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1 |
C11 |
NGC 6819
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OpnCl |
Cyg |
19:41.3 |
+40:11 |
Very pretty cluster in an extremely
rich field. The cluster has an interesting W-like shape and consists of many faint
stars that are nicely resolved with the C11 at low power.
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1 |
C11 |
NGC 6826
|
PlnNb |
Cyg |
19:44.8 |
+50:31 |
"Blinking
planetary"
The blinking effect is amazing considering the brightness of the nebula as seen with
averted vision. Best view with 187x
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1 |
C14 |
NGC
7026
|
PlnNb |
Cyg |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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1 |
C14 |
NGC
7027
|
PlnNb |
Cyg |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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1 |
C11 |
NGC 7039
|
OpnCl |
Cyg |
21:11.2 |
+45:39 |
Large and rich cluster with some
bright stars and a lot of faint stars. Somewhat triangular shape. Fits into one FOV
with 93x.
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1 |
C14 |
NGC
7048
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PlnNb |
Cyg |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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1 |
C11 |
PK80-
6.1
|
PlnNb |
Cyg |
21:02.3 |
+36:42 |
"Egg
nebula"
Faint but very well visible with the C11 High power shows the bipolarity!
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1 |
|
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Drknb |
Cyg |
21:11 |
+53:50 |
"Funnel
cloud" Large dark nebula across the dense Milkyway between Cepheus and
Cygnus. Very obvious with unaided eye under dark skies. |
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Delphinus
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1 |
C14 |
NGC
6905
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PlnNb |
Del |
... |
... |
(Recently added to
favourites) |
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1 |
C14 |
NGC
6934
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GloCl |
Del |
... |
... |
(Recently added to
favourites) |
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Doradus
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1 |
Bino
AT80 |
LMC
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Galxy |
Dor |
... |
... |
"Large
Magellanic Cloud" - of couse only seen with bino's and
travel/spottingscope... |
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Draco
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1 |
AP13
C11 |
NGC
5907
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Galxy |
Dra |
... |
... |
"Splinter
galaxy" (Recently
added to favourites) |
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1 |
C14 |
NGC
6543
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PlnNb |
Dra |
... |
... |
"Cat-eye nebula"
(Recently added to favourites) |
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Gemini
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1 |
AT80
GS80
LX10
C11 |
M 35
|
OpnCl |
Gem |
06:08.9 |
+24:20 |
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together with NGC2158 |
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1 |
C14 |
NGC
2371
|
PlnNb |
Gem |
... |
... |
(Recently added to
favourites) |
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1 |
C11 |
NGC 2392
|
PlnNb |
Gem |
07:29.2 |
+20:55 |
"Eskimo
nebula"
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Hercules
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1 ! |
MK67
AP13
LX10
C11 |
M 13 |
GloCl |
Her |
16:41.7 |
+36:28 |
Superb globular, absolute
favourite, together with M42 and Veil nebula
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1 |
C11 |
M 92 |
GloCl |
Her |
17:17.1 |
+43:08 |
Very fine globular |
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1 |
C11 |
NGC 6210 |
PlnNb |
Her |
16:44.5 |
+23:49 |
This planetary shows a beautiful
baby-blue color |
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Hydra
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1 |
C14 |
NGC
3242
|
PlnNb |
Hya |
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"Ghost of Jupiter"
(Recently added to favourites) |
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Lacerta
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1 |
C11 |
NGC 7209
|
OpnCl |
Lac |
22:05.2 |
+46:30 |
Very beautiful cluster because of
the very particular arrangement of the stars: Lots of stars in curved strings. The
strings of brightes stars form the shape of a scorpion |
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Leo
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1 |
C14 |
M
65
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Galxy |
Leo |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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Lyra
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|
1 |
MK67
AP13
C11 |
M 57
|
PlnNb |
Lyr |
... |
... |
"Ring
nebula" - On a good clear night, with low power (140x), the sight of the
nebula, in the rich field with many stars, is outstanding.
The MK67 with Pentax XL 40mm EP (45x) shows a beautiful field with a very small but
distictly annular nebula. |
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1 |
C14 |
M
56
|
GloCl |
Lyr |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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Monoceros
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1 |
AP13 |
NGC 2237
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BrtNb |
Mon |
... |
... |
"Rosette nebula"
(Recently added to favourites)
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1 |
C11 |
NGC 2261
|
BrtNb |
Mon |
... |
... |
"Hubble's
variable nebula" - small comet-shaped nebula. A very nice show with the
C11 at nights with good transparency.
