 9mmNag 170x Detection only, a very bright mag 4 star to S blots this out quite a bit. GSC 8626:2809 SAO 238429 HD 93308 con: Car cmt1: HomunculusNebula: Star 6.10 0.0.603 --- TYC 10 45 03.5 -59 41 04 12:25am 5mmNag 305x Very bright and yellow-orange distinct color. The 2 lobes are obvious right away. A faint glow surrounds the area with a size of 3-4'. The lobes themselves are tiny but the brighter one has a fairly sharply defined round abrupt cut to darkness. I am not getting much detail so will try this object again another night. The 14" SCT was an even worse view just now. M 83 NGC 5236 ESO 444-81 MCG -5-32-50 con: Hya lst: M_RO Glxy 8.2b 12.8x11.4' -- SAB(s)c RC3 13 37 00.3 -29 52 04 12:45am 9mmNag 170x 10' size and mostly round with structure. Out of the south is a broad protrusion of glow that then thins and continues curling to the west. Out of the West comes a strong protrusion with an arm then clearly separated and curling to the north. This arm appears to have a knot well out going west just before the turning point of the arm. Another closer in arm with a gap of darker area between the core and it is closer in to the core. The dark lane for this closer in arm is along the west and loops around over almost all the way up to the north to separate the inner arm. Something comes out of the north and rotates around over the east. This bar has a detectible darker lane running to the east of the core on down towards the south. A very light arm is seen well out from the core looping down towards the south. Three bright field stars with one, then a double, then another single one are to the East and there seems to be the very faint outer arm just detectible with movement and contrast from other side of these 3 stars. I discuss a possible knot out on an arm North of the core. Possible knot 3' NW of core on farthest out arm I can see there. NGC 4609 Cr 263 con: Cru lst: SSAL,C98 Open 6.9 5.0' 40 10.0 II 2 m LYN 12 42 20.0 -62 59 36 1:05am 9mmNag 170x 5' len Flared Eifel Tower or 'A' look with two base points like tight doubles. In the middle bar are 2 stars. Up on the top [S] is a point star with farther up a few fainter stars just above. There is a tier1 star just off to the west as it it is the point of a triangular flag hung from the top (a 2x1 IsoTriangle with point to the west is the 'flag'). Very bright FStar 5' to the SSE, not part of this I bet. Scope: 14SctF7 Went back to the dome to use the SCT as I had no telrad on 12" yet. NGC 3195 ESO 19-2 Henize 2-44 Sanduleak 2-57 PK 296-20.1 PNG 296.6-20.0 con: Cha lst: SSAL,C109 Plan 11.5p 42.0" 15.3 3 STE 10 09 21.0 -80 51 34 1:20am 7mmNag Fairly solid. About 1' len. Not super distinct edge. Get the feel of a slightly darker central area but I do not detect the central star. END TAPE 1 for this night at tape time 48:00 NGC 6101 con: Aps lst: SSAL,C107 Glob 9.2 5.0' 13.5 16.6 --- --- BAA 16 25 48.6 -72 12 06 1:59am 9mmNag 280x 5' size Faint. Very low concentration, only mildly more concentrated in center. [Said 170x 8' size but that is for 9mm in dob so scale to 5' for this observation] NGC 6025 Cr 296 Mel 139 con: TrA lst: SSAL,C95 Open 5.1 12.0' 60 7.0 II 3 r LYN 16 03 19.1 -60 25 21 2:07am 16mmNag 156x 15'x8' NSxEW 80 stars. Very open, not concentrated. Stands out well. 6 tier1 stars, 12 tier2 and the rest dimmer. Looks like body of spider with forward leg to NW, couple legs out back. NGC 6087 Cr 300 Mel 141 con: Nor lst: DM,C89 Open 5.4 12.0' 40 8.0 II 2 m LYN 16 18 54.0 -57 53 00 2:10am 9mmNag 280x 9' size. 30 stars, open. 2 Tier1, 8 tier2 and a the rest all dimmer ones. Medium range of magnitudes. Gives a feeling of a tall IsoTriangle pointing roughly NE. A triangle forms SW corner of base. Many triangles seem apparent. NGC 6231 Cr 315 Mel 153 con: Sco lst: DM,TE,C76_RO Open 2.6 14.0' 93 6.0 I 3 p BAA 16 54 09.8 -41 50 00 2:15am 35mmPan 71x > 100 stars. 5 Tier1, 20 mid-tier and hundred lower mag. Broad range of magnitudes and looks better than up north because it is so transparent up high. [PostNote: I describe a broader 1' field then discuss the smaller 6231 concentrated area as above] NGC 6397 con: Ara lst: DM,SSAL,C86 Glob 5.3 31.0' 10.0 12.9 --- --- BAA 17 40 41.3 -53 40 25 2:20am 9mmNag 280x 4' obvious dia but thining continues after that. Non stellar but center is more concentrated for sure. Medium concentration. Circle of stars on west seems to encircle the central section. Lots of resolved stars as this thins out with space between stars. NGC 6352 con: Ara lst: DM,SSAL,C81_RO Glob 7.8 9.0' 13.4 15.2 --- --- BAA 17 25 29.2 -48 25 22 2:29am 9mmNag 280x 4' dia with very gradual fade from middle blanket. No resolution. Very low concentration. Fine powder. Much fainter than 6397. Has a mild feel of slight EL at 30dPA NGC 6193 Cr 310 con: Ara lst: DM,C82_RO cmt1: 6193oc_6188neb: Open 5.2 14.0' 14 5.7 II 3 p n LYN 16 41 20.4 -48 45 45 2:35am 9mmNag 280x < 40 stars perhaps. 2 Tier1, 5 Tier2 A few dozen more at most. Very bright double EW elongated like 20" spacing of equal mag in the center of cluster. Small number of stars in the cluster. NGC 6188 RCW 108 con: Ara cmt1: 6193oc_6188neb: BrtN 35.5x22.5' E+R SKY 16 40 52.0 -48 45 00 2:35am 9mmNag 280x 4' of apparent nebulous area. [PostNote: Actual nebuloscity is far broader in CCD photos] NGC 6541 con: CrA lst: DM,C78_RO fav: F3 Glob 6.3 15.0' 12.1 15.3 --- --- BAA 18 08 02.2 -43 42 20 2:54am 9mmNag 280x 5' apparent diameter. Sugary appearance. Clearly more concentrated in the core with gradual fade. Not a highly concentrated look but mediuam concentration. Several resolvable stars. West edge may have slightly less outer stars than other edges. Trailing FS by 3-4' A string of stars seems to come out of South and going SSE. Another string comes out of west and generally goes off to the North. Had some confusion in figuring out PAV as it is quite dim and confusing on NE corner. Transparency not real good and these targets in Pav are fairly low. trans: 3 NGC 6744 ESO 104-42 IRAS 19050-6354 PGC 62836 con: Pav lst: SSAL,C101_RO fav: F5 Glxy 9.1b 20.1x12.9' 15 SAB(r)bc RC3 19 09 45.4 -63 51 27 3:24am 16mmNag 156x 15' length 30dPA. Very concentrated core that seems slightly elongated NS. Some structure is presenting itself. 9mm not giving up much more. 9mm allows some dark areas to be made out. Transparency not so good as it is low. NGC 6752 con: Pav lst: SSAL,C93_RO fav: F5 Glob 5.3 29.0' 10.5 13.8 --- --- BAA 19 10 51.8 -59 58 55 3:30am 9mmNag 280x 7' apparent size. Medium concentration. Several spikes of stars out of it. One spike out of NW. Loop of stars 2' dia comes out of N and loopw CW back into core. Spidery 5-star 3' out of SE. Leg out of SW bending south. In the center there is a 1' strong line of stars going E and another 1' strand going SSW. trans: 5 NGC 5823 Cr 290 Mel 131 con: Cir lst: DM,SSAL,C88_RO Open 7.9 10.0' 100 13.0 II 2 r LYN 15 05 30.6 -55 36 30 3:35am 9mmNag 280x 10' size. 50-100 stars. Fairly well defined cluster limits. Fairly open look. A few Tier1, Tier1 member on SW and one on far N. 20 or so Tier2 but not a huge range of mags. NGC 5822 Cr 289 Mel 130 con: Cir Open 6.5 39.0' 150 10.0 II 2 r LYN 15 08 01.2 -55 36 51 3:40am 16mmNag 156x < 50 stars, not very distinct. 