by Tom Frayne
Saturday at Pacheco, I was using my Ultima 2000 driven by The Sky on the grass by the fence. It was also my first try at a marathon, and I came to the conclusion that all galaxies are "hard", at least for me. Usually, I blame the bright sky in my San Jose back yard. Saturday I blamed the dew, but I think the main problem is that I just haven't learned how to see a galaxy. The only galaxy on my observed list was M31. I spent a lot of time trying to see M65 and M66 without success, though I might have have gotten a brief glimpse of something.
Would anyone care to share a list of the easiest galaxies?
Here is my observed list. I think I observed a few more that I forgot to record.
| Type | Name |
|---|---|
| 7:28 PM | |
| Open Cluster | M52 |
| Spiral Galaxy | M31 |
| Nebula | M43 |
| Nebula | M42 |
| Open Cluster | M36 |
| Open Cluster | M38 |
| Open Cluster | M48 |
| 8:23 PM | |
| Open Cluster | M41 |
| Open Cluster | M93 |
| Open Cluster | M46 |
| Open Cluster | M47 |
| Open Cluster | M50 |
| Open Cluster | M67 |
| Open Cluster | M45 (The Pleiades) |
| Open Cluster | M34 |
| Open Cluster | M44 |
| 10:18 PM | |
| Globular Cluster | M53 |
| 11:03 PM | |
| Globular Cluster | M3 |
| Globular Cluster | M5 |
| 11:08 PM | |
| Planet | Mars |