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Two in the View Observing Program - Summer through Early Fall
15h–23h
A photo journey of my observing adventures with the SeeStar S50 all-in-one telescope/camera.
All images were taken at Deerlick Astronomy Village (DAV) in Crawfordville GA, 33.553879, -82.761069,
Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center (CEWC) in Mansfield GA, 33.468865, -83.735319, or my home in Atlanta (ATL) near Mercer University. All times are local.
Two images are included for each target.
First is the initial framing shot with targets labeled or a similar substitute with labels; the second is an unlabeled image with slightly longer exposure - this is the "prettier one".
Images were only briefly processed with (1) an auto denoise inTopaz and (2) a curves & HDR tweak in Photoshop CS5.
For a few large FOV targets, Microsoft I.C.E was used to make a mosaic of multiple frames.
Observed for the Astronomical League's Two in the View Observing Program's imaging certificate
Marie Lott, Atlanta, GA
Updated 07/14/24 10:53 AM -0400

Index→
Observing list targets #77–109
20 objects observed
includes 3 DIY combos
# Location Date Conditions Framing
Image
with Labels		 Final
Image		 NGC Magnitude Type RA Dec Constellation Notes Best/Last
Month
77 DAV 5/1/2024
23:27		 S4/5
T3/5
69°F		 NGC 5839 5845 5846 5850 NGC 5839 5845 5846 5850 5839 5845
5846 5850		 13.7 12.5
10.0 10.7		 galaxies 15h 05m 27s 01 38' 04'' Virgo ~ 06 Jun
78 DAV 5/1/2024
23:00		 S4/5
T3/5
70°F		 NGC 5981 5982 5985 NGC 5981 5982 5985 5981 5982 5985 13.9 12 11.9 gal/gal 15h 38m 40s 59 21' 21'' Draco ~ 06 Jun
79 DAV 5/28/24 S2/5
T2.5/5
69°F		 Xi Scorpii and STF1999 Xi Scorpii and STF 1999 Xi Scorpii (HD 144069)
STF1999 (HD 144087)
 4.9/7.3 8.5/11.0 dbl star/dbl star 16h 04m 22s -11 22' 23" Scorpius ~ 06 Jun
80 DAV 5/29/24
01:03-01:07
3 images stitched; glare
on left is from Antares		 S2/5
T2.5/5
69°F		 M4 and NGC 6144 M$ and NGC 6144 M4 6144 (very wide)

 5.4 9.0 GC/GC 16h 23m 36s -26 31' 31" Scorpius ~ 06 Jun
81 DAV 5/1/24
23:37		 S4/5
T3/5
69°F		 M13 (NGC 6205) 6207 M13 (NGC 6205) 6207 M13 6207 5.8 12.2 GC /gal 16h 41m 41s 36 27' 37'' Hercules ~ 06 Jun
82 M6 6416

 4.2 5.7 OC/OC 17h 40m 17s -32 16' 00" Scorpius ~ 07 Jul
83 DAV 5/1/2024
23:49		 S4/5
T3/5
68°F		 86 Mu Herculis, double star 86 Herculis double star 86 Mu Herculi;
tiny red "B" star
companion is visible!		 3.4 9.8 triple star 17h 44m 57s 27 20' 05'' Hercules 9.8 is a double star
very hard to split-
two red dwarfs that
appear blue		 07 Jul
84 M7
Cr355(=tr30)
 6453		 3.3 8.8 10.2 OC/OC/GC 17h 53m 54s -34 47' 00" Scorpius 07 Jul
85 M20 M21 6.3 5.9 OC/OC 18h 02m 31s -23 01' 00" Sagittarius 07 Jul
86 6522 6528 9.9 9.6 GC/GC 18h 03m 35s -30 02' 02'' Sagittarius 07 Jul
87 6523(M8) 6530 5.0 4.6 neb/OC 18h 04m 03s -24 18' 00" Sagittarius Lagoon 07 Jul
88 6568 6583 8.6 10.0 OC/OC 18h 12m 48s -21 35' 00" Sagittarius 07 Jul
89 M17 M18 6.0 6.9 neb/OC 18h 21m 09s -16 11' 00" Sagittarius Omega Nebula 07 Jul
90 DAV 5/29/24
00:51		 S2/5
T2.5/5
69°F		 NGC 6664 and Trumpler 34 (TR 34) NGC 6664 and Trumpler 34 (TR 34) 6664
Cr387=Tr34

