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(IAAC) Obj: Stock 1 - Inst: 6" f/6 Dobsonian RFT
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Observer: Steve Coe
Your skills: Advanced (many years)
Date/time of observation: 16 Oct 1998
Location of site: White Tank Mts. near Phoenix (Lat +33, Elev 1600 ft)
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 6 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 6" f/6 Dobsonian RFT
Magnification: 25X. 40X, 60X, 100X
Filter(s): none
Object(s): Stock 1
Category: Open cluster.
Class:
Constellation: Vul
Data: mag size
Position: RA : DEC :
Description:
With a 38mm Giant Erfle eyepiece the 6" f/6 gives about 25X and a nearly
two degree field of view. At that power Stock 1 is large, bright, little
compressed and pretty rich. I counted 28 stars resolved and the cluster
is about one third the field of view. Moving to a 22mm Panoptic resolved
59 stars with several nice pairs and a chain of 8th and 9th mag stars
in the center, it appears on Uraonometria. Even with the 10X 50 binoculars
there are 10 stars resolved and appears very much like a cluster, a
bright fuzzy spot in the Milky Way.
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