2023-11-14

• Condition: VG7
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

8:40PM

• Target: NGC 7331, Deer Lick Group
• Const: Pegasus
• RaDec: 22h37m +34.24
• Type: Galaxy
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x, AV

Pretty easy to find. The largest galaxy runs almost north and south and does not require AV to see. I took extra time to attempt to spot the other galaxies. The smaller circles on the drawing indicate areas where I detected noise, though some of them might be wrong.

9:07PM

• Target: NGC 7129, Small Cluster Nebula
• Const: Cepheus
• RaDec: 21h43m +66.07
• Type: Nebula
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x, Orion Ultrablock

After removing and adding the filter a few times for comparison, I’m not sure that it made too much of a difference in the nebulosity. The cluster was pretty easy to find though.

9:14PM

• Target: Hyades
• Const: Taurus
• RaDec: 04h29m +16°56
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: Finder-scope

9:17PM

• Target: M 45, Pleiades, Subaru, Seven Sisters
• Const: Taurus
• RaDec: 03h47m +24.7
• Type: Open Cluster
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x, Orion Ultrablock

9:21PM

• Target: Jupiter
• RaDec: 03h46m +24°06
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x, Orion Ultrablock