Southern Herschel 400 Observing Program 
Targets #31-60

Addendum to the Astronomical League's Herschel 400 OP

Telescopes used:

• Most of the 150 images were taken for this observing program using the SLOOH telescopes located in either the Canary Islands or Chile.
  • The Chile Slooh telescopes are located at the Santa Martina Observatory outside Santiago at 3.269 S & 70.534 W at 4756 feet elevation.
  • The Canary Islands telescopes are located on the island of Tenerife, about 15 kilometers northeast of the volcano Teide and 300 kilometers west of the African coast at 28.29970 N  &16.50826 W at 7783 feet elevation.
  • Most commonly I used their CDK 17" telescopes, "Chile2" and Canary2" each outfitted with a FLI PL16803 camera and requested 50 second luminance images.
  • Occasionally I used their 20" CDK scope "Canary1" + FLI PL09000 or their 11" RASA scope "Canary 3" + ZWO294MC with similar short exposures.
  • Full telescope specs for all of SLOOH's telescopes are here: https://vega.slooh.com/docs/Slooh_Observatories_and_Telescope_Specifications.pdf 
• Occasionally images were taken by myself at Deerlick Astronomy Village in Crawfordvile, GA at 33.5539 N & 82.791 W at 495 ft elevation. These are indicated by "DAV" and the scope and camera used are listed with the photo.
  
  

ID #	31	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1866		Center (RA, hms): 05h 13m 38.858s Center (Dec, dms): -65° 27' 45.220" Size: 27.5 x 27.5 arcmin Radius: 0.324 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.7 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240208_020459 This very dense open cluster is rather oval in shape with a scattering of individually resolved stars around its center. Teeny-tiny cluster NGC 1859 peeks out of the top right  corner of the field
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Dor
Mag	9.7
PA
Class

ID #	32	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1968		Center (RA, hms): 05h 26m 55.021s Center (Dec, dms): -67° 24' 29.809" Size: 21.8 x 21.8 arcmin Radius: 0.256 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 3.7 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240217_050239 There are actually three clusters in this swath, NGC 1974 to the far left, NGC 1968 to the middle left, and NGC 1955 to the right.I see no central concentration to NGC 1968, but there's an interesting assortment of differently sized stars.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	BN + OC
CON	Dor
Mag	9.0
PA
Class	OCL+EN

ID #	33	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1977		Center (RA, hms): 05h 35m 22.598s Center (Dec, dms): -04° 47' 17.752" Size: 29.4 x 29.4 arcmin Radius: 0.346 deg Pixel scale: 1.85 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 0.6 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240125_030017 Everyone loves the Running Man! Striking dark areas make a nice purplish pictograph within the bright blues and whites of the reflection nebula. We can see it again in the wider shot below.
Alt Names
Common Name	The Running Man
Type	BN
CON	Ori
Mag	7.0
PA
Class

ID #	34	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 1981		Center (RA, hms): 05h 35m 18.187s Center (Dec, dms): -04° 30' 01.563" Size: 58.4 x 58.4 arcmin Radius: 0.688 deg Pixel scale: 3.08 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.3 degrees E of N	SLOOH Canary3 20221123_013645   Until this program, I never realized that the half dozen bright stars above the Running Man made a formation known to some as the "Upper Sword" (open cluster NGC 1981). This large, sparse group of stars is barely a cluster, but more like a cros-bow asterism.
Alt Names
Common Name	"Upper Sword" (OC above the Running Man)
Type	OC
CON	Ori
Mag	4.2
PA
Class	IIIpn

ID #	35	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2214		Center (RA, hms): 06h 12m 59.054s Center (Dec, dms): -68° 15' 30.449" Size: 17.4 x 17.4 arcmin Radius: 0.205 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel "=Orientation: Up is 4.1 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240212_061247 This open cluster is so dense, it almost looks like a two-lobed globular! A nice tight star spray arcs above the core on its upper right.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Dor
Mag	10.9
PA
Class

