14 January 2007
Vinkel, the Netherlands
First session of the year with my 8" LX200 now sitting proudly on a Mitty Wedge.
Observed double stars, a single carbon star and galaxies in Pegasus, double
First session of the year with my 8" LX200 now sitting proudly on a Mitty Wedge.
Observed double stars, a single carbon star and galaxies in Pegasus, double
A short session due to clouds, allowing for only a few observations of double stars and carbon stars in Gemini.
3 carbon stars
6 double stars
Total:
A windy session. Observed double stars and carbon stars in Orion, Canis Minor and Monoceros.
7 carbon stars
26 double stars
Total: 33 observations
First time observations:
Nice and clear skies but plenty of humidity at ground level. Started the session with observations for carbon stars, open clusters and nebulae in Monoceros, then moved to
A relatively long session at one of the better observing locations in the Netherlands. Before midnight I focussed on double stars, carbon stars, open clusters, a few nebulae
Clear but humid skies. Started with double stars in Leo, more double stars in Lynx along with a globular cluster and 2 galaxies, then into Corvus for more
A short, windy session, observing carbon stars, double stars, open clusters, one nebula and one planetary nebula in Puppis and Canis Major.
3 carbon stars
8 open
Observed double stars and a single galaxy in Leo Minor, double stars and galaxies in Leo, a single galaxy in Sextans, carbon stars, an open cluster and a