4x size or more of 5822. Very broad area with much higher mag stars than 5823. Which stars are part of this cluster are difficult to say. I am not so sure what is part of this cluster and what is backdrop. May be a broader 40' area that has couple hundred stars. Not so sure. 3:50am Close down and very very tired. ========================================================================================= ========================================================================================= Arkaroola Tue 17Mar2010 Observations from 10:00pm till 3:10am. 21.7 Mag/ArcSec2 Observers: Mark Johnston, solo trip. Arkaroola Location: 139 20 East, 30 18 South Conditions better tonight than yesterday but got a late start due to late dinner. Seeing was great and transparency was really good but I am not sure just when to rate transparency as a 5 so leave it as 4 out of 5. My seeing number is also on a scale of 1-5. VERY busy night with Focus on Eta Car area and nearby object, the tiny yet amazing Homuculus nebula around Eta Car itself, Galaxies of Dorado, The oddly nammed Dark DooDad (dark nebula in Musca), LMC Revisited key areas, More Southern Sky Astronomical League targets, DeepMap 600 low targets and Caldwell objects. Date: 3/17/2010 Site: Arkaroola Scope: 12DobF5 Obs: 70 NELM: 6.7 see: 5 trans: 4 sqm: 21.7 I started off trying to catch 1365 but it is fairly low so not much better than a good north-sky observation. trans: 3 NGC 1365 ESO 358-17 MCG -6-8-26 VV 825 IRAS 3317-3618 PGC 13179 Glxy 10.3b 11.3x 6.6' 32 SB(s)b RC3 03 33 35.9 -36 08 16 10:15pm 7mmNag 220x 5' size. 45dPA with main core at about 160dPA. Arms rotate CCW. Arm out on W side of bar shoots to N CCW and is the more distinct arm. The other arm comes off the E side and rotates CCW out from the bar but is less apparent but shoots quite a ways out from bar. The arm that heads north appears to have a knot on it near it's turning point that bends to the east. This section is a wide area of fairly bright galaxies with Ngc1566 as the best of the group as a face-on medium sized galaxy. con: Dor cmt: Ngc1566_Area: trans: 4 NGC 1617 ESO 157-41 IRAS 4305-5442 PGC 15405 Glxy 11.4b 4.6x 2.1' 114 SB(s)a RC3 04 31 39.6 -54 36 05 10:25pm 7mmNag 220x 4' len 2EL 90dPA bright core. A bit more glow to S of the slightly elongated 30" elongated core. NGC 1596 ESO 157-31 PGC 15153 Glxy 12.1b 3.7x 0.9' 20 SA0: sp RC3 04 27 38.1 -55 01 40 10:28pm 7mmNag 220x 1' len 2EL 170dPA SCore. bright and apparent core. [PostNote: I am thinking N was at about 20-30dPA when I did these next few) NGC 1602 ESO 157-32 IRAS 4267-5510 PGC 15168 Glxy 13.3b 1.9x 1.0' 83 IB(s)m pec: RC3 04 27 53.7 -55 03 26 10:30pm 7mmNag 220x about 1' len (averted) Averted only and at limits. NGC 1581 ESO 157-26 IRAS 4236-5503 PGC 15055 Glxy 13.6b 1.8x 0.7' 80 S0- RC3 04 24 45.6 -54 56 31 10:34pm 7mmNag 220x 1' len 2EL 20dPA A bit brighter than 1602. NSCore but core mildly brighter. NGC 1566 ESO 157-20 IRAS 4189-5503 PGC 14897 Glxy 10.3b 8.3x 7.7' 60 SAB(s)bc RC3 04 20 00.4 -54 56 18 10:37pm 7mmNag 220x 6' len (called it 1/4 eyepiece which is 23'). SCore. Some darker area above core then brighter arm extending over W edge. Not sure if CW or CCW. Arm seems to be out 2' from core off in the NW and W of the object. Off to SE and East I see a dark area 1.5' from core but it gets brighter all along that side as if an arm is there. 1' Core dia. Slight PA of 20dPA on the bar. A field star trails the core just outside of the core glow. I suspect this rotates CCW because I see arm out of N side curling in that direction. Other arm comes out SSW and near the core seems to be CCW. The arm out of the S is the thinner of the arms but is the most obvious as it moves N out from the West of the core. NGC 1553 ESO 157-17 IRAS 4150-5554 PGC 14765 Glxy 10.3b 4.6x 2.9' 150 SA(r)0^ RC3 04 16 10.4 -55 46 51 10:45pm 7mmNag 220x 2.5' len 2EL 140dPA Slightly SCore. About 16' S of 1549 so a nice pair. NGC 1549 ESO 157-16 PGC 14757 Glxy 10.7b 4.9x 4.0' 135 E0-1 RC3 04 15 45.1 -55 35 31 10:50pm 7mmNag 220x 1' len very slight EL using averted at maybe 45dPA??? Dimmer than 1553. Has some core brightening but perhaps not stellar. NGC 1546 ESO 157-12 IRAS 4134-5611 PGC 14723 Glxy 11.8b 3.0x 1.6' 147 SA0+? RC3 04 14 36.7 -56 03 39 10:55pm 7mmNag 220x 40" len 1.6EL 160dPA Stands out better than I had expected. [PostNote: This is a lot longer but did not see much fainter glow of the disk. NGC 1536 ESO 157-5 IRAS 4099-5636 PGC 14620 MltG 13.2b 1.9x 1.3' 155 SB(s)c pec: RC3 04 11 00.5 -56 29 09 11:05pm 7mmNag 220x 1' len 140dPA? NSCore Extremely dim, averted only. NGC 1533 ESO 157-3 IRAS 4088-5614 PGC 14582 Glxy 11.7b 2.7x 2.2' 151 SB0- RC3 04 09 52.0 -56 07 05 11:07pm 7mmNag 220x 30" size SCore and glow fades around it. Well brighter than 1536 [PostNote: Also much larger but the glow fades so I did not see full disk] NGC 1574 ESO 157-22 PGC 14965 Glxy 11.4b 3.4x 3.1' 35 SA(s)0-: RC3 04 21 59.1 -56 58 26 11:10pm 7mmNag 220x 40" size. Brighter than 1533 and core brightening apparent. FStar right on East edge just outside the glow. May have 140dPA but this may be illusion from the close FStar. [PostNote: FStar was well within disk so I missed seeing full disk] NGC 1515 ESO 156-36 IRAS 4028-5414 PGC 14397 Glxy 12.1b 5.2x 1.1' 18 SAB(s)bc RC3 04 04 02.5 -54 05 59 11:15pm 7mmNag 220x 3' len 3EL 170dPA SSCore NGC 1672 ESO 118-43 VV 826 IRAS 4449-5920 PGC 15941 con: Dor cmt1: . lst: DM Glxy 10.3b 6.6x 5.4' 170 SB(s)b RC3 04 45 42.2 -59 14 57 11:25pm 7mmNag 220x 4-5' len 3EL 45dPA bright 30" core AGCS 463 cluster. Decided to try for what I may be able to detect in this very dim cluster. Because I was using the 12" all these were only detections and I was unable to detect the 'dumbell' characteristics of IC 2082 although at the time I was not aware it was so 'special' so was not focused on that specific characteristic. con: Dor cmt: Ic2082_Cluster_DetectOnly: IC 2082 ESO 157-35 PGC 15239 MltG 13.8b 1.3x 0.7' 121 S0 pec RC3 04 29 07.7 -53 49 37 11:30pm 7mmNag 220x Brightest I can see. All require averted to detect. IC 2079 ESO 157-33 PGC 15200 Glxy 14.8p 1.2x 0.3' 127 SB(rs)ab RC3 04 28 30.6 -53 44 14 11:32pm 7mmNag 220x Requires averted to detect. ESO 157-36 PGC 15301 Glxy 15.0p 1.1x 0.3' 121 S? RC3 04 29 49.4 -53 48 52 11:35pm 7mmNag 220x Requires averted to detect. At this point the focus became hunting down by telrad the many individual targets from assorted lists and we start with revisiting 2442 area to pick up more detail. con: Vol cmt: Ngc2442_treo: NGC 2442 NGC 2443 ESO 59-8 IRAS 7367-6924 PGC 21373 Glxy 11.2b 6.6x 5.4' 95 SAB(s)bc pec RC3 07 36 17.7 -69 32 16 11:40pm 7mmNag 220x 5' len 2xEL 30dPA Slight SCore. 