ID #	36	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2243		Center (RA, hms): 06h 29m 34.930s Center (Dec, dms): -31° 17' 11.273" Size: 29.3 x 29.3 arcmin Radius: 0.346 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 2243_20240120_061439 This is a well-defined fine-grained cluster of nicely resolved stars. Hidden within the cluster seems to be a slight haze of smaller unresolved stars. The surrounding area has few "voidy splotches" that appear as dark seas in a field of stars of varying sizes, all combing to give the background an uneven, jumbled look.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	CMa
Mag	9.4
PA
Class	I2r

ID #	37	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2237		Center (RA, hms): 06h 31m 55.882s Center (Dec, dms): +04° 59' 52.442" Size: 39.9 x 39.9 arcmin Radius: 0.470 deg Pixel scale: 4.03 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.8 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240119_034300 Even in a short exposure like this one, the Rosette Nebula is stunning .It entices the viewer with its colorful veined clouds and ruffled arrangement of overlapping petals around a dark center. I particularly enjoy spotting its signature Gemini-twin-like open cluster that sparkles in the core.
Alt Names
Common Name	Rosette Nebula
Type	BN
CON	Mon
Mag	4.8
PA
Class	EN

ID #	38	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2298		Center (RA, hms): 06h 49m 00.207s Center (Dec, dms): -36° 00' 16.288" Size: 31.5 x 31.5 arcmin Radius: 0.371 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.7 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240120_055951 This is a loose globular cluster masquerading as a tight open cluster. Either way, I like it. Scattered around the core there are ~15-20 individual stars that can be resolved.
Alt Names	D 578
Common Name
Type	GC
CON	Pup
Mag	9.3
PA
Class	VI

ID #	39	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2346		Center (RA, hms): 07h 09m 22.780s Center (Dec, dms): -00° 48' 25.954" Size: 13.8 x 13.8 arcmin Radius: 0.163 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 3.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240204_034951 I wish I had an image of this planetary in color, but it still impresses with its bright rounded center and wings of gas coming out on both the left and right sides.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	PN
CON	Mon
Mag	11.6
PA
Class	3b(4)

ID #	40	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2442		Center (RA, hms): 07h 36m 31.589s Center (Dec, dms): -69° 31' 11.308" Size: 19.3 x 19.3 arcmin Radius: 0.227 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 4.0 degrees E of N https://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/10203644#annotated	SLOOH Chile1 20240217_050721 Wow! What a spectacular galaxy! Here we see a wind-blown "S" with one sharply bent arm and the other less so. The core is bright and elongated, possibly even distorted, as it looks somewhat teardrop-shaped. Knots and foreground stars dot the wispy arms.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Vol
Mag	10.5
PA
Class	Sc P-II

ID #	41	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2451		Center (RA, hms): 07h 45m 21.955s Center (Dec, dms): -38° 00' 16.653" Size: 40.4 x 40.4 arcmin Radius: 0.477 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.9 degrees E of N https://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/10203679#annotated	SLOOH Chile2 20240202_013443 This large and sparse OC totally fills the field and is dominated by its brightest star, the red giant c Pup.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Pup
Mag	2.8
PA
Class	II2m

ID #	42	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC  2467		Center (RA, hms): 07h 52m 22.170s Center (Dec, dms): -26° 25' 29.151" Size: 28.2 x 28.2 arcmin Radius: 0.332 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.7 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240119_054248 This is a pretty nebula, with both reflective and emission elements. The upper half is more diffuse and less intense than the virbrant lower half. A nice little open cluster sit in the middle of the dark center. Sort of reminds me of the Rosette.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	BN
CON	Pup
Mag	7.1
PA
Class	OCL +EN

ID #	43	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2477		Center (RA, hms): 07h 52m 14.684s Center (Dec, dms): -38° 34' 56.476" Size: 36.8 x 36.8 arcmin Radius: 0.434 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240131_031226 Beautifully rich, this impressive open cluster sprawls over almost the full field. Bright b Puppis, a 4.5 mag blue-white star, adds a pretty pop to the bottom of the fame..
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Pup
Mag	5.8
PA
Class	I2r

