by Glenn Talbert
| Observer | Glenn Talbert |
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| Location | Chico CA. USA. (39.46N) |
| Date | Sept. 30 - Oct 1, 2002 |
| Time | 2230 - 0100 PDT |
| Telescope | C9.25 |
| Transparency | 9/10 |
Objects seen: IC 1434, IC 289, NGC 246 (Excellent!), NGC 379
| IC 1434 | Open cluster in Lacerta. |
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| Located inside the Milky Way, using a widefield eyepiece at 39x the surrounding area around this cluster is void of any Milky Way stars. At 130x show a few bright stars and numerous fainters stars. There are several extentions protruding outwards, a long chain of stars extends to the northeast, another extents southeast, and yet another extends to the northwest. Nice cluster. | |
| NGC 379 | Galaxy in Pisces. |
| Appeared to be elongated, faint with a surface brightness of 12.8 with a stellar core. If your up for a challenge, in the same fov at 91x extending northward, try NGC 380 sbr 13.1 very faint, round, sterrar core., NGC 383 sbr 13.1, very faint, round, no core seen., NGC 385 sbr 12.9 very, very faint halo but with a strong stellar core. ....To the best of my knowledge, the above information is true and correct....(I hope) ;) | |
| IC 289 | Plantary Nebula in Cassiopeia. |
| Difficult object, especially when I'm reading the atlas incorrectly, second attempt and 45 minutes later...Nice object, found only by using the OIII filter. Located in a triangle of stars. Fairly large, round, disc shape, edges are not definable. No central star seen. Grey in color. Invisible without OIII filter. | |
| NGC 246 | Planetary nebula in Cetus. |
| At a surface brightness of 10.8, an easy find. Without using the OIII filter, at 91x, a small cluster of 5 stars seen with some faint nebulosity. With the OIII filter installed, the wow factor pops in. This planetary is extreamly large, extreamly bright. Edges are very definable, with a distinct brightening on the south and western edges. I suspect of seeing a gradual fading toward the middle giving this PN a ring shape. Also with the filter installed several stars disappeared, unknown if I saw a central star, there were two stars embedded inside. Excellent PN. I'm sure that this planetary nebula has been mistaken for an emission nebula back in the early telescope days. Located at 0h.47m Dec. -11.52' | |