1 arm CW out of NE edge going CW. Going NW 2' from core we see dark area then it gets light again due to this arm most likely. The other arm on the S is difficult to detect but a slight amount of lighter area rotates to CW on the S end. NGC 2434 ESO 59-5 PGC 21325 Glxy 12.3b 2.4x 2.2' -- E0-1 RC3 07 34 51.1 -69 17 01 11:42pm 7mmNag 220x 1' size Most S in a row of 2 stars to it's N ESO 59-11 PGC 21457 Glxy 13.5p 1.9x 1.0' 163 SB(s)0/a pec: RC3 07 38 12.1 -69 28 33 11:45pm 7mmNag 220x 1.5' size 1.5EL 140dPA Slight SCore con: Oct cmt1: OverlapPair: NGC 6438 ESO 10-1 PGC 61787 MltG 12.1b 1.5x 1.2' 145 Ring A RC3 18 22 15.3 -85 24 07 11:50pm 7mmNag 220x 2' size. Slight SCore. FStar off to the side makes it look like more stars are off to one side. North is difficult to detect. [PostNote: This is a galaxy colision. Wish I had spent more time observing it] NGC 6438A ESO 10-2 IRAS 18061-8525 PGC 61793 MltG 12.6p 3.0x 1.0' 31 Ring B RC3 18 22 45.9 -85 24 26 11:50pm 7mmNag 220x Thought this was all one object and maybe the FStar I report as looking like more glow is off to one side MAY have been the second core. Oh well, maybe on next trip down south. NGC 4372 con: Mus cmt: . lst: SAL,C108 Glob 7.2 5.0' 12.2 15.6 --- --- BAA 12 25 45.4 -72 39 33 11:55pm 7mmNag 220x 6' obvious dia. Very very low concentration. Like a very wide fine blanket open cluster. Powdery throughout with large number of resolving stars. Very bright star just off NW edge. The Dark Doodad has both a curious name and a very odd structure so I took some time to attempt to describe it's form. con: Mus cmt1: DarkDooDad_South: GSC 9235:249 9235:249:1 PPM 785638 Star 10.28 0.0.655 --- TYC 12 19 32.4 -72 48 19 12:10am 16mmNag 95x ENE of Ngc4372 we pick up the dark lane 13' wide but not real dark yet. con: Mus cmt1: DarkDooDad_Middle: GSC 9236:2866 9236:2866:1 PPM 371512 HD 108341 Star 9.38 0.0.924 K2V TYC 12 27 31.6 -71 25 24 12:12am 16mmNag 95x Thinner here and more distinct than south end. Going more north we almost see two dark lanes with stars between them then a very dark mass as dark as it gets is hit farther north. con: Mus cmt1: DarkDooDad_NorthEast: GSC 9232:1370 Star 11.6 0.3 6 GSC 12 31 58.8 -71 06 24 12:15am 16mmNag 95x Very dark area around this point. The main thick part turns off to the right (in terms of the path we are taking) and all around this area there is a more complex set of dark channels difficult to describe. Thin section of 5' or less in thickness in this area. NGC 4833 con: Mus lst: SAL,C105 Glob 8.4 14.0' 12.4 15.5 --- --- BAA 12 59 35.0 -70 52 29 12:16am 7mmNag 220x 6' obvious size. Not very concentrated. Quite a few resolvable stars, around 50, with gorgous blanket of very fine powder in the central area. Slightly spidery in appearance with some filiments running out of main area. Brighter star at NNE edge of the apparent size is bright field star. con: Ret lst: SAL NGC 1313 ESO 82-11 VV 436 IRAS 3176-6640 PGC 12286 Glxy 9.2b 13.1x 8.9' 36 SB(s)d RC3 03 18 13.5 -66 29 53 12:21am 7mmNag 220x 4' len 2EL mostly EW. Very diffuse object. No apparent core. On East side is little clump. [PostNote: Wish I had my 18" this is EXTREMELY irregular with knots] con: Cen lst: DM,SAL cmt1: BluePlanitary: tape: 37:00 NGC 3918 ESO 170-13 Henize 2-74 Sanduleak 2-81 Wray 16-101 PK 294+4.1 PNG 294.6+4.7 Plan 8.4p 19.0" 15.6 2b STE 11 50 18.1 -57 10 58 12:30am 7mmNag 220x NoFilter 30" dia Solid disk. Slightly fuzzy disk edges. No central star seen. Not seeing central star. Orange star nearby that is certainly orange. This did look blue compaired to slightly yellow stars but not in a very obvious way, only subtle. con: Vel lst: DM,SAL NGC 2899 ESO 166-13 Gum 27 RCW 43 Henize 2-30 Sanduleak 2-45 Wray 16-47 PK 277-3.1 Plan 12.2p 117x 75" 15.9 STE 09 27 03.5 -56 06 18 12:30am 7mmNag 220x O3Filter 2' len Not round. Possible 130dPA feel to tilt. Diffuse and dim. NGC 5286 con: Cen cmt1: MyLowestNorthGlobSeen: lst: DM,SAL,C84 fav: f4 Glob 7.4 11.0' 13.5 16.5 --- --- BAA 13 46 26.5 -51 22 24 12:35am 7mmNag 220x 3' obvious dia. Medium concentration with central core not real obvious/stellar. Powdery fine grain. Slight resolution of stars averted. [PostNote: This is the very lowest southern object I had seen from +36 degrees after several trys over 2 years from Fremont Peak at 2700 feet with a zero south horizon. Up north it was just a faint patch of light but an absolute observation.] NGC 5139 con: Cen lst: DM,SAL,SW,C80 cmt: OmegaCentaurus: Glob 3.9 55.0' 11.5 14.5 --- --- BAA 13 26 45.9 -47 28 37 12:40am 9mmNag 170x 30' obvious dia, full FOV. Medium concentration as if a scaled up 5286. Couple of voids in central area (not as bright areas). Loop of voids around center. In center direct vision shows a couple bright stars especially each darker area I see fine,fine resolved stars. con: Cen lst: DM,SAL,SW,C77 cmt1: Centaurus_A: NGC 5128 ESO 270-9 Arp 153 MCG -7-28-1 PGC 46957 MltG 7.8b 25.8x20.0' 35 S0 pec RC3 13 25 29.0 -43 01 00 12:45am 9mmNag 170x Double hamburger patty is most split in 2 on West side in towards the east. I have not seen this in 12" from north locations so easily. Moving south there is a bright field star on that limit of the glow. Stunning view. NGC 5844 ESO 99-1 Henize 2-119 PK 317-5.1 con: TrA tape: 45min Plan 13.2p 73.0x52.0" --- STE 15 10 40.6 -64 40 26 12:50am 7mmNag 220x NPB filter. 1' size. Non-distinct edges. Lane of nebuloscity appears stronger at about 110dPA. A few very low from the North targets that were felt to offer better views from the south were in Vela so here we look higher into Vela and the SuperNova objects NGC 2736 con: Vel lst: SW cmt1: PencilNebula_HerschelsRay: SNR 20.0x 3.0' E SKY 09 00 11.8 -45 58 15 1:00am 16mmNag 95x Sharper edge on my right [Would be eastern edge]. Averted required. Difficult object to detect, passed it over a few times so had to star-hop. Extremely faint. No filter yields the best view [PostNote: It is reflection nebula is why]. Was a disappointing view as I had looked forward to this one and expected more contrast. Astrophotography only I guess. Gum 12 con: Vel cmt1: VelaSupernovaRemnant: SNR 264x 108' E UNK 08 31 00.0 -44 00 00 1:10am 35mmNag 44x NPB filter. I describe all kinds of routes and filiments and routes. Near a sort of bright star I see a stronger member. Far too complex to describe. Averted is best. NPB filter works noticabilly better than O3 and way better than no filter. NGC 2069 BrtN 18.0x11.0' E UNK 05 38 30.0 -69 07 00 1:15am 35mmNag 44x NPB filter. Decided to browse the Tarantula nebula area with the NPB filter. And I describe only vague terms in this quick view. Time to dive back into the Large Magellanic Cloud to cherry-pick certain key areas of activity. con: Dor cmt: LMC_NE: tape: 51min GSC 8891:1027 Star 6.7 0.4 0 GSC 05 34 39.6 -66 14 19 1:20am 35mmPan 44x This is called N55 I believe. Is round and brightest of the members of a large Y. It is at the base of a 30' tall upper case Y and this is SW of Y junction. This one is the brightest of these areas at the tips and junction of this upper case Y. GSC 8891:1027 Star 6.7 0.4 0 GSC 05 34 39.6 -66 14 19 1:22am 35mmPan 44x Think this is N61 as it appears in LMC Cluster systems of the LMC catalog by Kontizas from 1990. Junction of the Y which looks like two closely spaced tiny stellar/nebulous areas and are EW relative to each other. I use the brightest star here to identify all the other end points of this Y except 2030. NGC 2030 Open 1.3' --- --- BAA 05 35 41.1 -66 02 04 1:20am 35mmPan 44x This I resolved some stars in a cluster with nebuloscity about them. This is at the upper right top of the upper case Y and is NNE of the central bright star at the Y junction. GSC 8891:1027 Star 6.7 0.4 0 GSC 05 34 39.6 -66 14 19 1:25am 35mmPan 44x Think this is HS367 and is immediately adjacent and south of #253 from Nebular Complexes of Lmc and Smc paper by Davies,Elliot And Meaburn cataloged item. This object is made of 2 nebulous areas that are very close in a NS position to each other. These are at the Upper left tip of capitol Y and East from junction star. A bright field star is about 10' directly south of these two. NGC 1948 Open 4.0' --- --- NGC 05 25 45.0 -66 15 51 1:30am 35mmPan 44x Moving west about 45' from the bottome of the big Y we hit a fairly large cluster with some nebulous area that has the most stellar activity closer to it's south side. I revisit this calling it a dim diffuse nebula and sometimes call it a big cluster on tape around 56min as we go to 1925 and 1866. NGC 1946 Open 1.0' --- --- NGC 