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(IAAC) Obj: NGC 663 - Inst: Celestar 8" SCT, fork mount



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Observation Poster: William L. Schart <wschart@hot.rr.com>

Observer: William L. Schart
Your skills: Advanced (many years)
Date/time of observation: 11/22/01 7:12 pm CST
Location of site: Killeen, TX (Lat 31 07, Elev 600 ft)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 3.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: Minor - crescent or far from object
Instrument: Celestar 8" SCT, fork mount
Magnification: 78x
Filter(s): none
Object(s): NGC 663
Category: Open cluster. Planetary nebula. Emission nebula. Reflection nebula. Dark nebula. Supernova remnant. Asterism. Multiple star. Variable star. Cluster of galaxies. Group of galaxies. Extragalactic HII. Extragalactic O-B. Extragalactic glob. Other.
Class: 
Constellation: Cas
Data: mag   size 
Position: RA 01:446  DEC +61:15
Description:
A nice OC, it fills most of the FOV  at low power. Rather loose and scattered, with a concentration near the center. There is a scattering of fairly bright stars, maybe about mag 6 or 7 and a dusting of fainter stars. There are maybe 50-60 of the brighter stars, and probably 20-30 of the fainter stars.
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