ID #	44	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2546		Center (RA, hms): 08h 12m 26.685s Center (Dec, dms): -37° 33' 13.431" Size: 36.6 x 36.6 arcmin Radius: 0.432 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.7 degrees E of N https://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/10203735#annotated	SLOOH Chile2 20240120_060939 This open cluster is large and loose without discernable definition. A dark alley void of stars cuts a stubby path diagonally across the lower half. The cluster fills the entire field here, with the most interesting bit being the brighter elongated statue-like stretch of stars in the upper right corner. I looked to see if they were given their own name but couldn't find one. Maybe I could name it The Moai? A nice curved string of stars sits next to a line of three brighter stars at the bottom of the field.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Pup
Mag	6.3
PA
Class	III2m

ID #	45	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2659		Center (RA, hms): 08h 42m 43.392s Center (Dec, dms): -44° 57' 40.374" Size: 31.9 x 31.9 arcmin Radius: 0.376 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.7 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240121_071009 Another field awash with stars! This loose cluster runs diagonally in the field (NE->SW)and is longer than it is wide. One brighter star stands out on the right edge of the field.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Vel
Mag	8.6
PA
Class	III2r

ID #	46	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2670		Center (RA, hms): 08h 45m 35.704s Center (Dec, dms): -48° 47' 13.166" Size: 34.2 x 34.2 arcmin Radius: 0.403 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.8 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240202_014435 This loose cluster forms an X, with one leg much longer than the other three! One line of the stars makes a short wavy line horizontally across the middle of the field, as if it's part of a fold line creasing the field in half.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Vel
Mag	7.8
PA
Class	III2m

ID #	47	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2671		Center (RA, hms): 08h 46m 11.997s Center (Dec, dms): -41° 53' 05.079" Size: 36.1 x 36.1 arcmin Radius: 0.425 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240121_071433 This distinct granular open cluster stacks the stars up into the shape of a upside-down tumbler. I count about 50-60 stars.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Vel
Mag	11.6
PA
Class	I2m

ID #	48	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2736		Center (RA, hms): 09h 00m 16.504s Center (Dec, dms): -45° 56' 58.232" Size: 39.4 x 39.4 arcmin Radius: 0.464 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.8 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240302_010808S This is such an interesting object! this super-nova remnant is needle-like with a wedge-shaped veil of haze blowing off of it to the right. The needle seems to dissolve into a thin veil in the lower half, the top half of the needle being brighter and much more condensed.
Alt Names
Common Name	Pencil Nebula
Type	SR
CON	Vel
Mag	10.0
PA	20
Class

ID #	49	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2818		Center (RA, hms): 09h 16m 01.791s Center (Dec, dms): -36° 37' 41.645" Size: 31.5 x 31.5 arcmin Radius: 0.371 deg Pixel scale: 1.27 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.8 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240120_060445 This isn't just another loose cluster of stars. Buried in the middle is a very tiny planetary nebula, evidenced only by a miniscule, slightly brighter, and slightly squashed object due center.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	PN
CON	Pyx
Mag	11.6
PA
Class	OC+PN

ID #	50	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2867		Center (RA, hms) 09h 21m 24.960s Center (Dec, dms): -58° 18' 37.104" Size: 33.9 x 33.9 arcmin Radius: 0.400 deg Pixel scale: 1.28 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240203_024204 Check out the little blue glow of the PN! It sits sweetly just off the bottom end of a delicate curved string of stars. Other than its color, there is no obvious detail detectable.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	PN
CON	Car
Mag	9.7
PA
Class	4

ID #	51	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2899		Center (RA, hms): 09h 27m 03.512s Center (Dec, dms): -56° 06' 15.706" Size: 14.7 x 14.7 arcmin Radius: 0.173 deg Pixel scale: 1.46 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 3.8 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile1 20240214_040512 This is a strikingly unusual looking planetary nebula, similar to the apple core shape of M27. Its lobes look like Ferengi ears pulled back a bit. The top edge is pulled into the center more than the flatter edge on the bottom. I wish I could've gotten a color picture of this!
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	PN
CON	Vel
Mag	11.8
PA
Class

ID #	52	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2910		Center (RA, hms): 09h 30m 23.040s Center (Dec, dms): -52° 54' 15.362" Size: 35.1 x 35.1 arcmin Radius: 0.414 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.9 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240203_022454 This is a loosely organized open cluster with a scattering of medium to small stars. The southern portion of the group is the open cluster proper, arranged in a bulging circle. The stars running vertically up from it in the middle are not actually part of the cluster and are more rectangular in the shape they form. At the top of the run of stars there are three brighter ones that angle off to the NE.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Vel
Mag	7.2
PA
Class	III3m

