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(IAAC) Obj: NGC 869 & NGC 884 Double Cluster - Inst: ETX60
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Observation Poster: William L. Schart <wschart@hot.rr.com>
Observer: William L. Schart
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 12/19/01 8:14 pm CST
Location of site: Killeen, TX (Lat 31 07, Elev 600 ft)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: ETX60
Magnification: 14x
Filter(s):
Object(s): NGC 869 & NGC 884 Double Cluster
Category: Open cluster.
Class:
Constellation: Tau
Data: mag size
Position: RA : DEC :
Description:
This was quite a spectaclular sit e at low power. I first I didn’t make out the double nature, as stars filled the entire FOV. It looked more like one huge cluster with a pair of concentrations. Stars were much to numerous to count.
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