2011-10-22, Sight Report

Ankeny, backyard at home
2011/10/22 22:00 – 2011/10/23 01:00 CST

45 F, clouds 50-80%, some haze/humidity

What I saw:

* M31
Equipment: Zhumell Z10 10″ Newtonian reflector

* Jupiter
Equipment: Zhumell Z10 10″ Newtonian reflector
moons were different than 10/20, three very close on the left (Europa, Io, Callisto), first lined up, then in an “L” pattern. One (Ganymede) on the right.

* M103
Equipment: Zhumell Z10 10″ Newtonian reflector
new one, open cluster in Cassiopea

* M45
Equipment: Zhumell Z10 10″ Newtonian reflector
Pleiades didn’t show a lot of non central stars again

* M34
Equipment: Zhumell Z10 10″ Newtonian reflector
open cluster, new one, found on accident while looking around the Andromeda vicinity, found in Perseus.

* Attempted M33
Equipment: Zhumell Z10 10″ Newtonian reflector
again…no dice