Nice clear night, about 0 degrees, no moon.
Facing South-West or so, go the streetlight to deal with but these were easy targets.
M93 – Magnitude 6.2 open cluster in Puppis. Find Zeta-Pup in the finder scope then pan 1.5 degrees toward 2 o’clock, there it is.
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M47 – Magnitude 4.4 open cluster in Monoceros. Find Alpha-Mon, and pan 5 degrees toward 7 o’clock. There it is. Not very dense but a around 10 bright stars.
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M46 – Magnitude 6.1 open cluster, a little over a degree from M47 toward 9:30. Denser than M6, and stars are dimmer, but of equal magnitude more or less. It’s prettier than M47.
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M44 (Praesepe or Beehive Cluster) – Magnitude 3.1 open cluster in Cancer – this should have been so easy to find….but if you confuse Hydra and Gemini, it will take longer. Once I realized I was looking at Alpha- and Beta-Gemeni, I oriented myself and found M44 with the naked eye. Then in the finder scope, then through the 25mm EP. It’s very wide…maybe 2.5 degrees?
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M67 – 6.7 magnitude open cluster in Cancer – Found Alpha-Can in the finder, then panned a couple degrees toward 4:30. A bit like M46, but more variation in star size.
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