05 25 16.4 -66 23 35 1:30am 35mmPan 44x Described as a small blob south of the large cluster of 1948 NGC 1978 Open 3.9' --- --- BAA 05 28 44.6 -66 14 08 1:32am 35mmPan 44x Described as a small area almost in passing with only a position that matches this object. tape: 53:30 I start discussing huge star cloud above dragons head and a bright cluster to it's south ... GSC 8891:3529 8891:3529:1 PPM 354824 HD 269729 Star 9.65 0.0.525 --- TYC 05 32 33.5 -67 05 19 1:35am 35mmPan 44x Described as a huge star cloud north of dragons head (Ngc2032 area). NGC 2004 Open 9.8 2.7' --- 13.0 Ir NGC 05 30 36.0 -67 17 00 1:35am 35mmPan 44x Described as a bright cluster just south of the huge star cloud north of 2032 NGC 2006 Open 11.5 0.5x 0.5' --- --- II NGC 05 31 20.2 -66 58 22 1:35am 35mmPan 44x Described as one of a couple of clusters at the north end of large star cloud above 2032 NGC 2002 Open 10.1 0.5x 0.5' --- --- II m NGC 05 30 20.5 -66 53 02 1:35am 35mmPan 44x Described as one of a couple of clusters at the north end of large star cloud above 2032 From tape: 55 min to 56 min I am not sure where my directions are going Then we pick up back from 1948 ... NGC 1925 Open 11.0' --- --- association BAA 05 21 31.0 -65 49 00 1:37am 35mmPan 44x Called this a large open cluster area with some nebuloscity GSC 8890:270 8890:270:1 Star 10.86 0.0.404 --- TYC 05 22 36.8 -65 44 14 1:40am 35mmPan 44x Think this is SL428 per a paper on LMC I found. Described a round area of nebuloscity just to the NE of 1925 NGC 1866 Open 9.8 5.0' --- 15.0 IV r NGC 05 13 30.0 -65 28 00 1:42am 35mmPan 44x Described as a fairly bright and condensed cluster or glob Now I leave the LMC and will move on to a few key objects I had wanted to get more observing time upon so I revisit them now. con: Cen fav: F2 cmt1: RunningChickenNebula: IC 2948 RCW 62 BrtN 66.0x42.0' R UNK 11 38 19.0 -63 18 00 1:44am 35mmPan 44x OIII Filter. Lambda Cen to left of view. A couple small clumps of stars are in the center from right to left orientation. These are the top and the 'high' cross member of a an upper case A with the top pointing to the left [NW]. This is a very tall A [16']. Starting above the high central cross member of the A which points up [1.6' cross-bar of this A] is the start of a very broad nebulous area that forms a large triangle with one tip pointing to the left [NW]. This nebulous triangle has ended before we get to the base of the big A to the right. It is dark above [SE] the base of the A which is vertical in the view for the base. Below the base of the big A there is a big elongated section of nebuloscity with a width about the size of the base of the A [5'] running along what would be the left side of the big A but down at a 45 degree angle [North] for at least half the height of the A [8']. There seems to be more nebulous area even farther off to the right of the base of the A. [I described this in reference to a big letter A with the open base to the right which would be south-east. The description was in terms of my view, never with actual directions but the field of view would be a 90' field size and North would have been 7:30pm sort of area. I insert lengths and dimensions if I mention lengths relative to the characteristics of this big 'A'] Could not resist the Eta Carina area and had unfinished business here so I continue ... NGC 3372 con: Car cmt1: EtaCarinaNebula fav: F5 tape: 56:40 BrtN 120.0' E SKY 10 44 00.0 -59 30 00 1:46am 35mmPan 44x OIII Filter. Completely fills field [+90'] for an absolutely huge and gorgiously complex field. Giant dark V cuts through this entire area where the width of this channel is about 1/5 field [18'] as it stars from the left [NW] and thins down as it approaches the center where it is lighter due to some nebuloscity in that area but the lane is still apparent. Once past Eta Car star the thinner dark channel breaks to mostly down direction [NE] and as it leaves the area fans out to a much broader dark channel. A third dark lane of about 1/4 thickness of the main 'V' is as if it is on a radius from the central bottom of the 'V' and is first only some nebulous area but then as we move up at 45 degrees to the right [South] this dark lane starts up and to the right [South] out to empty into a large dark area where nebuloscity stops. A 4th obvious dark lane starts 1/6 Fov [15'] above the end of the 3rd radius of darkness as if this 4th line of dark channel is also on a radius from the central point of the main V but it does not start getting dark till the other side of a large cluster/nebulous area [Cr228] or about 1/3 FOV [30'] from the central point of the big V. [I mention I am going to describe clusters but get distracted below then get back at 2:20am only to say that all the stars in Eta Car nebula IMHO do not really seem to stand out as distinct clusters but there are some tiny groupings of more dense areas. So since none were really distinct, I did not bother but only stated the stars in general add a wonderful effect of contrast with many different magnitudes all over within the varied intensity of the nebuloscity. Really too impressive to desribe in words. My best look at the Homunculus nebula was a 3rd attempt as the other nights I discovered I needed extremely careful collimation so I did that tonight just before this observation. con: Car cmt1: EtaCarAndHomunculusNebula: fav: F5 tape: 1:04:00 GSC 8626:2809 8626:2809:1 PPM 339408 SAO 238429 HD 93308 Star 6.10 0.0.603 --- TYC 10 45 03.5 -59 41 04 2:05am 5mmNag 305x What is striking at first glance is this area has a distinct yellow-orange sort of color, especially close in to Eta Car itself. Star itself sits within a small dark disk before main brightness starts in. The two lobes look as if a big peanut with the bottom one [more East] being a brighter lobe. The trailing lobe is more difficult to see and may be smaller. The edge of the peanut on the brighter lobe is fairly sharp in cutoff of the light. In the brighter lobe I detect from time to time 1 or maybe 2 different darker spots along the main axis of the peanut but they are only mildly sharp in moments of good seeing. There are two stars on the other side of the dark disk that are tiny points of similar mag that when taken in with the Homunculus Nebula as a whole add a nice touch to this tiny but unusual field. I detect from time to time a small spike comming off perpendicular to the peanut. [This object requires EXTREMELY accurate collimation and this I learned after 2 earlier attempts] Now the focus is back to individual objects gathered from assorted lists as targets for this trip NGC 3572 Cr 239 con: Car lst: SAL Open 6.6 6.0' 35 7.0 II 3 m n LYN 11 10 20.0 -60 14 54 2:14am 16mmNag 95x < 50 stars. 