Rain and clouds are still in power over the skies of Lijiang so this is another opportunity to share one of my old observation made in Colombia.
Binocular and eyepiece view comparison |
The first time I saw it I was surfing the sky with binoculars and it seemed just like a tiny and crowded stellar town in the middle of a less starry background due to light pollution. Not far from it, there were others open clusters including the Great Nebula in Carina with its companion clusters NGC3324 and NGC3293; truly a good show for bino-viewers.
Later, despite the heavy urban light pollution and the last brightness
of a waxing moon almost ready to set, I got to see dozens of stars in the
cluster, in spite of the cheap 20mm erecting eyepiece that comes by default
with the Celestron astromaster telescope.
I believe that under darker skies and a better piece of glass, you can
manage to see two or three times of the numbers of stars I could make out that
night. Of course, even in binoculars,
the cluster looks like a lovely bunch of bright lights waiting to be explored
more deeply.
Clear skies!
LG
Edited by Jennifer Steinberg (editor in chief)
Hermoso dibujo Lucho ! no lo tenía a ese cúmulo, lo agendo para las próximas noches noches de verano .
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Gracias por echarle un vistazo al blog Rodrigo. Espero que tu dibujo será mucho mejor que el mio porque que talento que tienes!
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