NGC3532, NGC3114, NGC4755, Eta Car on 14 Aug 2007 (Observation 18)
Date:
14 Aug 2007 (NZST)
Time:
22:15 (NZST)
Title:
NGC3532, NGC3114, NGC4755, Eta Car
Observed various objects using C8 and 30mm eyepiece
Clusters NGC 3532, 3114, 4755 (Jewelbox), 3766 near Crux.
Eta Car dark bar prominent
Best exposures for photos
Jupiter satellites prime focus: 1/8" 1600 asa
Jupiter prime focus 1/125" 1600 asa
Quite poor conditions, Jupiter quite fuzzy
Also took some photos of impressive crescent Moon setting.
Moon (with Earthshine) age approx 1 day: 300 mm f/5.6 iso 200 exposure 2".
I usually write a blog post about once a week. The latest post can be viewed here: The Social Sciences: I hope you can see where my general frustration with social science comes from! (posted 2024-10-25 at 12:18:53). I do podcasts too!. You can listen to my latest podcast, here: OJB's Podcast 2024-08-22 Stirring Up Trouble: Let's just get every view out there and fairly debate them..
OBSERVATION PAGE