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2420 and "Companion"

Started by Milt, 02/04/2005 05:01PM
Posted 02/04/2005 05:01PM Opening Post
Last night AZ skies were finally clear with less than gail force winds. After working on my list of open clusters using a Panoptic that gave me about 1.1° TFOV, I swung over to Saturn and what should I see, but another OC practically next door. It was 2420, one of Dave Mitsky's February objects. If you are observing Saturn over the next few nights, try a lower power ep and put a DSO in the field. Kind of cool realizing that distant Saturn is actually way in the foreground!

Clear skies, Milt
Posted 02/06/2005 05:12AM | Edited 02/06/2005 05:13AM #1
Hi Milton,

We have cloudy skies here in N. California, so I thought I would pull up your description on Desktop Universe. Wow, it should be a very nice sight for wide field scopes. I think the little Eskimo will need some power though to bring out any kind of detail. There are lots of wonderful open clusters a bit lower, just to the left of the bottom of Orion. The Milky way spills through the area.


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