Note: Tr34 is lovely but NGC 6664 is almost
indistinguishable from the background! 
I mapped it with SkySafari to verify HD stars ID'd
in my image by astrometry.net
 (screenshot available unpon request).		 7.8 8.6 OC/OC 18h 36m 31s -08 11' 00" Scutum 07 Jul
91 6723 6729 6.8 7.9 GC/BN 18h 59m 33s -36 37' 54" Corona Australis 07 Jul
92 6755 6756 7.5 10.6 OC/OC 19h 07m 40s 04 14' 00" Aquila 08 Aug
93 DAV 5/28/24
23:59
15 images
stitched		 S2/5
T2.5/5
69°F		 The Coathanger & NGC 6802 astrometry The Coathange (Cr399) & NGC 6802 Cr399 6802 3.6 8.8 OC/OC 19h 26m 39s 20 11' 40" Vulpecula 6802 is on the end
of the coathanger		 08 Aug
94 6818 6822 9.9 9.3 PN/gal 19h 43m 58s -14 09' 10" Sagittarius Lttle Gem & Barnards Galaxy 08 Aug
95 DAV 5/28/24
23:12		 S2/5
T2.5/5
69°F
 Blinking Planetary (NGC 6826) & 61 Cyg DS Blinking Planetary (NGC 6826) & 61 Cyg DS 6826 Cygnii 16 9.8 6.0/6.3 PN/dbl star 19h 44m 48s 50 31' 31'' Cygnus "Blinking Planetary"
and double star 		08 Aug
96 DAV 5/29/24
00:24		 S2/5
T2.5/5
69°F		 M71 with Harvard 20 M71 Harvard 20 8.4 7.7 OC/OC 19h 53m 46s 18 46' 42" Sagitta 08 Aug
97 DAV 5/29/24
00:32		 S2/5
T2.5/5
69°F
 NGC 6882/6885 NGC 6882/6885 6882 6885
According to Sky Safari, "the clusters NGC 6882 and
NGC 6885 are not readily distinguishable as
separate entities". Both involve bright star 20 Vul.
NGC 6885 is contained within NGC 6882 		8.1 6.0 OC/OC 20h 12m 00s 26 29' 00" Velpecula open cluster inside
another open cluster		 08 Aug
98 DAV 5/29/24
00:13		 S2/5
T2.5/5
69°F		 Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) & NGC 6939 Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) & NGC 6939 6939 6946 7.8 9.6 OC/gal 20h 31m 32s 60 39' 14" Cygnus  NGC 6946 = Fireworks Gx 08 Aug
99 DAV 6/8/24
01:24
 S2.5/5
T4.5		 Western Veil with 52 Cygnii with labels
2 images stitched		 Western Veil with 52 Cygni
2 images stitched		 6960 
52 Cygnii		 na 4.2/8.7 neb/dbl star 20h 45m 54s 30 43' 00'' Cygnus
100 DAV 6/8/24
00:41		 S2.5/5
T4/5		 NGC 719 and NGC 7142 with labels NGC 7129 (=IC 5134) and NGC 7142 7129
(=IC 5134) 7142		 11.5 9.3 OC/OC 21h 42m 00s 66 05' 00" Cepheus 09 Sep
101 7317 7318B 7319 7320 13.6 13.9 13.1 13.2 galaxies 22h 35m 52s 33 56' 43" Pegasus Stephans Quintet 09 Sep
102 7332 7339 12 13.1 gal/gal 22h 37m 25s 23 47' 54'' Pegasus need magnification
to see these in a
less than 16" scope		 09 Sep
103 7385 7386 12.0 12.3 gal/gal 22h 49m 55s 11 36' 31" Pegasus 09 Sep
104 7245 IC1442 9.2 9.1 OC/OC 22h 15m 18s 54 20' 00" Lacerta 09 Sep
105 7448 7454
7463 7465		 11.6 11.8
13.8 12.6		 galaxies 23h 00m 04s 15 58' 50" Pegasus 10 Oct
106 7507 7513 11.4 11.4 gal/gal 23h 12m 08s -28 32' 21" Sculptor 10 Oct
107 7611 7619 7626
 
 12.5 11.0 11.1 galaxies 23h 20m 14s 08 12' 23" Pegasus magnification required 10 Oct
108 DAV 1/31/2024
22:01		 S2.5/5
T4/5		 M52 and NGC 7635 (Bubble) M52 and NGC 7635 (Bubble) M52 7635 6.9 10 OC/neb 23h 24m 50s 61 35' 51" Cassiopeia Bubble n=Nebula 10 Oct
109 DAV 2/2/2024
21:02		 S3/5
T4/5		 NGC 7788 7790 NGC 7788 7790 7788 7790 9.4 8.5 OC/OC 23h 56m 44s 61 23' 53" Cassiopeia 10 Oct
110 ATL 5/31/2024
04:28
(composite of 
two different exposures
of the same frame)		 S1/5
T1/5		 Moon & Saturn, FOV in Sky Safari The Moon says hello to Saturn Any planet (Saturn) and the Moon N.A. Planet/moon 23h 21m 05s -06 49' 06" Aquarius   ~
114.10 DAV 5/2/2024
00:02		 S3/5
T2/5		 NGC 6543 (Caldwell 6) with IC 4677 & NGC 6552 NGC 6543 (Caldwell 6) with IC 4677 & NGC 6552 Caldwell 6 (6543), 6552,
and IC 4677		 8.1 14.5 15.7  PN/gal/PN 17h 58m 33.3s 66 37' 59" Draco Cat's Eye Nebula 7-Jul
114.11 DAV 5/29/2024
01:54		 S2/5
T2.5/5
68°F
Clouds coming in,
moon rising		 NGC 6193 and NGC 6188 NGC 6193 and NGC 6188 Caldwell 82 (6193) and
Rim Nebula (6188)		 5.2  5.2 PC/BN 16h 42m 27.8s -48 50' 42.2" Ara