30th April.
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Observing Chart

Date 30 April 2013

Sky conditions Seeing 2-3 (scale5) Transparency 2-3 (scale 5)

Telescope Meade 356mm f10

Object	Type	Const.	Eyepiece	Observations/Comments
M39	OC	Cyg	40 mm	About 30+ bright stars could be seen, the remainer merging into a nebulous looking background.
M57	Neb	Lyra	20mm	The Ring Nebula. Good clear view of fuzzy ring. Also good, if a little dimmer, with 17mm eyepice.
Beta	Dbl	Lyra	17mm	3.5/7.2 Mag, 46” sep. Brighter is variable due to v. close eclipsing brown dwarf
M3	GC	Can Ven	17mm	Really beautiful. Individual stars well resolved.
M63	GX	Can Ven	17mm	Very faint, averted vision helped to bring it into focus and show the centre bright area.
Rasalgethi	Dbl	Herc	9.7mm	M class S. Giant (400x Sol). Var.3.1-3.9. Secondary G5 Giant +F2 Dwarf 5.4Mag @4.5” sep. from primary. Orange red/Green. Colours seen . Somewhat “spiky” at this high mag.
NGC6210	PN	Herc	9.7mm	With 17mm -Small and fuzzy. Almost like blured star. 6,500 Ly distance. Slightly bigger in 9.7mm but less bright
M13	GC	Herc	17mm	Focusing very critical and averted vision needed to see many scattered stars. Not very bright. Tried 80mm Skywatcher with 17mm eypiece- nice but no differentiation.