Event: Star Party - Aug 2025
Date: 24-Aug-2025
Location: Outskirts of Chennai
Bortle Class: Class 4 - Class 5
My Gears:
- Binocular: Celestron outland 10x50
- DSLR Canon T4i with Samyang 135mm F2
Members Gears for visual
- 8" dobsonian (GSO)
- 6" dobsonian (BRESSER MESSIER)
| Object name | Category | gears used |
|---|---|---|
| Andromeda Galaxy (M31) | Galaxy | Telescope |
| Edward Young Star (M110) | Galaxy | telescope |
| Pleiades (M45) | Open Star cluster | Binocular |
| Hyades | Open Star cluster | Binocular |
| Butterfly Cluster (M6) | Open Star Cluster | Binocular |
| Ptolemy’s Cluster (M7) | Open Star Cluster | Binocular |
| Lagoon Nebula (M8) | Emission nebula | Binocular + DSLR |
| Trifid Nebula (M20) | Emission, Reflection nebula and dark Nebula | Binocular + DLSR |
| Omega Nebula / Swan Nebula (M17) | Emission Nebula | Dobs |
| Helix Nebula | Planetary Nebula | (/w AP gears) |
| Ring Nebula (M57) | Planetary Nebula | Dobs |
| The α Persei Association | Open Cluster | Binocular |
| Triangulum Galaxy | Galaxy | Binocular + Dobs |
| Saturn | Planet | Dobs |