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1 |
GS80
|
NGC 2264
|
OpnCl |
Mon |
... |
... |
"Christmastree
cluster" |
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Ophiuchus
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|
1 |
C11 |
M 10 |
GloCl |
Oph |
... |
... |
Beautiful globular cluster, a lot
of resolved stars with 140x |
|
1 |
C14 |
NGC
6309
|
PlnNb |
Oph |
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"Box nebula"
(Recently added to favourites) |
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1 |
C14 |
NGC
6572
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PlnNb |
Oph |
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"Emerald nebula"
(Recently added to favourites) |
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1 |
AT80 |
NGC 6633 |
OpnCl |
Oph |
... |
... |
A beautiful cluster for low power
(40x), a lot of bright stars. Nice but sparse with higher power. |
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Orion
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1 ! |
All |
M 42
|
BrtNb |
Ori |
... |
... |
"Great
Orion nebula"
Absolute favourite, together with M13 and Veil nebula |
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1 |
C14 |
M 43
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BrtNb |
Ori |
... |
... |
(Recently added to
favourites) |
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1 |
C14 |
NGC
2202
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PlnNb |
Ori |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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Pegasus
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1 |
AP13
C11 |
M 15
|
GloCl |
Peg |
21:30.0 |
+12:10 |
Very beautiful globular, shows a
compact core that is much more bright than the outer regions |
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1 |
C11 |
NGC 7331
|
Galxy |
Peg |
22:37.1 |
+34:25 |
"Little
Andromeda" Very pretty elongated galaxy with very bright core and
extended outer regions. Almost edge-on.
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1 |
C14 |
NGC 7332
|
Galxy |
Peg |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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Perseus
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1 |
C14 |
M
76
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PlnNb |
Per |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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1 |
Bino |
Mel 20
|
OpnCl |
Per |
03:22 |
+49:40 |
"Alpha
Persei association" Beautiful area with low power, great to move around in
with C11, but especially a bino-object. |
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1 |
AT80
AP13 |
NGC 869 |
OpnCl |
Per |
02:09.3 |
+57:09 |
Member of the "Double
cluster" |
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1 |
AT80
AP13
LX10 |
NGC 884 |
OpnCl |
Per |
02:09.7 |
+57:10 |
Member of the "Double
cluster" |
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1 |
C14 |
NGC
1023
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Galxy |
Per |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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1 |
C11 |
NGC 1528
|
OpnCl |
Per |
04:15.5 |
+51:13 |
A beautiful bright and rich
cluster. Fills up the FOV @ 70x. Several arcs of stars give this cluster a special
look.
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1 |
C14 |
NGC
1579
|
BrtNb |
Per |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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Puppis
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1 |
C11 |
M 46 |
OpnCl |
Pup |
07:41.9 |
-14:49 |
Beautiful cluster, very special
because of foreground (background?) planetary NGC2438 |
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1 |
C14 |
NGC 2438
|
PlnNb |
Pup |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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Sagittarius
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|
1 |
Bino
AT80
LX10
C11 |
M 24 |
OpnCl |
Sgr |
... |
... |
Fields full of stars... |
|
1 |
Bino
AT80
LX10 |
M 25 |
OpnCl |
Sgr |
... |
... |
Rich cluster with dense milkyway
area as background |
|
1 |
Bino
AT80
C11 |
M 8 |
BrtNb |
Sgr |
... |
... |
"Lagoon
nebula" A favorite for small instruments because of the extremely
beautiful field, one of the best sights in the sky (including M20 and M21). With the
C11 at low power + UHC or OIII filter the nebula can be seen with much detail. |
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1 |
AT80
C11 |
M 22 |
GloCl |
Sgr |
... |
... |
In the dark, clear skies of the
Sierra Nevada (southern Spain) this great globular showed many resolved stars with the
AT80 With the C11 this globular is almost as impressive as M13, while M13 is high in
the sky and M22 is very low above the horizon...
