2024-09-25
- Condition: G6
- Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87
08:51PM
- Target: Cr 421
- Const: Cygnus
- RaDec: 20h23m +41.42
- Type: Open Cluster
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 110x
- Class: III 2 p
Could easily be missed if you weren’t looking for it. The dimmer stars come and go as I observe.
09:07PM
- Target: Biurakan 2
- Const: Cygnus
- RaDec: 20h09m +35.29
- Type: Open Cluster
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 110x
- Class: IV 2 m
Not easy to detect, mostly because it blends into the nearby star field. I went with my gut instinct and confirmed after-the-fact that I was looking at it.