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(IAAC) Obj: M3 - Inst: 12.5" F 4.8 Dobsonian
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Observation Poster: Paul Money <paul_ohstbucks@msn.com>
Observer: Paul Money
Your skills: Beginner (< one year)
Date/time of observation: 1/5/3 230AM CST
Location of site: Hillsdale, KS (Lat , Elev )
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6.0 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 12.5" F 4.8 Dobsonian
Magnification: 60x 170x 260x
Filter(s): none
Object(s): M3
Category: Globular cluster.
Class:
Constellation: CVn
Data: mag size
Position: RA : DEC :
Description:
At first, I thought this would be hard to find because it is located in
a barren part of the sky with no easy hop from nearby stars, but I found
it easily by hitting the spot I expected the cluster to be with the telrad,
and then scanning the immediate area with my 10x50 finder scope. It was easily recognized as a glow in the finder scope and was an unbelievable sight at
the eyepiece. It was bright with all but the core resolved at 60x. I
quickly switched to a 170x wide-angle eyepiece and was blown away by the
view. The cluster was completely resolved to the core without losing
much brightness. The view at 170x was large and a real treat with what
looked like thousands of tiny resolved pinpoints of light. I tried a 260x
wide-angle eyepiece, but was not able to resolve the cluster with that
much power on this night
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