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|
1 |
LX10 |
M 23 |
OpnCl |
Sgr |
... |
... |
Rich cluster with strings of bright
stars |
|
1 |
C11 |
M 17 |
BrtNb |
Sgr |
... |
... |
"Omega
nebula" Very bright and lots of detail with OIII. Also very nice view
without filter, the rich surrounding starfield adds to the view. |
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1 |
LX10 |
M 20 |
BrtNb |
Sgr |
... |
... |
"Trifid
nebula" - shape and dark lanes visible, despite of low altitude and
"grey nights" |
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1 |
C14 |
NGC 6603
|
BrtNb |
Sgr |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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1 |
C14 |
B
92
|
DrkNb |
Sgr |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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1 |
C14 |
B
93
|
DrkNb |
Sgr |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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Scorpio
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1 |
Bino
AT80 |
M 7 |
OpnCl |
Sco |
17:45.1 |
-34:48 |
Wonderful cluster for bino's and
small scopes |
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1 |
AT80 |
M 6 |
OpnCl |
Sco |
17:40.6 |
-32:16 |
"Butterfly
cluster" Wonderful cluster for small instruments |
|
1 |
AT80 |
M 4 |
GloCl |
Sco |
16:23.8 |
-26:32 |
In the dark, clear skies of the
Sierra Nevada (southern Spain) this great globular showed many resolved stars with the
AT80 |
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Scutum
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1 |
LX10
C11 |
M 11 |
OpnCl |
Sct |
18:51.1 |
-06:16 |
"Wild duck
cluster" - very rich custer, beautiful with all EP's. Most spectacular
with the C11 at 140x |
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Serpens
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1 |
C11 |
M 5 |
GloCl |
Ser |
15:18.7 |
+02:04 |
Very fine globular |
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1 |
C11 |
M
16
|
BrtNb |
Ser |
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(Recently added to
favourites) |
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Sextans
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|
1 |
C14 |
NGC 3115
|
Galxy |
Sex |
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"Spindle galaxy"
(Recently added to favourites) |
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Taurus
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|
1 |
C14 |
M 1
|
SnRem |
Tau |
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"Crab nebula"
(Recently added to favourites) |
|
1 |
Bino
AT80
AP13 |
M 45 |
OpnCl |
Tau |
03:47.2 |
+24:08 |
"Pleiades"
Superb sight with the AP13 @ 20x of 25x, Merope nebula stands out
well when the sky is transparant!
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1 |
C11 |
NGC 1514
|
PlnNb |
Tau |
04:09.5 |
+30:47 |
Very interesting planetary, a bright
star (mag. 9.4) with a faint (mag. 11), round, large (2') nebula around it. Using UHC
makes the nebula much better visible.
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Ursa
Major
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|
1 |
C14 |
M 81 |
Galxy |
UMa |
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(Recently added to favourites) |
|
1 |
LX10
C11
C14 |
M 82 |
Galxy |
UMa |
09:56.1 |
+69:40 |
Bright, large, elongated, two dark
bands across visible |
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1 |
C14 |
M
97 |
PlnNb |
UMa |
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"Owl
nebula" (Recently added to favourites) |
|
1 |
C14 |
M
108 |
Galxy |
UMa |
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(Recently added to favourites) |
|
1 |
C14 |
NGC 3079 |
Galxy |
UMa |
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|
(Recently added to favourites) |
|
1 |
C14 |
NGC 3953 |
Galxy |
UMa |
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|
(Recently added to favourites) |
|
1 |
C14 |
NGC 4088 |
Galxy |
UMa |
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|
(Recently added to favourites) |
|
1 |
C14 |
NGC 4157 |
Galxy |
UMa |
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(Recently added to favourites) |
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Virgo
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|
1 |
C14 |
M 90 |
Galxy |
Vir |
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(Recently added to favourites) |
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1 ! |
C11 |
M 104 |
Galxy |
Vir |
12:40.0 |
-11:37 |
"Sombrero
galaxy" The shape of the galaxy and the dark band are visible. I find it
to be the most beautiful galaxy to observe with this scope.
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1 |
C14 |
NGC 4206 |
Galxy |
Vir |
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(Recently added to favourites) |
|
1 |
C14 |
NGC 4216 |
Galxy |
Vir |
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(Recently added to favourites) |
|
1 |
C14 |
NGC 4567
NGC 4568 |
Galxy |
Vir |
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"Siamese twins"
(Recently added to favourites) |
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1 |
C14 |
NGC 5746 |
Galxy |
Vir |
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"Mini sombrero galaxy"
(Recently added to favourites) |
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Vulpecula
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1 |
C11 |
M 27 |
PlnNb |
Vul |
19:59.6 |
+22:43 |
"Dumbbell
nebula" Using a UHC-filter shows lots of structure |
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1 |
C11 |
NGC 6940
|
OpnCl |
Vul |
20:34.4 |
+28:17 |
Very beautiful OC with the C11 at
low power. Very rich field and nice double Struve 2698 on the edge of the
cluster |
