time to pull the plug

Catching up on Astro Logs again... Equipment: Orion Skyview 6 Deluxe EQ, 32mm, 15mm, 9mm eyepieces, OIII filter. New objects observed: Messier 72, Messier 30, Palomar 12?, NGC 188, NGC 7293 Previous objects observed: M31, M32, M110, M33 New location! Keechelus Lake Notes: Catching up on these again, sigh. This time, I investigated a dark site at Keechelus Lake up by Snoqualmie Pass. It has the advantage of being a much shorter drive than the other sites I've investigated, but on the downside the sky isn't as dark as it is at Sunrise or Mt.

This an updated list of the Messier objects I've observed, both at home and remote locations, with a bonus list of the Messier objects I still have to observe. 72 76 Messier objects observed Messier 1 - 1 Messier 2 - 2   Messier 3 - 1 Messier 4 - 1 Messier 5 - 2 Messier 6 - 1   Messier 8 - 2   Messier 9 - 1   Messier 11 - 1 Messier 13 - 4   Messier 14 - 1 Messier 16 - 2   Messier 17 -  2   Messier 18 - 1   Messier 19 - 1   Messier 20 - 2 Messier 21 - 2 Messier 22 - 1 Messier 26 - 1 Messier 27 - 1 Messier 28 - 1 Messier 29 - 1 Messier 30 - 1 Messier 31 - 18 Messier 32 - 17 Messier 33 - 5 Messier 34 - 1 Messier 35 - 1 Messier 36 - 2 Messier 37 - 1 Messier 38 - 1 Messier 39 - 1   Messier 41 - 1   Messier 42 - 5   Messier 44 - 1   Messier 45 - 1   Messier 46 - 1   Messier 47 - 1   Messier 49 - 1   Messier 50 - 1   Messier 51 - 1   Messier 52 - 1   Messier 53 - 2   Messier 54 - 2   Messier 56 - 1   Messier 57 - 5   Messier 58 - 1   Messier 60 - 1   Messier 62 - 1   Messier 63 - 1   Messier 64 - 1   Messier 67 - 1   Messier 69 - 1 Messier 70 - 1 Messier 71 - 1 Messier 72 - 1 Messier 73 - 1 Messier 74 - 1 Messier 76 - 1 Messier 77 - 1   Messier 80 - 1   Messier 81 - 9   Messier 82 - 8   Messier 84 - 1   Messier 86 - 1   Messier 87 - 3   Messier 89 - 1 Messier 92 - 3   Messier 94 - 3   Messier 97 - 1 Messier 101 - 1   Messier 102 - 1 (according to some, anyway) Messier 103 - 1   Messier 104 - 1 Messier 106 - 1 Messier 110 - 5

Catching up on Astro Logs again... Equipment: Celestron AstroMaster 76 EQ, Orion Skyview 6 Deluxe EQ, 32mm, 15mm, 9mm, 6mm, 4mm eyepieces. New objects observed: Messier 34 Previous objects observed: Jupiter, Messier 31, Messier 32, Messier 77 Notes: Went out to see if it's easier to look at Jupiter with my f/9 3" telescope or not. It was, but not so much that I'll likely do so a lot. Jupiter was less washed out looking though.

Catching up on Astro Logs again... Equipment: Orion Skyview 6 Deluxe EQ, 32mm, 25mm, 15mm eyepieces. New objects observed: Messier 77, Messier 74, NGC 253 (Sculptor Galaxy) Previous objects observed: Messier 31, Messier 32, Messier 110, Messier 33 New location! At Johnston Ridge Observatory, near Mt. St. Helens. Actually, when I got to Johnston Ridge, it was extremely windy. So windy I was having to brace myself against the high winds and was not confident that the wind wouldn't blow my telescope over.

Catching up on Astro Logs again... Equipment: Orion Skyview 6 Deluxe EQ, 32mm, 15mm, 9mm, 6mm, 4mm, and 6mm + 2x Barlow eyepieces. Previous objects observed: Messier 31, Messier 32, Uranus Notes: Not much to say. Got M31 and M32, and observed Uranus again this year. I think it was after this night I decided I had to clean my eyepieces off finally.

