[AZ-Observing] Re: The Tau Canis Majoris Cluster
- From: Chris Schur <comets133@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:30:17 -0700 (PDT)
Steve, I remember looking at S301 visually, yes that might be a great target.
Clear Skies,
Chris
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From: stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: The Tau Canis Majoris Cluster
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 3:35 PM
Chris;
What a beauty! Also one of my favorites, that bright triple star in the
middle, AJ and I have called it "Tau and the boys".
The astrograph does indeed do a fine job, sharp star images and good
color. It really appears as a cluster "in front" of the Milky Way.
I'll bet Sharpless 2-301 would do great. It is fairly low surface
brightness, but lots of detail and fairly large. I remember it showing
some detail in the 13 inch with a UHC filter and taking up most of the
field of view in the 22mm Panoptic. Give it a try.
Clear skies;
Steve Coe
> HI all,
> This ranks pretty high on my lists of favorite visual and photographic
> objects, NGC2362 in CMa. A brilliant blue saphire on black velvet
> surrounded by a swarm of attending minute blue stars makes for a
> spectacular combination.? The Orion Astrograph did a fine job on this
> object, bringing out many of the faintest cluster members.? You'll enjoy
> this one!
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> http://www.schursastrophotography.com/xtiastro/ngc2362.html
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> Chris
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