Event: Star Party - April 2025
Date: 29-April-2025
Location: Outskirts of Chennai
Bortle Class: Class 4 - Class 5
My Gears:
- Telescope: Celestron Astromaster 130EQ
- Binocular: Celestron outland 10x50
- Eyepiece: 20 mm explore scientific
and Got opportunity to experience members’ gears which includes
- GSO 8" dobs
- Celestron Nexstar 8SE
- AP gears etc.
What we observed:
| Object name | Category | Timings | gears used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beehive cluster (M44) | Open Cluster | ~ before 11 pm | Binocular + Telescope |
| Lagoon Nebula (M8) | Emission Nebula | ~ after 11 pm | Binocular + telescope |
| Ring Nebula (M57) | Planetary Nebula | ~ after 11 pm | Telescope (8" dobs) |
| Tiangong Satellite | Space Station | ~19:15 | Binocular |
| Trifid Nebula | Open Cluster | ~ after 11 pm | Binocular + Telescope |
| Vaccum Cleaner Galaxy (M109) | Barred Spiral Galaxy | Telescope (8" dobs) | |
| Spider Globular Cluster (M4) | Globular Cluster | ||
| Butterfly Cluster (M6) | Open Cluster | ||
| Ptolemy Cluster (M7) | Open Cluster | ||
| Dumbbell Nebula (M27) | Planetary Nebula | Telescope (8" dobs) | |
| Cladwell 76 / Baby Scorpion Cluster | Open Cluster | ||
| Jupiter and it’s moons | Planet | ||
| Venus | Planet | ||
| Saturn | Planet | ||
| Great Sagittarius Cluster (M22) | Globular Cluster | Binocular + Telescope | |
| Sombrero Galaxy | Spiral Galaxy | Telescope (8" dobs) | |
| Centaurus A | Galaxy | Telescope (8" dobs) | |
| Omega Centauri | Globular Cluster | Binocular + Telescope | |
| Jewel Box / Cappa Cricis cluster | Open Cluser | Telescope | |
| Orion Nebula | HII Region | Binocular + Telescope | |
| A Meteor (Might be from lyrid meteor showers) | meteor | Between 3 - 4 | Naked Eye |
| Leo Triplets | Galaxies | Telescope (8"" dobs) and with some APs | |
| Sun Spots | Star | ~ sunset | Celestron Nexstar 8SE with solar filter |
| Milky way | Galaxy | ~ 12 pm | Naked Eye |