[Prev][Next][Index][Thread][Search][Objects]

(IAAC) Obj: Czernik 5 - Inst: 8" SCT, Celestron, manual fork



----

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

Observer: Don Clouse
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 11/1/2002, 11:30pm EST
Location of site: southern Indiana, 35 miles west of Louisville, KY  USA (Lat +38d 7m, Elev 780 ft)
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 7 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 8" SCT, Celestron, manual fork
Magnification: 100x
Filter(s): none
Object(s): Czernik 5
Category: Open cluster.
Class: III 1 p
Constellation: Cas
Data: mag ?  size 7.0'
Position: RA 01h:56m  DEC +61d:21m
Description:
At 100x (20mm Ultrascopic, 31' TFOV), Czernik 5 is a narrow, 1' wide, meandering
string of 7 very faint stars tending from NNE to SSW for about 7'.  (A later,
close-up look at a MegaStar5 chart makes me think I was describing the east side
of the cluster.  The charted location includes another 6 stars or so to the 
west.  At times, separation of sparse clusters like Cz 5 from the field can be
somewhat problematic - to say the least.)
--
Optional related URLs: 
** This observing log automatically submitted via the Web from:
  http://www.visualdeepsky.org/enter-log.html
To stop receiving all 'netastrocatalog' lists, use the Web forms at:
http://www.visualdeepsky.org/subscribe.html