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(IAAC) Object: M67 - Inst: 10x50 binoculars

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Subject: (IAAC) Object: M67 - Inst: 10x50 binoculars
From: Lew Gramer & Karen Simmons <dedalus@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 03:20:09 -0500
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Observer: Lew Gramer
Your skills: Intermediate
Date and UT of Observation: 1997-12-16/17, 12:05 UT
Location: Whidbey Island, WA, USA (48N)
Site classification: rural
Limiting magnitude: 7.1
Seeing: 2 - good
Moon up: no
Instrument: 10x50 Tasco binoculars
Magnification: 10x
Filters used: None
Object: M67
Category: Open cluster
Constellation: Cnc
Data: mag 6.9  size 30'
RA/DE: 8h50m  +11o49'
Description:
Even in binoculars, this oldest of bright open clusters
was a lovely patchy bright "blur". I could resolve at
least 4 stars in good seeing, with intermittent hints
of 2-3 more. The unresolved background haze showed some
obvious "lobes" to the E and SW of the cluster's center.

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