2024-08-31

• Condition: E7
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

09:18PM

• Target: M 16, Eagle Nebula Cluster
• Const: Serpens
• RaDec: 18h18m -13.47
• Type: Nebula with Open Cluster
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x, Orion Ultrablock

M 16 is not on my list for for the open cluster challenge, but I really wanted to sketch it. The nebula seemed to have the pattern of long sweeping ripples which ran from north to south. The stars within also seemed to follow the same pattern.

10:03PM

• Target: T Coronae Borealis
• Const: Corona Borealis
• RaDec: 16h00m +25.55
• Type: Star (Variable)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x

T CrB is noticeably brighter tonight. It is on par with the 9.9 magnitude comparison star that I have been using for weeks (the star almost directly west of T CrB).