Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Saturnus and Messier objects at horizon

As from 4AM this morning the clouds dissapeared resulting in a clear and cold sky.
Saturnus showed up and could be observed above the south-east about 20° above the horizon. I also took some time to observe following Messier Objects :

* M4 and M9 both very faint globular clusters
* M16 or M17 : faint "fog" aound some open cluster stars. Not sure if this is M16 or M17. Needs to be confirmed with more observations
* M23 : beautifull and clear open cluster.

End of my observations around 6h15 AM but not after I had a look at Jupiter which is very bright in the south.

All observations made with 12" Dobson and 28mm UWA from WO and drawing made.