Catching up on Astro Logs again... Equipment: Orion Skyview 6 Deluxe EQ. New objects observed: Messier 36 Notes: Knocked off Messier 36, but forgot to note anything else I did that night or what eyepieces I used. As I recall, it was pretty pathetic all around.

Catching up on Astro Logs again... Equipment: Orion Skyview 6 Deluxe EQ, 32mm, 15mm, 9mm, 6mm eyepieces, OIII filter. New objects observed: Messier 101, NGC 6992 + NGC 6995 + NGC 6960 (East & West Veil Nebula), Stock 2, Messier 76 Previous objects observed: Messier 31, Messier 32, Messier 110, Messier 33, NGC 884 & NGC 869 (Double Cluster) New location! A spot in the middle of nowhere near Mt. St.

It's been a little over a year since I started observing things with my telescope, so I'm taking the time to count up the various Messier objects I've been able to see, and how many times I've tagged an Astro Log with that Messier object. This doesn't mean I've only seen that object that many times - I may not have tagged it, or just didn't bother writing something down.

From the list, I've found 60 total, assuming you count NGC 5866 as Messier 102. If not, then it's 59. Not bad for the first year at this latitude. The five most tagged objects are M31 (12), M32 (11), M81 (9), M82 (8), and M57 (5). I'm more than halfway there, and I've been getting better and finding the more difficult objects. There are some, though, that I'm going to have to try and get at much darker skies than my house, either because they're rather dim or because they're so far south on the horizon (looking at you, Scorpius and Sagittarius) that I can't get them through buildings, haze, and skyglow from here.

Messier 2  - 2  
Messier 3   - 1
Messier 4   -   1
Messier 5  - 2
Messier 6  - 1  
Messier 8   - 2  
Messier 9  - 1  
Messier 11 - 1
Messier 13  - 4  
Messier 16  - 2  
Messier 17 -  2  
Messier 18  - 1  
Messier 19 - 1  
Messier 20 - 2
Messier 21  -  2
Messier 22 - 1
Messier 26 - 1
Messier 27 -  1
Messier 28 - 1
Messier 29  - 1
Messier 31 - 12
Messier 32 - 11
Messier 33  -   2  
Messier 41 - 1  
Messier 42  -  4  
Messier 44 - 1  
Messier 45 - 1  
Messier 46 - 1  
Messier 47  - 1  
Messier 49 - 1  
Messier 50   -  1  
Messier 51 - 1  
Messier 52 - 1  
Messier 53 -  2  
Messier 54  - 2  
Messier 56 -  1  
Messier 57 - 5  
Messier 58  - 1  
Messier 60  - 1  
Messier 62 - 1  
Messier 63 - 1  
Messier 64 - 1  
Messier 67 -  1  
Messier 71 - 1
Messier 73  - 1  
Messier 8   - 2  
Messier 80  - 1  
Messier 81  - 9  
Messier 82 - 8  
Messier 84  - 1  
Messier 86 - 1  
Messier 87 - 3  
Messier 89 - 1
Messier 92 - 3  
Messier 94  -  3  
Messier 97  - 1  
Messier 102 - 1  
Messier 103 - 1  
Messier 104 - 1
Messier 106 - 1
Messier 110 - 2

One in a series of entries catching up on a serious backlog of Astro Logs. Equipment: Orion Skyview 6 Deluxe EQ, 32mm, 15mm, 9mm, 6mm eyepieces. OIII filter. New objects observed: M71 (supposedly), M27 (supposedly), NGC 7027 Previous objects observed: NGC 6543 (if I remember right, anyway), M2, M31, M32 Notes: Catching up on a massive backlog of Astro Logs I let develop. Unfortunately, all I have are the notes I left on Twitter about what I saw.

One in a series of entries catching up on a serious backlog of Astro Logs. Equipment: Orion Skyview 6 Deluxe EQ, 32mm, 15mm, 9mm, 6mm eyepieces. OIII filter. New objects observed: NGC 6207 Previous objects observed: Double Cluster (NGC 884 & NGC 869), M31, M32, M110, M33, M13, M92 Notes: Catching up on a massive backlog of Astro Logs I let develop. Unfortunately, all I have are the notes I left on Twitter about what I saw.