NexStar 50 Club Observation Log

Name: Mark Kerr
NexStar Telescope Model:  NexStar 5 (original) and NexStar 8SE

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Object: 1 - Orion Nebula… M42 / NGC1976
Date Observed: 20th November 2009
Comments: Killylane, quite bright when 1st observed

Object: 2 - Hercules Cluster… M13 / NGC6205
Date Observed: 13th September 2009
Comments: Bragan, very nicely defined

Object: 3 – Ring Nebula… M57 / NGC6720
Date Observed: 13th September 2009
Comments: Bragan, very impressive

Object: 4 - Saturn
Date Observed: 28th march 2009
Comments: Belfast Rear garden, WOW just got the scope, rings clearly visible with some banding

Object: 5 - Moon
Date Observed: 13th September 2009
Comments: Bragan, crescent moon, nice views down to 6.5mm

Object: 6 – Andromeda… M31 / NGC224
Date Observed: 13th September 2009
Comments: Bragan, best view yet, very bright

Object: 7 – Dumbbell Nebula… M27 / NGC6853
Date Observed: 29th August 2009
Comments: Killylane, just able to make out lobes

Object: 8 – Pleiades / Seven Sisters… M45
Date Observed: 29th August 2009
Comments: Killylane, clear to naked eye, very bright in scope

Object: 9 – Jupiter
Date Observed: 13th September 2009
Comments: Bragan, cloud bands clearly visible

Object: 10 – Wild Duck Cluster… M11 / NGC6705
Date Observed: 13th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 11 – Bodes Galaxy… M81 / NGC3031 & Cigar Galaxy… M82 / NGC 3034
Date Observed: 13th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 12 – Swan Nebula… M17 / NGC6618
Date Observed: 13th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 13 – Albireo-Double… Double List
Date Observed: 13th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 14 – Perseus Double Cluster… NGC869 & NGC884
Date Observed: 16th October 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 15 – Whirlpool Galaxy… M51 / NGC5194
Date Observed: 13th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 16 – Lagoon Nebula… M8 / NGC6523
Date Observed: 19th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 17 – Beehive Cluster… M44 / NGC2632
Date Observed: 10th February 2010
Comments: Killylane

Object: 18 – Western Veil Nebula… NGC6960 & Eastern Veil Nebula… NGC6992
Date Observed: 16th October 2009
Comments: Bragan, used borrowed UHC filter, worked nicely

Object: 20 – Globular in Sagittarius… M22 / NGC6656
Date Observed: 19th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 22 – Double Double – Epsilon Lyra 1 & 2… Double List
Date Observed: 19th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 24 – Blue Snowball Planetary Nebula… NGC7662
Date Observed: 13th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 25 – Spiral Galaxy… M66 / NGC3627
Date Observed: : 10th February 2010
Comments: Killylane

Object: 26 – Coathanger – CR399… Asterism List
Date Observed: 19th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 27 – Galaxy in Leo… M65 / NGC3623
Date Observed: : 10th February 2010
Comments: Killylane

Object: 29 – Bernice’s Hair Clip… NGC4565
Date Observed: 19th February 2010
Comments: Bragan

Object: 30 – Globular in Pegasus… M15 / NGC7078
Date Observed: 13th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 31 – Owl Cluster… NGC457
Date Observed: 16th October 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 32 – Milky Way
Date Observed: 13th September 2009
Comments: Bragan, nice star clouds visible

Object: 33 – Trapezium in Orion… Center of M42
Date Observed: 20th November 2009
Comments: Killylane, stood out well against nebula

Object: 34 – Open Cluster in Puppis… M46 / NGC2437
Date Observed: : 10th February 2010
Comments: Killylane

Object: 36 – 24 Com Double… Double List
Date Observed: 19th February 2010
Comments: Bragan

Object: 37 – Open Cluster in Sagittarius… M25 / IC4725
Date Observed: 19th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 38 – Open Cluster in Gemini… M35 / NGC2168
Date Observed: : 10th February 2010
Comments: Killylane

Object: 39 – Open Cluster in Cepheus… NGC7510
Date Observed: 19th February 2010
Comments: Bragan

Object: 42 – Galaxy in Andromeda… NGC891
Date Observed: 19th September 2009
Comments: Bragan, averted vision needed to confirm

Object: 43 – Open Cluster in Ophiuchus… NGC6633
Date Observed: 19th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 44 – Galaxy in Coma Berenices… M100 / NGC4321
Date Observed: 19th February 2010
Comments: Bragan

Object: 47 – Betelgeuse… Named Star
Date Observed: 20th November 2009
Comments: Good colour showing

Object: 49 – Open Cluster in Auriga… M36 / NGC1960
Date Observed: 19th September 2009
Comments: Bragan

Object: 51 (Northern Hemisphere substitution) - Open Cluster in Auriga… M37 / NGC2099
Date Observed: 7th March 2010
Comments: Killylane Nexstar 8 se

Object: 52 (Northern Hemisphere substitution) - Open Cluster in Auriga… M38 / NGC1912
Date Observed: 7th March 2010
Comments: Killylane Nexstar 8 se