![]() About 2 hours imaging total, and processed using PixInsight for a color image of globular cluster M56. The following image was taken with 32-inch scope, with ZWO ASI 6200 camera, RGB and Lum Filters. A dark region sits just off the western edge. It has an uneven texture with some N-S elongation. Some unevenness of texture with little or no center brightness or concentration.ĭecember 16th 1998 with a 102mm refractor Irregular shape, no resolution of stars, but some faint stars visible surrounding the cluster. Fairly bright, small, mostly round and appearing as an unresolvable patch. October 5th 1997, using a 3.5-inch Maksutov-Cassegrain at 146x. The cluster has a subtle N-S elongation, with a couple prominent star chains leading off toward the north. Many faint outliers sparkling with averted vision. In my 10-inch 160x, I see M56 as fairly large, bright and with a mostly even concentration of stars, with good resolution. M56 is not nearly as large and as well-concentrated as some other globulars such as M2, M3, M13 and M14 and among a few others. Roger Ivester: Observer from North Carolina The facility has been featured in Astronomy Magazine ( February 2016, Pages 54-57) and the Las Vegas Review Journal and other publications, and media. I was fortunate to be able to play a role in the Mount Potosi Observing Complex in Southern Nevada, facilitating a $50,000 telescope donation by Dr. As of November 2019, Sue has agreed to help compile and edit the challenge report. Sue wrote the very popular monthly “Deep-Sky Wonders” column for twenty years. In October 2018, Sue French, “Contributing Editor” for “Sky & Telescope Magazine” became the Observer’s Challenge special advisor, after many years as a participant. All of the reports to-date are included in the following link. The challenge report will celebrate its 15th year in 2023. The Observer’s Challenge is an international deep-sky observing report, which allows any serious amateur the opportunity to share notes, sketches and images for a preselected deep-sky object on a monthly basis. I am the co-founder of the Observer’s Challenge report, along with Fred Rayworth of Las Vegas. I began making pencil sketches, which really helped me to become a far better visual observer. And fortunately by this time, I was also living in a much darker area. In 1992 I became a much more serious observer, with a new 10-inch EQ Meade reflector. It was Brad that wanted to join the astronomy club. This got me back into astronomy after a five year hiatus. In 1985 a local astronomy club was formed and I became a member with my youngest son, Brad. I’d moved to an area packed with houses and street lights, but I made the best of the situation and continued to observe. However, b y this time the fabulous skies of my early years were gone. This was not my first choice, as I really wanted the 6-inch Super Space Conquerer, but the 4 1/4-inch was the best my budget would allow at that time. It wasn’t until the mid-70’s that I acquired my very own telescope, a 4 1/4-inch Edmund Newtonian EQ reflector. The sky was velvety black with the Milky Way extending almost to the southern horizon. ![]() It was a fabulous place for a budding new amateur astronomer, completely devoid of light pollution. I grew up in the foothills of North Carolina, in a very rural area. One of my older brothers had purchased a 60mm EQ refractor. I became interested in astronomy in the mid-60’s at the age of twelve. I’m hopeful that you’ll find it both interesting and possibly beneficial in your future observations.
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