Session - 06/09/2023 ; Location - Horsens
Note: Trying to do a good alignment with the goto, so we could go through a lot of various objects. The alignment was quite good, and the limiting factor was the atmosphere. Also, it was not that late, so still some light from sunset + the light pollution.
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| NGC7789 | Explorer 150PDS (f5.0) | Skywatcher LET (fov: 2.09°) | 26X | First time observing this (with this telescope), and it was good to be back with the object from my master thesis. A darker sky would be able to reveal fainter stars, and I want to go back at some point. Maybe with higher magnification to dim the background slightly |
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| M13 | Explorer 150PDS (f5.0) | Skywatcher LET (fov: 2.09°) | 26X | So cool to see this in the telescope. I remember to observe it last year with binoculars, but with a telescope is something else |
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| M91 | Explorer 150PDS (f5.0) | Skywatcher LET (fov: 2.09°) | 26X | Close to M13, so this was an obvious object to observe. Not as impressive as M13, but always cool to see globular clusters |
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| IC4665 | Explorer 150PDS (f5.0) | Skywatcher LET (fov: 2.09°) | 26X | We forgot what this object was, and we were not sure what we were looking at, so at the telescope we agreed we were looking at an open cluster. We were not that impressed, although just seeing random stars always leave an impression. |
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| IC1396 | Explorer 150PDS (f5.0) | Skywatcher LET (fov: 2.09°) | 26X | A bit similar like IC4665. Not sure what we saw, so must have been an open cluster (which was confirmed later at the computer) |
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| M57 | Explorer 150PDS (f5.0) | Skywatcher LET (fov: 2.09°) | 26X | After accidently observing M27 yesterday we wanted to observe another nebula and tried our luck with the ring nebula, but we were not able to see anything. We probably need to invest in some filters here. |
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| M81 | Explorer 150PDS (f5.0) | Skywatcher LET (fov: 2.09°) | 26X | Seeing M81 and M82 is one of my favourite things to do. Really a shame with the light pollution and condition of the sky, because I have seen it more impressive than what we did. But I will often come back to these two |
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| M82 | Explorer 150PDS (f5.0) | Skywatcher LET (fov: 2.09°) | 26X |
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| M31 | Explorer 150PDS (f5.0) | Plössl (fov: 2.77°) | 18X | Skywatcher Light Pollution Filter | I quickly observed it to verify the alignment, and it was right in the middle of the fov. Wanted to see M33, but the orientation of the telescope (and eyepiece) did not allow for it |
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