ID #	53	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2925		Center (RA, hms): 09h 33m 14.305s Center (Dec, dms): -53° 24' 31.809" Size: 33.4 x 33.4 arcmin Radius: 0.394 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.8 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240203_023438 Yet another field of loosely arranged stars! This cluster is difficult to pick out from the background, but I detect a scorpion-like pattern of assorted size stars running diagonally SE-NW.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Vel
Mag	8.3
PA
Class	II3m

ID #	54	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2972		Center (RA, hms): 09h 40m 12.891s Center (Dec, dms): -50° 19' 02.353" Size: 31.9 x 31.9 arcmin Radius: 0.376 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.8 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240202_014936 I really like the distinctive Y-shape of this star cluster! Three sharp lines of tiny stars branch off from one another, sparkling as if they were made of tightly-spaced rivets
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Vel
Mag	9.9
PA
Class	II1p

ID #	55	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 2997		Center (RA, hms): 09h 45m 38.370s Center (Dec, dms): -31° 11' 22.891" Size: 34.1 x 34.1 arcmin Radius: 0.401 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 179.7 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240120_061948 This is a pretty, face-on spiral, slightly broader than it is tall. Two knotty arms spin out to the right and left, with the one on the right opening up more from the bright stellar core. Wide dark lanes are prominent between the arms and the core.
Alt Names	D 622
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Ant
Mag	9.6
PA	110
Class	Sc I

ID #	56	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 3109		Center (RA, hms): 10h 03m 04.527s Center (Dec, dms): -26° 12' 29.097" Size: 43.6 x 43.6 arcmin Radius: 0.513 deg Pixel scale: 6.05 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.6 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20230218_0135 This didn't look like much until I stretched it, then wow did it pop! We must be looking at this spiral from the edge, but even from the side, it appears twisted and mottled with areas of varying brightness.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Hyd
Mag	9.9
PA	93
Class	SB(s)msp IV-V

ID #	57	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 3187		Center (RA, hms): 10h 18m 00.696s Center (Dec, dms): +21° 53' 48.918" Size: 30.7 x 30.7 arcmin Radius: 0.362 deg Pixel scale: 3.67 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.3 degrees E of N	SLOOH Canary1 20231209_0320 What a striking V-shaped group! NGC 3187 is the squiggly integral-shaped galaxy right in the center of the field. It is a good bit smaller the other galaxies in this group. Three bright stars make this galactic four-some look like it is set with diamonds.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	Gal
CON	Leo
Mag	12.7
PA
Class	S

ID #	58	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 3199		Center (RA, hms): 10h 16m 39.617s Center (Dec, dms): -57° 55' 41.954" Size: 33.2 x 33.2 arcmin Radius: 0.391 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.5 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240120_013438 There seemed to be nothing in this field except for lots and lots of fine stars until I stretched it to reveal this broad diaphonous swish of a nebula! The hazy cloud breaks off into a couple of fingers as it runs N-S.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	BN
CON	Car
Mag	11.0
PA
Class	EN

ID #	59	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 3228		Center (RA, hms): 10h 21m 25.753s Center (Dec, dms): -51° 44' 15.803" Size: 32.1 x 32.1 arcmin Radius: 0.378 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.6 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240203_015522 This nice clump of 8 or so medium-bright stars forms an easy-to-see, distinct pattern against the surrounding field stars.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Vel
Mag	6.0
PA
Class	II3p

ID #	60	Image	Astrometry.net	Notes
Target Name	NGC 3603		Center (RA, hms): 11h 15m 08.012s Center (Dec, dms): -61° 15' 37.213" Size: 33.8 x 33.8 arcmin Radius: 0.398 deg Pixel scale: 1.91 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.8 degrees E of N	SLOOH Chile2 20240208_015954 This open cluster is so condensed it could almost be mistaken for a globular cluster except that it's very out of round. The cluster is asymmetric and some nice nebulosity emanates from its lower right.
Alt Names
Common Name
Type	OC
CON	Car
Mag	9.1
PA
Class	II3mn

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