Recap 2010

Total Observations : 17
Mountain/Dark night observations : 9

Seems like number of observations are same as previous year of 2009.. no improvement.. Wonder why :)?

2010 Events:

- In Jan, Observed Mars for first time. Northern Polar ice cap was fabulous.
- In March, first observation with Aparna in mountains..it was damn cold.
- In April, Jon gifted his APO 102ED as a wedding present. That was mind blowing. He gave me a sweet surprise, by announcing it on Cloudy Nights.
- In April, observation from Grand Canyon. Marvelous.
- In May, Systematic observation of Virgo fuzzies. It was rewarding.
- In Aug, Moved to house in mission valley.. From orange zone to red zone... Damn.
- In Oct, Comet Hartley observations. the impressive part is in one night, over 3-4 hrs, comet movement in the sky can be noticed very easily.
- In Oct, Observed Uranus again. Not that difficult, once you know where to look at i.e. which pin-point star is indeed Uranus.
- In Oct, almost finished all messier objects except M102. M102 is almost set in western skies, so need to wait for 2011. Damn.
- In Dec, Gogol/Ulka :) surprised us, still made our life heavenly.

2011 Events:

- Jon got a new scope.. Obsession 25" F/5. Its massive.
- In Mar, Observed through the big canon. Marvelous views.
- In Mar, Finished all Messier objects. Took almost three years to bag all of them.
- From July onwards, going to miss astronomy for a while :). So I better collect some photons in next three months.

Mar 2011 : Messier status

M1 Crab (6)
M10 (2)
M101 Pinwheel (5)
M102 Spindle (2)
M103 (3)
M104 Sombrero (6)
M106 (2)
M106-4217 (1)
M107 (2)
M108 (3)
M109 (4)

M11 WildDucks (6)
M12 (2)
M13 (11)
M13 GC-6207 Gal (1)
M14 (2)
M15 (1)
M16 Eagle (4)
M17 Swan (9)
M18 (1)
M19 (1)

M2 (2)
M20 Triffid (10)
M21 (2)
M22 (6)
M22-M28 (5)
M23 (1)
M23- M24- M25 (5)
M26-NGC6712 (1)
M27 Dumbbell (8)
M28 (3)
M29 (4)

M3 GC (7)
M30 (8)
M31 Andromeda- M32- M110 (11)
M33 Triangulum (8)
M34 (3)
M35 (7)
M37-M36-M38 OC Triplet (6)
M39 (1)

M4 (6)
M4-GC6144 (4)
M40 (1)
M41 (8)
M42 Orion-M43 (11)
M44 Beehive (4)
M45 Pleiades (6)
M46-M47 OC Pair (8)
M48 (2)
M49 (2)

M5 (1)
M50 (3)
M51 Whirlpool (11)
M52 (4)
M53 GC (4)
M54 (3)
M55 (4)
M56 (2)
M57 Ring (15)
M58 (2)
M58-M59-M60 (1)
M59 (1)

M60 (1)
M61 (1)
M62 (2)
M63 (5)
M64 Black Eye (2)
M65-M66-3628 Gal (10)
M67 (3)
M68 GC (2)
M69 (2)

M7-M6 (9)
M70 (1)
M71 (2)
M72-M73 (7)
M74 (2)
M75 (2)
M76 Little Dumbbell (4)
M77 (1)
M77-1055-1087 (1)
M78 (5)
M79 (2)

M8 Lagoon (12)
M8 Lagoon - 6530 OC (1)
M80 (4)
M81-M82 Gal Bodes Neb (10)
M81-M82-3077-2976 (1)
M83 Seashell (3)
M84-M86 (3)
M85 (1)
M87 (1)
M87-M89-M90 (1)
M88-M91 (3)
M89 (1)

M9 (1)
M90 (1)
M92 (4)
M93 (7)
M94 (4)
M95-M96-M105 (6)
M97 Owl (3)
M97 Owl - M108 (1)
M98-M99-M100 (3)