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The paper/pencil images below were scanned using an Epson ET-3830 printer scanner. White paper/pencil scanned images with a black sky were inverted with an old version of PhotoShop.
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AL #: 8
NGC #: 404
Other Designations:
Common Name: Mirach's Ghost
Object Type: EG
Con: And
RA: 01 10.1
DEC: 35o 47’
Mag: 10.3
Size: 3.5'
Notes: block out Mirach
Date: 3/9/2024
Time: 7:41 p.m. CST
Location: Whetstone Creek
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 12 mm
Power: 125x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 2/5
Transparency: 21.17 SQM
Media used: Black paper/white pencil
Observations: I put Mirach out of the field to find and sketch the Ghost. I moved Mirach back into the field and sketched the rest.
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AL #: 9
NGC #: 457
Other Designations: C13
Common Name: Owl Cluster, ET Cluster
Object Type: OC
Con: Cas
RA: 01 20.5
DEC: 58o 21’
Mag: 6.4
Size: 20'
Notes:
Date: 9/28/2021
Time: 10:15 pm CDT
Location: Danville
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 20mm
Power: 75x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 6/10
Transparency: 7/10
Media used: Black paper/white pencil
Observations:
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AL #: 10
NGC #: 752
Other Designations: C28
Common Name:
Object Type: OC
Con: And
RA: 01 58.5
DEC: 37o 51’
Mag: 5.7
Size: 75'
Notes: low pwr EP
Date: 3/9/2024
Time: 7:57 p.m. CST
Location: Whetstone Creek
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32 mm
Power: 47x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 2/5
Transparency: 21.20 SQM
Media used: Black paper/white pencil
Observations: No way all those little dots are in the right place.
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AL #: 11
NGC #: 869 / 884
Other Designations: C14
Common Name: Double Cluster
Object Type: Dbl OC
Con: Per
RA: 02 19.9
DEC: 57o 11’
Mag: 5.3
Size: 18'
Notes:
Date: 3/9/2024
Time: 9:24 p.m. CST
Location: Whetstone Creek
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32 mm
Power: 47x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 2/5
Transparency: 21.45 SQM
Media used: Black paper/white pencil
Observations: Very windy.
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AL #: 12
NGC #: 1039
Other Designations: M34
Common Name:
Object Type: OC
Con: Per
RA: 02 42.9
DEC: 42o 48’
Mag: 5.2
Size: 35'
Notes:
Date: 3/9/2024
Time: 8:48 p.m. CST
Location: Whetstone Creek
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32 mm
Power: 47x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 2/5
Transparency: 21.42 SQM
Media used: Black paper/white pencil
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AL #: 15
NGC #: ---
Other Designations: M45
Common Name: Pleiades, Subaru
Object Type: OC
Con: Tau
RA: 03 47.8
DEC: 24o 09’
Mag: 1.5
Size: 120'
Notes: low pwr EP, or binoculars
Date: 3/16/2014
Time: 09:35 pm CST
Location: Brommelsiek
Optics: Apogee 90m f/6.3
Eyepiece: 32mm
Power: 17x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 7/10
Transparency: 6/10
Media used: laptop/MS Paint
Observations: Done for the Galileo OP.
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AL #: 26
NGC #: 2261
Other Designations: C46
Common Name: Hubble Variable Nebula
Object Type: EN/RN
Con: Mon
RA: 06 39.9
DEC: 8o 45’
Mag: 9.2
Size: 4'x2'
Notes:
Date: 3/9/2024
Time: 9:03 p.m. CST
Location: Whetstone Creek
Optics: Skywatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 8 mm
Power: 188x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 2/5
Transparency: 21.40 SQM
Media used: Black paper/white pencil
Observations: Really hard to find.
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AL #: 61
NGC #: 6205
Other Designations: M13
Common Name:
Object Type: GC
Con: Her
RA: 16 41.7
DEC: 36o 28’
Mag: 5.8
Size: 20'
Notes:
Date: 9/28/2021
Time: 09:30 pm CDT
Location: Danville
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 20mm
Power: 75x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 6/10
Transparency: 7/10
Media used: Black paper/white pencil
Observations:
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AL #: 72
NGC #: ---
Other Designations: Epsilon 1 & 2 Lyrae
Common Name: Double Double
Object Type: DS
Con: Lyr
RA: 18 44.7
DEC: 39o 41’
Mag: 5.0
Size: 3'
Notes: 2.4" & 2.3" seps
Date: 9/28/2021
Time: 08:40 pm CDT
Location: Danville
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 8mm
Power: 188x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 6/10
Transparency: 7/10
Media used: Black paper/white pencil
Observations: Separations of doubles a bit stretched out to show better in the sketch.
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AL #: 74
NGC #: 6720
Other Designations: M57
Common Name: Ring Nebula
Object Type: PN
Con: Lyr
RA: 18 54.1
DEC: 33o 03’
Mag: 8.8
Size: 1.4'x1'
Notes: OIII/NPB helpful,high pwr
Date: 9/28/2021
Time: 11:00 pm CDT
Location: Danville
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 12mm
Power: 125x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 6/10
Transparency: 7/10
Media used: Black paper/white pencil
Observations: I believe the central star could be seen in the scope.
