Date / Time 14th September 2007
Location Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Observers Gary McGrory
Weather Cold and clear
Moon Below horizon
Report

M31 M32 and M110 Thought I saw dust lane in M31 but was\with averted vision

Almach colour double very close ( 10 archseconds) but resolved easily.

NGC 752 nice open cluster in low power eyepiece Pinwheel not found, sky not dark enough/ my star hopping not good enough

Struve 183 Nice close double yellow and blue companion 6 arcseconds separation 6 iota tri another close double (4 arcseconds nice contrast yellow and blue companion

M103 loose open cluster in Cassiopeia shaped like an arrow head

Trumpler 1 Poor open cluster but really nice straight line of 5 close stars

NGC 654 open cluster nice in low power eyepiece

NGC 663 open cluster that looks like a glob albeit a poor one

NGC 7789 nice open cluster looked good in binos

M52 200 member open cluster best of bunch

The double dark nebula not really resolved well, dark site needed

The coathanger nice in binos no use in scope

M71 loose globular no real detail i'm afraid

The dumbell nebula looked fab really see hourglass shape highlight of the night, very bright!

Double double managed to resolve as well as polaris so sky was clear

Ring neb good but not the best i have seen washed out at high power

Albireo stunning colour contrast double

M29 nice open hard to tell from background milky way

M72 Got this elusive glob no resolution of stars but nice to have found think that's it but as i said great sky and not to cold!

Gary McGrory