1/8fov len [6']. Low concentration. Mix of mags. 1 main member which is not very high mag on it's own, 12 tier2 and a bunch more of dimmer magnitudes. Triangular in general in appearance of an EQ triangle due to the Tier1 main member and corners made with other Tier2 stars. RCW 54 BrtN 31.0x 6.0' R UNK 11 11 21.0 -60 04 00 2:14am 16mmNag 95x NPB Filter [ref neb so should have used NO filter]. Upper left brighter area cuts along in a bar of nebuloscity tangetn to the cluster 3572 then breaks towards north. Length about 4/10 FOV [20'] More interesting than the cluster. NGC 3603 Cr 244 con: Car cmt1: SitsInRcw57: Open 9.1 2.5' 30 11.3 II 3 m n LYN 11 15 07.0 -61 15 42 2:16am 16mmNag 95x Bright star on North edge of Rcw57 RCW 57 con: Car cmt1: OnTopOf3603 BrtN 8.3x 4.0' E UNK 11 15 06.0 -61 16 10 2:16am 16mmNag 95x 6-10' len at 160dPA line. Most of glow to southern side of 3603 NGC 3576 con: Car fav: F5 BrtN 20.0x14.0' E SKY 11 12 18.0 -61 12 00 2:18am 16mmNag 95x Very interesting nebula. A 1/3 of circle of nebuloscity is around North (open to south) and curlse clockwise to the west. Off to south is brighter section that looks like a headless bird flying ot the East because of 3 sections of this part of the overall area. Wingspan around 12' and body (with no head) is about 8' in size. Almost forgot to detail keyhole Dark nebula so a quick trip back to Eta Car area then on with individual targets in that area afterwards NGC 3372 cmt1: KeyHoleDarkNebulaArea: BrtN 120.0' E SKY 10 44 00.0 -59 30 00 2:20am 16mmNag 95x Above EtaCar star [W] there is a broad dark region that thins as it runs runs in parallel [NW] with the real big horizontal dark leg of the V [NW direction of big V]. Then to left of EtaCar [NW] is a nebulous area but on the other side the DarkChnl1 breaks to the north for DarkChnl2 which is fairly thin [Neck of guitar]. This hits a little nebuloscity but continues on N and hits more nebuloscity. Then I describe another dark patch farther along [This I think is body of guitar]. I go on to describe that from EtaCar we drop down [NE] and I note 3 darker areas of nebuloscity separated by lighter areas as we move North but they are not as dark as the main V or the keyhole. [Second time in this area for this night] NGC 3324 Cr 225 con: Car cmt1: ClusterWithinGabrielaMistralNebula: Open 6.7 5.0' 44 8.2 I 3 r n LYN 10 37 19.0 -58 39 36 2:24am 9mmNag 170x < 20 stars. Small number of stars with broad spacing except a small area of a few tier2 stars on the northern area. A bright star is out and separated on the far south side. Not a very distinct as a cluster IC 2599 con: Car cmt1: GabrielaMistralNebula: BrtN 13.0x11.0' E+R UNK 10 37 10.0 -58 40 00 2:25am 9mmNag 170x Bright star to right [South] has a faint glow around it that is obvious with no filter. A small grouping of stars to the left [North] Quite a bit of negulous area off to the west of that cluster that I describe as round. [This is forehead but at this time I did not know this was supposed to look like Gabriela Mistral] NGC 3293 Cr 224 Mel 100 con: Car lst: SAL Open 4.7 5.0' 93 8.0 I 3 r n LYN 10 35 49.0 -58 13 30 2:30am 9mmNag 170x About 7' across. 100-150 stars mostly mag 2 and fainter. Not very concentrated and has a small open area in middle. 2 brighter stars, one in center and one off to the Westerly edge. Fairly similar mag stars. Easily stands out as a distinct cluster. Near south is a carbonish star. I did not take notice of nebulous area around this. IC 2581 Cr 222 Open 4.3 7.0' 25 4.6 II 2 p n LYN 10 27 27.0 -57 37 30 2:35am 9mmNag 170x Dominated by a bright carbon star with nebulous area about it. Carbon star forms EQ triangle with 2 other fairly bright stars. Not very distinct so I don't know what other stars are part of this cluster. [On tape I at first mistook this for 3247 then 'discovered' nebulous 3297 on route to 3199] NGC 3247 Cr 220 con: Car lst: SAL cmt1: ClusterWithinRcw49: Open 7.6 6.0' 20 11.4 III 2 p LYN 10 24 01.0 -57 45 36 2:40am 9mmNag 170x Described as a few stars that form a tight asterysm of 20' size asteryism runing EW. Could not really tell how many stars but only a few. RCW 49 con: Car cmt1: NebulaAroundNgc3247: BrtN 11.3x 7.8' E UNK 10 24 03.0 -57 47 18 2:40am 9mmNag 170x Nebulous area is about 3' in diameter to the east of the main 3247 tight asterysm and this nebulous area has a central star. Another field star is just above [SW] of the main star in this nebuous area. NGC 3199 RCW 48 BrtN 16.0x 4.0' E SKY 10 16 37.0 -57 55 13 2:43am 9mmNag 170x Looks like a banana where one ends points north and the other points almost to the East. The banana bows to the west. 10' length. All diffuse and the right [SE] may be just a bit more thick in nebuloscity where there are a few stars in the nebula. Finally leave the Eta Car amazing complex and many surrounding objects to finish off with some objects far away that are now available at this late hour. [From here I had 9mm lens in and stated sizes in fraction of FOV but then stated minutes in terms of 16mm lens so tape has to be adjusted for sizes. ] NGC 6067 Cr 298 Mel 140 con: Nor lst: DM,SAL,C89 tape: 1:21:00 Open 5.6 12.0' 100 10.0 I 3 r LYN 16 13 12.0 -54 11 00 2:54am 9mmNag 170x 12' size. Maybe 200 or so stars. A few Tier1 just brighter than most of the similar mag stars. Non-concentrated. Mostly similar mag stars. NGC 6167 Cr 305 Harvard 11 con: Nor lst: DM Open 6.7 7.0' 218 7.4 II 3 m LYN 16 34 39.4 -49 46 02 2:55am 9mmNag 170x 5' size. 50-100 stars. Loose and fairly open. Stands out from background ok. 2 brighter stars that may not be part of it. I am reminded of a 'W' within it in star patterns. NGC 6193 Cr 310 con: Ara lst: DM Open 5.2 14.0' 14 5.7 II 3 p n LYN 16 41 20.4 -48 45 45 3:00am 16mmNag 95x Not an obvious cluster but rather a very loohis whole area is very near the double has noticabally more nebuloscity than other stars. NGC 6188 RCW 108 con: Ara lst: DM BrtN 35.5x22.5' E+R SKY 16 40 52.0 -48 45 00 3:00am 16mmNag 95x Appears as three nebulous areas over a width of 1/4 FOV [12']. A main area of nebuloscity is around the grouping of 1 bright and 2 tier2 stars and then to the west the nebulous area darkend then opens up to a broader area of nebuloscity that does not seem to have any distinct stars within it. NGC 6200 Cr 311 Open 7.4 12.0' 40 9.2 II 2 m LYN 16 44 12.0 -47 28 00 3:05am 16mmNag 95x It is very unclear where this cluster is as there is a broad star cloud in this area. A line of 3 distinct stars shows up which I suspect are forground or perhaps the main cluster stars. One area that only just stands out is about 1/10 field of view [5'] where just above it is the line of 3 stars horizontal [mostly N-S] ========================================================================================= ========================================================================================= Arkaroola Tue 18Mar2010 Observations from 9:00pm till 3:00am. 21.4 Mag/ArcSec2 Observers: Mark Johnston, solo trip. Arkaroola Location: 139 20 East, 30 18 South Telescope: BinTel Bt-302 302mm f/5 1520mm focal length This night is a little softer than other nights but seeing remains very good. Total observations for all nights from 13th is about 320 (with quite a few duplicates) My best study of EtaCar and Homunculus Nebula this night. It includes Centaurus Galaxy Cluster and objects on assorted other lists as individual objects VERY busy night with Focus on Eta Car area and nearby object, the tiny yet amazing Homuculus nebula around Eta Car itself, Galaxies of Dorado, The oddly nammed Dark DooDad (dark nebula in Musca), LMC Revisited key areas, More Southern Sky Astronomical League targets, DeepMap 600 low targets and Caldwell objects. Date: 3/18/2010 Site: Arkaroola Scope: 12DobF5Pc Obs: 80 NELM: 6.5 see: 5 trans: 4 sqm: 21.4 scope: 12Dobf5Pc con: Car cmt1: HomunculusNebula: fav: F9 GSC 8626:2809 SAO 238429 HD 93308 Star 6.10 0.0.603 --- TYC 10 45 03.5 -59 41 04 8:50pm 7mmNag 250x Tiny with the length estimated at 1/60 FOV [20" of this 20' FOV] Very distinct yellow/gold on star itself and the lobes were both clearly yellow as well but not as bright as the central star. There are clearly two lobes with the very bright central star between the lobes. Trailing