Monday, May 3, 2010

Stargazing at GC South Rim

Date: 1st April 2010, Thursday
Observation Time: 9:30pm to 10:00pm (~30mins)
Location: Home.
Weather: clear sky.. really dark sky.. few lights from bright-angles lodge
Instruments: 10x50 binocs

Had quick 30min binocular observing session from GC South Rim.

The NELM: can clearly see all stars in Ursa Minor. M44 Beehive cluster was naked eye.

Double Cluster.
M45 Pleides.
Mizar Alcor
M81-M82 barely visible.
M35 Gemini
M42
Mruga shirsha
Cma M41 ??
M46-M47
Alberio Winter
Tau wasn't cleanly visible.
M97
M50 in hydra ? 2 binocular fields apart from m46-47 pair
M44-M67
M3

Tried to look for Virgo galaxies but nothing visible.
M96-97 Leo Gal.. but too overhead and nothing visible.

Mars
Saturn

Deers on the road... while wild cows on the back side of Bright Angels Lodge.

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