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(IAAC) Obj: NGC7429 - Inst: Celestron 8" SCT, fork



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Observation Poster: Don Clouse <dlcdeepsky@insightbb.com>

Observer: Don Clouse
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 9/3/2002   1.40am EST
Location of site: southern Indiana, USA (Lat 38N, Elev 780 ft.)
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 7 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: Celestron 8" SCT, fork
Magnification: 135x 
Filter(s): none
Object(s): NGC7429
Category: Open cluster.
Class: 4 2 p
Constellation: Cep
Data: mag   size 15.0'
Position: RA 22:56  DEC +59:59
Description:
At 135x (15mm Panoptic, 30' tfov), NGC7429 is a large, loose group of 14 stars
with a wide range of brightness.  A pentagon of stars on the NW side is notable
as well as a line of two bright stars and a faint one along the SE edge.
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