is the very bright lobe. Leading lobe is on West lobe that is dimmer. My first impression is as if a notch is taken out on this lobe more towards north in this lobe. There is a distinct jet that that shoots North that requires moments of great seeing to clearly see. The jet starts just a bit east of Eta Car star and extends a length of around half the diameter of either lobe. On NW lobe there is a distinct darker area within the lobe. ON South lobe there is more of a notch. There is mottled appearance to the trailing brighter lobe in moments of great seeing. Also on that Easterly side there are two dark areas as we move from EtaCar out along the major axis to the trailing edge of the more easterly lobe which I felt was like a peanut shape as this structure necks down in the middle. Must wait for best seeing to really see these. The jet also comes and goes with seeing. The jet points just slightly West of two field stars on northern side of the clearing around Eta Car homunculus nebula main lobed structure. These two stars of very similar magnitude look real nice taken all together for a tight field along with the homunculus nebula. I describe an area close in to the nebula as maybe a far fainter area having a full size of about 1/15 to 1/20 FOV in size. [45 to 60'] IC 2395 Cr 192 con: Vel lst: DM,SAL alt: 71 Open 4.6 7.0' 40 5.5 II 3 m LYN 08 42 31.0 -48 07 30 9:20pm 9mmNag 200x 10'x7m EW EL < 50 stars. Stands out very well with a very open look and not any very concentrated area. Large range in magnitudes. Extremely bright star on West side and a Tier2 star on south side. Tier3 on N and double trailing Tier3 set on east with a 45dPA for this double. Another 30 or more lower mag stars. NGC 2547 Cr 177 Mel 84 con: Vel lst: SAL alt: 67 Open 4.7 20.0' 80 7.0 I 3 r n LYN 08 10 11.0 -49 13 30 9:25pm 16mmNag 110x 44'x22' NS EL. 100 stars. Stands out extremely well with broad range of magnitudes. There is a long arch of stars starting from center Tier1 star with a gradual mild arc heading to the north as it gradually arcs slightly west to end at a Tier1 star then a right angle hook at that brigth N star to fainter stars directly west. The right angle bend is like Persius hook near CA neb. A final 3rd Tier3 star trails on the East. 10 Tier2 stars spread about. The center is bound by a triangle with one point to the south and no bright stars inside this triangle. A sort of radial arm out to NNW then another arm heading east and a general feel of stars in a less defined line heading south. IC 2391 Cr 191 con: Vel lst: DM,C85 cmt1: OmicronVelourumCluster: Open 2.6 49.0' 30 4.0 II 3 m LYN 08 40 18.0 -52 55 00 9:30pm 35mmPan 50x 2/3 FOV [50'] Apparent limits of cluster. < 50 stars. Very sparse. 6 Tier1 and 5 or so Tier2 stars I am guessing what other stars are part so about 20-30 other stars?. Large range of mags but only a few stars. 2:1 Iso Triangle close to EW aligned on the short edge and the tall point star in southerly direction. The brightest star is on the short Iso tri base on the northerly corner. The corner on the Easterly edge of the short IsoTri base is made of two stars for a close double. One bright star around NW side has the most bright nebula about it with 1/8 FOV dia [10'] and the double star corner on the NE side also has bright nebula but not as much. Far southern tall IsoTri top is also one of the 3 Tier1. A close pair of final Tier1 stars are just south of the NW corner star 1/5 of the line towards the bright Southern top of iso tri. tape: 15min NGC 2669 Cr 202 Harvard 3 con: Vel lst: SAL alt: 66 Open 6.1 12.0' 40 7.7 III 3 m LYN 08 46 21.6 -52 56 08 9:37pm 35mmNag 50x 1/6 FOV size [13'] 50 stars total. 4 Tier1 stars form long keystone with N edge narowest keystone edge. 5 Tier2 and 40 others. Stands out well. White Tier1 star on North. Another bright carbonish star on south end of cluster and then a bright star on SW. These main stars form a sort of very long keystone with broader base formed by S and SW star and narow end of keystone far on other side of cluster on N end. Used 35mm still for time reasons. NGC 5316 Cr 279 Mel 122 con: Cen lst: SAL alt: 39 Open 6.0 13.0' 80 11.0 II 2 r LYN 13 54 00.0 -61 51 00 9:40pm 16mmNag 110x Around 10' size. 50-80 stars. Not concentratedand has dark areas throughout areas, just general blanket of stars. Does not stand out well from background but with scope movement it is clear it is a cluster area. Has feel of stars in a 1.3 IsoTri shape bound by 3 Tier1 on corners. One carbon star on the side that points NS. Carbon star at dead center of IsoTri distributed stars. Very near center also is a small EQ tri with one edge pointing N like the main cluster shape and then darkness around that small tri then rest of cluster stars are all about. Gets very dark just below [N] this cluster that extends darkness out to as far as 3/4 of FOV [30']. NGC 5281 Cr 276 Mel 120 con: Cen lst: SAL alt: 41 Open 5.9 5.0' 40 8.0 I 3 m LYN 13 46 35.5 -62 55 04 9:54pm 9mmNag 200x 1/8 FOV size [3'] perhaps 20 and certainly less than 40 stars it seems. 1 bright star on E. 3 Tier2 then 15 other stars. This object sits amoung a blanket so other stars may be part of it as well. There is an arch along to north through the middle with 5 stars in this arch. The other part of the Musca sort of shape is about 5 stars Has general appearance similar to Musca shape con: Mus lst: SAL fav: F5 alt: 42 NGC 5189 IC 4274 ESO 96-16 Gum 47 RCW 76 Henize 2-94 PK 307-3.1 Plan 9.5p 2.3' 14.9 5 STE 13 33 30.8 -65 58 29 10:00pm 7mmNag 250x 1/10 FOV [2'] NPB filter. Bright central bar at a 35-45dPA dominates the structure. This nebula resembles a bar galaxy with 2 arms that curl back from each end in a CCW rotation. My guess would be these fake 'arms' are as if around a shell of this planitary. A brighter knot on NE end that is fairly bright in center of this knot. Bar is fairly linier as it goes along SW side and gets fatter down in SW side. 7/10 of way to SW we see small FStar just N of SW end of the main bar that is separated by thin darkness from main bar. There is a nebulous blotch that is about 1/2 the length of the main bar away from the SW end off to the north (past the star). From the SW end we can see a faint amount of nebulous area arching north and curling along back along the main axis of the main bar but away from the main bar's SW end by 1/2 of the total main bar's length. This loop eventually intersects the NE end where there was a knot, as if this nebuloscity is along a shell. Staring from NE knot we see a fat dim nebulous bar looping South then curling back to SW end. There is a definite break between the NE bar and this loop going back SW. Averted vision only will show a very faint bar of nebuloscity going East from the S end of the knot on the NE end of the main bar of the nebula. NGC 3324 Cr 225 con: Car cmt1: GabrielaMistralNebula: alt: 62 Open 6.7 5.0' 44 8.2 I 3 r n LYN 10 37 19.0 -58 39 36 10:20pm 16mmNag 110x NPB filter. 