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RE: (IAAC) Obj: Berkeley 2 - Inst: Celestron 8" SCT, EQ fork mount
Don, I'm really enjoying your reports of less-well-traveled
Open Clusters in the late Fall sky... (Sue French, are you
listening? :>) Don, are you following a particular list, or
just picking interesting targets more or less at random?
Clear skies!
Lew
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>Sent: Sunday, 13 October, 2002 2:49 PM
>To: Internet Amateur Astronomers Catalog
>Subject: (IAAC) Obj: Berkeley 2 - Inst: Celestron 8" SCT, EQ fork mount
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>Observation Poster: Don Clouse <dlcdeepsky@insightbb.com>
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>Observer: Don Clouse
>Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
>Date/time of observation: October 5, 2002, 10:55pm EST
>Location of site: near Curby, IN, USA (Lat 38 N, Elev 780 ft.)
>Site classification: Rural
>Sky darkness: 7 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
>Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
>Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
>Instrument: Celestron 8" SCT, EQ fork mount
>Magnification: 135x
>Filter(s): none
>Object(s): Berkeley 2
>Category: Open cluster.
>Class: 1 1 m
>Constellation: Cas
>Data: mag ? size 4.0'
>Position: RA 00:25 DEC +60:23
>Description:
>At 135x (15mm Panoptic, 30' true field), Berkeley 2 is an
>indistinct 2' haze
>with 3 stars just resolved with averted vision and only 1 with
>direct vision.
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