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(IAAC) Obj: NGC559 - Inst: 30cm, f:10, SCT, LX200
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Observation Poster: Jim Anderson <madmoon@bellsouth.net>
Observer: Jim Anderson
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 11222000-23:15EST
Location of site: Bigwoods, NC (Lat 35:46, Elev 250')
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 5/10 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 6/10 <10-1 Seeing Scale (1 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 30cm, f:10, SCT, LX200
Magnification: 117X, 203X
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC559
Category: Open cluster.
Class: II 2 m
Constellation: Cas
Data: mag 9.5v size 4.4'
Position: RA 01:29.6 DEC +63:19
Description:
117X - Cluster is small and looks like a concentration in the milkyway. There is a 10.8 mag star and 11-12 mag and dimmer ones scattered about in a small trapazoidal area.
203X - Visually the brightest star (10.8v) is just south of a sweeping arc of
12 mag stars. At less than a minute south of the bright star is a flight of 6
geese asterism, followed to the west, another asterism of 6 more stars.
There are aproximately 60 stars in the cluster. NGC559 is generally faint, but
a rich concentration of faint stars
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