1/3 FOV height in NS direction [14'] Appears if a quarter moon open to the East like witchhead does. North side has the strongest area with a distinct semi-circle rounded edge for first 1/3 of it's length. This edge on the west side gets less defined halfway down south along this long arc. Thes does not strike me as a face but maybe because it's upside down but I don't recall what the picture looked like as that may help. There is a lot of mottled structure on the south-east areas of this overall nebula with dark and lighter areas. con: Cen cmt: CentaurusCluster: NGC 4696 ESO 322-91 MCG -7-26-51 PGC 43296 Glxy 11.4p 4.5x 3.2' 116 E+1 pec RC3 12 48 49.2 -41 18 40 10:40pm 9mmNag 200x 1/10FOV 2.5' 130dPA Slight core brightening. NGC 4709 ESO 323-3 MCG -7-26-56 PGC 43423 Glxy 12.0b 2.3x 1.9' 118 E1 RC3 12 50 04.1 -41 22 56 10:41pm 9mmNag 200x Second brightest group member that trails 4696. Forms a ISO triangle with 2 others closer to 4696 NGC 4706 ESO 323-1 MCG -7-26-55 PGC 43411 Glxy 13.9b 1.4x 0.6' 24 SAB(s)0^ sp RC3 12 49 53.9 -41 16 45 10:41pm 9mmNag 200x Dimmer than 4709 but similar mag to ESO 322-102 ESO 322-102 MCG -7-26-54 Anon 1246-41B PGC 43374 MltG 13.8v 1.3x 0.3' 51 SB(s)0^: sp RC3 12 49 37.7 -41 23 18 10:42pm 9mmNag 200x Dimmer than 4709 but similar mag to 4706 ESO 323-5 MCG -7-26-58 Anon 1247-41 PGC 43435 Glxy 13.1v 1.2x 0.5' 18 S0: sp RC3 12 50 12.0 -41 30 55 10:42pm 9mmNag 200x Far eastern of 3 similar mag galaxies that form a very very tall IsoTriangle with this as the tip and base made of next two Eso 322-99 and -100 ESO 322-100 Anon 1246-41A PGC 43355 MltG 13.7v 0.9x 0.4' 88 S0? RC3 12 49 25.5 -41 27 48 10:43pm 9mmNag 200x on small base of a 3 similar mag galaxies very very tall IsoTriangle with Eso323-5 at the tall tip. ESO 322-99 PGC 43354 Glxy 14.4p 1.0x 0.6' 96 S0^: sp RC3 12 49 26.0 -41 29 20 10:44pm 9mmNag 200x on small base of a 3 similar mag galaxies very very tall IsoTriangle with Eso323-5 at the tall tip. ESO 323-8 PGC 43466 Glxy 14.6p 0.9x 0.3' 143 S0 sp RC3 12 50 34.1 -41 28 16 10:45pm 9mmNag 200x In a line of 3 that we see moving NE from here ESO 323-9 PGC 43479 Glxy 14.4p 1.1x 0.5' 86 S0 sp RC3 12 50 42.8 -41 25 50 10:47pm 9mmNag 200x middle in a line of 3 that we see moving NE from here PGC 43500 Glxy 15.0 0.7x 0.3' 71 PGC 12 50 57.3 -41 23 48 10:48pm 9mmNag 200x Far NE end of a line of 3 that we see moving SW from here. This is the dimmest of this line of 3. ESO 323-13 IRAS 12487-4057 PGC 43561 Glxy 15.2p 1.1x 0.3' 49 S0? RC3 12 51 32.4 -41 13 42 10:51pm 9mmNag 200x Most NE and obviously dimmest of of a reticulum shape of galaxies on a line SW of here. NGC 4729 ESO 323-16 MCG -7-27-2 Anon 1248-40 PGC 43591 Glxy 12.3v 1.5x 1.4' 78 E+: RC3 12 51 46.3 -41 07 57 10:51pm 9mmNag 200x In the middle two of a reticulum shape and very near and similar looking to 4730. This is a mid-tier small galaxy but not tiny. NGC 4730 ESO 323-17 MCG -7-27-3 PGC 43611 Glxy 13.9p 1.2x 1.0' 88 SA(r)0-: RC3 12 52 00.5 -41 08 48 10:52pm 9mmNag 200x In the middle two of a reticulum shape and very near and similar looking to 4729. This is a mid-tier small galaxy but not tiny. NGC 4744 ESO 323-22 MCG -7-27-6 IRAS 12495-4047 PGC 43661 Glxy 13.8b 2.1x 0.9' 137 SB(s)0/a RC3 12 52 19.5 -41 03 37 10:52pm 9mmNag 200x 1' len 120dPA this is dominant and most NE of reticulum set of galaxies. NGC 4743 ESO 323-21 MCG -7-27-5 PGC 43653 Glxy 14.0p 1.4x 0.5' 173 SA0+: RC3 12 52 16.0 -41 23 26 10:54pm 9mmNag 200x 1' len 135dPA Easily visible. for this little area. ESO 323-19 MCG -7-27-4 Anon 1249-41 PGC 43623 Glxy 12.8v 1.5x 0.7' 96 E+ RC3 12 52 03.2 -41 27 38 10:55pm 9mmNag 200x To south of 4743 and just a little dimmer. ESO 323-20 IRAS 12494-4103 PGC 43638 Glxy 15.0p 1.1x 0.9' -- S? RC3 12 52 13.0 -41 20 20 10:56pm 9mmNag 200x Noted this near the double to N of 4743 but is at limits of averted. ESO 323-18 PGC 43615 Glxy 14.8p 1.3x 0.5' 83 SAB(s)bc: pec RC3 12 52 01.5 -41 16 47 11:00pm 9mmNag 200x Averted only detection of this tiny object PGC 43652 Glxy 15.7b 0.2x 0.1' 97 LED 12 52 15.7 -41 15 34 11:00pm 9mmNag 200x Averted only and very tiny 1 of 3 just N of 4743 PGC 43670 Glxy 14.9b 0.2x 0.2' 4 LED 12 52 22.5 -41 16 56 11:00pm 9mmNag 200x Averted only detection of this tiny object ESO 323-28 MCG -7-27-9 PGC 43719 MltG 14.1p 1.2x 0.9' 18 SA(s)0/a sp RC3 12 52 50.1 -41 20 14 11:03pm 9mmNag 200x This shows up but very faint. NGC 4683 ESO 322-83 MCG -7-26-47 PGC 43182 Glxy 12.7v 1.5x 0.8' 133 SB(s)0- RC3 12 47 42.6 -41 31 40 11:04pm 9mmNag 200x 40' len mostly EW feel to EL. Just a little dimmer than 4677. Top of E pointing 1.5 tall IsoTriangle NGC 4677 ESO 322-78 MCG -7-26-44 PGC 43127 Glxy 13.9b 1.7x 0.7' 167 SB(s)0+: RC3 12 46 57.0 -41 34 58 11:07pm 9mmNag 200x Highest mag of these 3. S end of NS base of IsoTriangle NGC 4696A ESO 322-77 MCG -7-26-43 IRAS 12441-4113 PGC 43120 MltG 14.5p 1.4x 0.5' 177 SA(s)b? RC3 12 46 55.4 -41 29 46 11:07pm 9mmNag 200x N end of NS base of IsoTriangle Dimmest of all 3 NGC 4696D ESO 322-88 MCG -7-26-49 PGC 43249 MltG 14.0p 1.7x 0.3' 132 SB(r)0^ pec sp RC3 12 48 21.4 -41 42 52 11:07pm 9mmNag 200x Possible EL in EW sort of direction NGC 4672 ESO 322-73 MCG -7-26-41 IRAS 12435-4125 PGC 43073 Glxy 14.1p 1.5x 0.6' 48 SA(s)a pec sp RC3 12 46 15.6 -41 42 23 11:09pm 9mmNag 200x Diffuse and faint object. [Not sure why as DSS indicates it may be like other mag 14 objects that were easier around here.] NGC 4696B ESO 322-81 MCG -7-26-45 IRAS 12446-4058 PGC 43155 MltG 12.7v 1.4x 0.7' 47 SA0-: RC3 12 47 21.7 -41 14 15 11:10pm 9mmNag 200x Slight EL, maybe 10dPA sort of angle. Several FStars near it. ESO 322-101 PGC 43367 Glxy 13.3v 0.9x 0.5' 82 E? RC3 12 49 34.6 -41 03 18 11:12pm 9mmNag 200x Noted as small in passing. NGC 4696C ESO 322-87 MCG -7-26-48 PGC 43218 MltG 14.6p 1.9x 0.3' 142 Sb: sp RC3 12 48 02.6 -40 49 07 11:13pm 9mmNag 200x At limits of detection averted only. NGC 4696E ESO 322-90 MCG -7-26-50 PGC 43262 MltG 14.5p 1.7x 0.7' 0 SB(s)0^ sp RC3 12 48 26.1 -40 56 09 11:15pm 9mmNag 200x At limits of detection averted only. NGC 5927 con: Lup lst: SAL cmt: . alt: 40 Glob 8.0 6.0' 14.5 16.6 --- --- BAA 15 28 00.5 -50 40 22 11:40pm 7mmNag 250x 1/10 fov apparent size [2'] Medium concentration. Leading FStar just outside of glow. NGC 5946 con: Nor lst: SAL alt: 42 Glob 8.4 3.0' --- 17.2 --- --- BAA 15 35 28.5 -50 39 34 11:44pm 7mmNag 250x 1/6fov [3'] Averted shows shugary appearance and hints of resolution averted 15 or so stars. Mild concentration with some central brightning. END tape 1 Here we re-visit in great detail a lot of LMC objects up to 20:30 on the tape scope: 12Dobf5Pc con: Dor cmt: LMC_Ngc1934_area: NGC 1934 C+N 6.0' E NGC 05 22 01.4 -67 55 59 12:52am 9mmNag Many stars all around, maybe 50 resolvable in this area [5'] . This is the overall broad cluster of stars in this area an encapsulates the objects below. NGC 1936 C+N 0.8' E NGC 05 22 14.1 -67 58 36 12:52am 9mmNag 1/30FOV [1'] Distinct area. A fairly broad glow that is dimmer is just above this [west] and about twice the are of this smaller obvious patch. IC 2126 NGC 1935 BrtN 0.7' NGC 05 21 50.0 -67 57 07 12:53am 9mmNag This is similar magnitude to 1936 and about the same size. IC 2127 Unkn --- NGC 05 21 59.5 -67 57 28 12:53am 9mmNag This is a small 30" cluster with nebuloscity that is fainter than 1936 around this cluster. NGC 1929 C+N 0.6' E NGC 05 21 37.8 -67 54 48 12:53am 9mmNag More concentrated but half as small as 1936. NGC 1937 C+N 3.0' NGC 05 22 24.5 -67 53 43 12:54am 9mmNag A small slightly more concentrated group of stars with a very slight glow around it and a field star on it's west side. con: Dor cmt: LMC_Ic2128_area: IC 2128 BrtN 0.4' SKY 05 22 52.1 -68 04 23 12:55am 9mmNag 9' SE of Ngc1934 area there is a right trangle of fairly bright foreground stars that surrounds an Eq Tri of 3 small clusters as the corners and THIS Eq Tri encloses an apparent grouping of stars that is 9' SE of the 1934. All 3 mini-clusters are of similar mag. Ic2128 is 1' SW of one of the three