Now that I'm a card-carrying member of the
Indiana Astronomical Society, it brings me great pleasure to complete my first monthly challenge! Here is the
Novice/Urban Observing List for August 2013 with links to the objects I successfully observed/imaged. My goal was 6 out of 10 plus the challenge object. Acquisition details are located on the individual blog posts (linked at the bottom).
- M22, Globular Cluster in Sagittarius ✔
- Epsilon Lyrae, “The Double Double”, Quadruple Star in Lyra ✔
- Beta Lyrae, “Sheliak”, Optical Double/Variable Star in Lyra ✔
- M11, “The Wild Duck Cluster”, Open Cluster in Scutum ✔
- M57, “The Ring Nebula”, Planetary Nebula in Lyra ✔
- Cr 399, “The Coat Hanger” or “Brocchi’s Cluster”, Asterism in Vulpecula ✔
- Beta Cygni, “Albireo”, Double Star in Cygnus ✔
- M27, “The Dumbbell Nebula”, Planetary Nebula in Vulpecula ✔
- Mare Serenitatis, first quarter Moon ✔
- Plato, last quarter Moon
- Challenge Object: M8, Nebula in Sagittarius ✔
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