Stargazing on 20090914
It was a clear cool night. Cygnus was up overhead and Sagittarius in the Southwestern sky. A perfect view of the Most dense part of the Milky Way. There were many easy targets for the telescopes. Here is a list of what I saw:
M22 and M28: Nice globular clusters in Sagittarius. M22 is the brightest globular cluster that can be seen in the Northern hemisphere.
M8 and M17: Lagoon nebula and Omega nebula in Sagittarius.
M11: Wild duck cluster, an open cluster in Scutum.
Albireo or beta Cygnus: Fabulous double star; red/orange and blue pair.
M57: Ring nebula in Lyra.
M56: Globular cluster in Lyra.
M13 and M92: Globular clusters in Hercules.
M31: Andromeda galaxy
NGC 869 and 884: Double cluster in Perseus.
Jupiter: All four Gallilean moons were visible.
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Isn’t it spelt Sagittarius?
@vinayak Yes, it is indeed! Thanks for correcting.
Any pics?
@Mahesh: No pics this time. Didn’t have enough time to setup the photo equipment. Wanted to see as many things as possible through the telescope in a short time span.