2023-09-16

• Condition: G6
• Location: Terry Peak, South Tower: 44.32, -103.83

8:45pm - 10:00pm

A night with Gwen on Terry Peak! She was terrified of the dark, and decided to sit in the back of the car with the hatch-back open until the target was in view. I hit some of the same targets from last night.

• Target: M 6, Butterfly Cluster
• Const: Scorpius
• RaDec: 17h40m -32.13
• Type: Open Cluster
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 60x

• Target: M 17, Swan Nebula

• Const: Sagittarius

• RaDec: 18h20m -16.11

• Type: Diffuse Nebula

• Scope: AT102ED

• Setting: 50x

• Target: M 13, Hercules Globular Cluster

• Const: Hercules

• RaDec: 16h41m +36.28

• Type: Globular Cluster

• Scope: AT102ED

• Setting: 50x, 100x, 200x

• Target: M 31, Andromeda Galaxy

• Const: Andromeda

• RaDec: 00h42m +41.16

• Type: Spiral Galaxy

• Scope: AT102ED

• Setting: 30x

• Scope: AT102ED

• Setting: 100x, 200x

Jupiter was behind some trees, so we opted for Saturn instead. Got a pretty good view, though the wind picked up and we had to deal with a little wobble.