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.