stars. NPB filter only makes the view worse. HenizeN 44H BrtN 0.2' MAC 05 22 49.4 -68 01 21 12:55am 9mmNag One of three corner clusters of an EQ Tri that encapsulates a fairly obvious large grouping of stars. GSC 9162:5 Star 12.8 0.4 6 GSC 05 22 19.6 -68 04 36 12:55am 9mmNag A star in the third corner of an EQ tri of Ic2128 which has a small unidentified cluster around it. It is called 'NonStar' in megastar. con: Dor cmt: LMC_Ngc1962_SL476_area: NGC 1953 Star 13.6 0.4 6 GSC 05 25 29.4 -68 50 28 1:10am 9mmNag 1/25 fov [1.2'] size. Looks like a resolvable star just on trailing edge. WSW by 10' from Ngc1962 area. NGC 1962 Open 0.5' --- --- BAA 05 26 19.4 -68 50 15 1:11am 9mmNag Diffuse glow, no resolvable stars except one just on it's west edge of glow. (Of SL476 MegaStar ONLY had 1962 and other 4 below as well as 1953 were star locations) NGC 1965 Star 10.4 0.3 6 GSC 05 26 29.6 -68 48 20 1:12am 9mmNag Distinct apparent averted view. Stellar element in the middle. NGC 1966 Star 12.3 0.4 6 GSC 05 26 46.2 -68 48 47 1:13am 9mmNag Slightly elongated and a Tier1 nebulous region for this area. A couple resolvable stars. NGC 1770 Star 10.96 0.0.461 --- TYC 05 26 53.1 -68 50 00 1:13am 9mmNag Difficult to see glow as it is dominated by a close treo of stars with PA 150d and the brightest one on the North edge of this treo. con: Dor cmt: LMC_TarantulaNebula_revisited: NGC 2069 BrtN 18.0x11.0' E UNK 05 38 30.0 -69 07 00 1:15am 9mmNag I attempt to describe mostly this time the face I see that resembled a monkey with very wide mouth who has a sort of horn out of left as we look at the face. This I saw distinctly but have been unable to get pictures that show this shape as obvious as it was each time I had looked. Not unlike how M42 I have never seen a picture that looks as it does in the eyepiece. con: Dor cmt: LMC_Ngc2077_area: NGC 2077 Open 0.6' --- --- BAA 05 39 34.9 -69 39 19 1:19am 9mmNag This I described as attached yet separate area off to SW of the bright glow. I believe I described 2080 as 2077 and 2077 is a dimmer object that I described as attached to SW. NGC 2080 Open 0.7' --- --- BAA 05 39 44.6 -69 38 42 1:19am 9mmNag Described this as 2077. Described as bright nebulous area elongated with 30dPA. I did not call out 2080 on the tape itself. NGC 2085 Open 0.4' --- --- BAA 05 40 09.2 -69 40 21 1:21am 9mmNag Noted as smaller than 2080 dominant nebulous area but distinct. Also felt that this object was of the same basic brightness and size as it's neighbor, 2086. Barely availabl edirect with bright FStar on NW edge of this object. NGC 2086 C+N 0.3' NGC 05 40 12.3 -69 40 04 1:22am 9mmNag Same basic brightness and size as it's neighbor, 2085. [PostNote: I may have mixed up and I may have been looking at IC2145 for this same size/brightness. IC 2145 Open 0.5' --- --- BAA 05 40 23.9 -69 40 11 1:22am 9mmNag I believe I may have felt this was 2086. So I think I saw 3 objects here but was unclear on directions enough to pinpoint from chart at this time. I even mentioned I felt my chart may be not right for 2086 (but chart WAS ok, from NGC/IC project and does NOT show IC2145). If this is the case then IC2145 was the same mag/size as 2086 (that I felt was 2085) AND then 2085 was the dimmer object I mention. con: Dor cmt: LMC_Ngc2083_KeyStone: NGC 2083 Star 11.2 0.3 6 GSC 05 39 59.0 -69 44 01 1:25am 9mmNag One of top 2 nebulous areas of a keystone of 4 members of nebulous spots. NGC 2078 C+N 0.4' E NGC 05 39 40.1 -69 44 36 1:25am 9mmNag The western most of top 2 nebulous areas of a keystone of 4 members of nebulous spots. NGC 2079 C+N 0.8' E NGC 05 39 40.2 -69 46 25 1:26am 9mmNag The SW most of bottom 2 nebulous areas of a keystone of 4 members of nebulous spots. This south side of keystone is the 1.3 longer of the keystone un-even edges, this is the base. 2079 is of similar mag to the other base member 2084. NGC 2084 Star 12.3 0.3 6 GSC 05 40 08.5 -69 45 28 1:26am 9mmNag The SE most of the keystone base or bottom 2 nebulous areas. 2084 is of similar mag to the other base member 2079 to the west. con: Dor cmt: LMC_Ngc1763_Bean: fav: F5 NGC 1763 SL 125 LH 10 C+N 5.2x 3.6' RID 04 56 49.0 -66 24 23 1:28am 9mmNag Large nebulous area elongated like kidney bean. Broader on NE sort of section. 10 or more resolvable stars within the nebulous area. Has a few segments. SSE part has a little hook. Bright star and a few minor stars on southern area. Center has a couple stars like a double and it's nebulous middle section. NGC 1761 Open 1.2' --- --- BAA 04 56 34.4 -66 28 24 1:29am 9mmNag A cluster with about 5 resolvable stars and some nebuloscity around it. NGC 1769 C+N 2.0' E NGC 04 57 44.1 -66 27 44 1:29am 9mmNag A separate area with fair amount of nebuloscity and a few resolvable stars. NGC 1760 Star 12.5 0.3 6 GSC 04 56 32.0 -66 31 04 1:29am 9mmNag A few stars in a line with nebuloscity at the limits of detection. Elongated EW tape: 20:30 ... leave the lmc con: Cen ESO 270-17 MCG -7-28-4 Anon 1332-45 PGC 47847 Glxy 11.7p 15.5x 1.4' 109 SB(s)m: RC3 13 34 45.5 -45 32 48 1:40am 7mmNag 250x 1/2 FOV 10' len > 3EL 110dPA Extremely dim and difficult. [I thought FStar was N but it is E] Took a huge amount of time to find. con: Cen lst: SAL cmt1: AlphaCentauriDouble: alt: 58 GSC 9007:1738 Rigil Kent Alpha1 Cen SAO 252838 HD 128620 Star -0.01 0.4 4 G2V TYC 14 39 40.9 -60 50 07 1:48am 7mmNag 250x Brilliently bright double. Tight spacing, maybe 1/80 to 1/100 FOV spacing at 80dPA. Trailing E member brighter of the two. Clear and easy separation. con: Nor RCW 100 Shapley 1 PK 329+2.1 PNG 329.0+1.9 Plan 13.6p 72.0" 14.0 4 STE 15 51 41.2 -51 31 23 2:30am 9mmNag 200x NPB filter 1/15 FOV 1.6' dia Round shell. Bairly visible direct. Most of envelope on the west. Center has clearing. Averted causes me to think I see a star in good seeing. scope: 14Sctf7 Some other glob to be identified: 2:40am 9mmNag 280x 1/10FOV [1.8'] apparent size. Not very concentrated. Hints at resolution of some members with averted. Bright FStar just off N edge NGC 6362 con: Ara lst: SAL alt: 46 Glob 8.1 15.0' 12.7 15.3 --- --- BAA 17 31 54.8 -67 02 53 2:40am 9mmNag 280x 1/6 FOV dia [3'] apparent size. Low concentration, like a big open cluster that is even packing. Easily resolving direct 20-30 stars. con: Pav cmt: IC 4765 ESO 104-6 Fair 187 PGC 62407 Glxy 12.3p 3.4x 1.8' 115 E+4 RC3 18 47 17.8 -63 19 52 3:20am 9mmNag 280x Brightest of this very dim group IC 4767 ESO 104-10 PGC 62427 Glxy 14.3b 1.4x 0.4' 30 S0+: pec sp RC3 18 47 41.8 -63 24 20 3:20am 9mmNag 280x one of 3 in an eq triangle that has Ic4765 in it's bounds. ESO 104-2 PGC 62393 Glxy 14.1v 1.0x 0.3' 30 S0? RC3 18 46 53.9 -63 21 39 3:20am 9mmNag 280x one of 3 in an eq triangle that has Ic4765 in it's bounds. IC 4766 ESO 104-9 PGC 62421 Glxy 13.8v 1.1x 0.4' 112 SA(r)0+ RC3 18 47 35.6 -63 17 30 3:20am 9mmNag 280x one of 3 in an eq triangle that has Ic4765 in it's bounds. con: Pav cmt1: . NGC 6872 ESO 73-32 IRAS 20115-7055 PGC 64413 MltG 12.7b 6.5x 1.7' 67 SB(s)b pec RC3 20 16 56.1 -70 46 04 3:40am 9mmNag Only said 'several galaxies' but had to shutdown and leave so zero details NGC 6876 ESO 73-35 PGC 64447 MltG 12.1p 2.8x 2.1' 78 E3 RC3 20 18 19.2 -70 51 31 3:40am 9mmNag Only said 'several galaxies' but had to shutdown and leave so zero details Time to leave Australian Skies till some future trip. I drove down from the observatory and before going in for the night stood outside my room at the naked eye view of these skies as if to burn it into my memory till next trip.