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AL #: 77
NGC #: ---
Other Designations: Albireo
Common Name:
Object Type: DS
Con: Cyg
RA: 19 03.3
DEC: 27o 59’
Mag:
Size:
Notes:
Date: 9/28/2021
Time: 10:42 pm CDT
Location: Danville
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 8mm
Power: 188x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 6/10
Transparency: 7/10
Media used: Black paper/white pencil
Observations: Yellow star is the one on the bottom.
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AL #: 79
NGC #: ---
Other Designations: Collinder 399
Common Name: Coathanger, Brocchi's
Object Type: Ast
Con: Vul
RA: 19 25.9
DEC: 20o 13’
Mag: 3.6
Size: 60'
Notes:
Date: 9/28/2021
Time: 09:00 pm CDT
Location: Danville
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 32mm
Power: 45x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 6/10
Transparency: 7/10
Media used: Black paper/white pencil
Observations:
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AL #: 82
NGC #: 6853
Other Designations: M27
Common Name: Dumbbell, Apple Core
Object Type: PN
Con: Vul
RA: 20 00.1
DEC: 22o 45’
Mag: 7.0
Size: 8'x6'
Notes:
Date: 9/28/2021
Time: 10:00 pm CDT
Location: Danville
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 20mm
Power: 75x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 6/10
Transparency: 7/10
Media used: Black paper/white pencil
Observations: Hard to fill in the darker areas to the upper right and lower left.
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AL #: 105
NGC #: ---
Other Designations: Clavius
Common Name: 10 days lunation
Object Type: Lunar
Notes:
Date: 8/23/2015
Time: 10:15 pm CDT
Location: Brommelsiek
Optics: C14
Eyepiece: 8mm
Power: 488x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 4/10
Transparency: 6/10
Media used: Paper/pencil
Observations: Done for Lunar II...what a mess.
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AL #: 108
NGC #: ---
Other Designations: Jupiter
Common Name:
Object Type: Planet
Notes:
Date: 9/28/2021
Time: 07:50 pm CDT
Location: Danville
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 20mm
Power: 75x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 6/10
Transparency: 7/10
Media used: Paper/pencil
Observations:
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AL #: 109
NGC #: ---
Other Designations: Saturn
Common Name:
Object Type: Planet
Notes:
Date: 9/28/2021
Time: 07:40 pm CDT
Location: Danville
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 20mm
Power: 75x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 6/10
Transparency: 7/10
Media used: Paper/pencil
Observations:
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AL #: 111
NGC #: ---
Other Designations: Sunspots
Common Name:
Object Type: Other
Notes: use Proper Solar Filters
Date: 9/4/2017
Time: 12:05 pm CDT
Location: Home
Optics: Apogee 90mm f/6.3
Eyepiece: 32mm
Power: 17x
Filter(s): Seymour solar
Seeing: 6/10
Transparency: 6/10
Media used: Paper/pencil
Observations: Great American Eclipse-- 90 seconds of totality in the front yard.
My scanner wanted to make the white paper gray.
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AL #: 112
NGC #: ---
Other Designations: Comet
Common Name: Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS
Object Type: Other
Notes: including starfield
Date: 3/11/2013
Time: 07:15 pm CST
Location: Brommelsiek
Optics: 30x70 binos
Eyepiece: ---
Power: 30x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 6/10
Transparency: 7/10
Media used: Paper/pencil
Observations: About 4 degrees away from a 20 hr old moon so easy to find. Windy!
The comet was within 10 degrees of the horizon and it wasn't fully dark yet. Only the crescent moon and comet were visible with the binoculars. The view was similar to one pictured on WikiPedia taken the next night that can be seen here.
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AL #: 113
NGC #: ---
Other Designations: Eclipse
Common Name:
Object Type: Other
Con:
Notes: lunar or solar
Date: 10/23/2014
Time: 05:00 pm CDT
Location: Brommelsiek
Optics: 11x80 binos
Eyepiece: ---
Power: 11x
Filter(s): Seymour solar
Seeing: 3/10
Transparency: 5/10
Media used: Touch screen & Graphiter
Observations: Cloudy with breaks to see the eclipse. Full clouds by 5:45 p.m. Tried to use a laptop with a touch screen…somewhat dismal results.
My scanner wanted to make the white paper gray.
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AL #: 114
NGC #: ---
Other Designations: Conjunction
Common Name:
Object Type: Other
Notes: naked eye or binocular
Date: 12/21/2020
Time: 05:45 p.m. CST
Location: Brommelsiek
Optics: SkyWatcher 12"
Eyepiece: 20 mm
Power: 75x
Filter(s): none
Seeing: 7/10
Transparency: 7/10
Media used: Paper/pencil/scanned/inverted
Observations: About 800 people showed up at the park to see the event even with CoVID. About 200 looked through my scope.
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