[AZ-Observing] Collinder 65

Howdy all;

I did get out for a little bit this weekend and I have been having some =
fun
doing wide angle stuff with binoculars and my little RFT refractor.  =
Here is
an observation of Cr 65 in Orion.  Position: 05 25 +16 06.

Collinder 65=20
=20
8X42 binoculars are perfect for this huge cluster.  I counted 23 stars =
that
are 70% of the field of view in the wide angle binoculars, that is a =
large
cluster.  It is obviously not compressed, there is a lovely triple star =
on
the southern edge of the group. =20

4" f/6 RFT refractor with 35mm Panoptic shows 28 stars of mags 6, 7 and =
8;
and another 30 pretty faint stars that fill the entire field of view in =
the
RFT!  I see it as very bright, extremely large and somewhat scattered at
17X.

It has been fun chasing this huge clusters with the wide field =
instruments.

Clear Skies to us all;
Steve Coe






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