Many thanks to Bob Mizon for his entertaining and educational talk. Several members requested that we make the list of ten targets for light-polluted astronomers available, so here goes:
Object | Type | Where | Finder |
NGC752 | Open Cluster | Andromeda | Track right from the base of triangulum |
Gamma Andromedae | Double Star with high colour contrast | Andromeda | Last bright star in Andromeda moving up from Pegasus |
Kemble’s Cascade
The Wristwatch and NGC1502 |
Asterism; star chain and includes an open cluster | Camelopardus | Find Perseus then extend a line Algol to Mirphak by approx 1.5 the distance |
h3945 | Optical (line of sight) double with high colour contrast | Canis Majoris | Find Sirius. Track down to delta (Wezen). The double is up and left from there. |
Y Canum Venaticorum
La Superba HIP62223 |
Red star | Canes Venatici | Approx halfway between Cor Caroli and Phad (in the Plough) |
NGC457
The Owl (Stick Man) |
Open Cluster | Cassiopeia | Extend line from epsilon to delta by about half again. |
R and T Coronae Borealis | Variable stars | Corona Borealis | Star chart recommended |
Sigma Draconis | Star with high apparent velocity (2.3″ per year) | Draco | Near epsilon |
Stock 4 | Open Cluster | Perseus | Find double cluster and use a pointer — 7 degrees away on same declination |
NGC7331 | Sc Spiral Galaxy with off-centre nucleus | Pegasus | Consult a star chart |