Barny (3. fr. left), and further right Johannes, Susanne and Christoph
Bela and Barny, with Adrian at the 10"
Observing from 18:00 to 22:30, with my 10-inch. With Barny, Bela and Johannes (club's youth group), together with some other observers.
Among the objects were comet Lulin in Leo, Saturn and many classical winter highlights, among them also M1, "Hubble's Variable Nebula"
NGC 2261 and the reddish stars in WZ Cas (color contrast) and R Leporis.
Barny (3. fr. left), and further right Johannes, Susanne and Christoph
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Bela and Barny, with Adrian at the 10"
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At the 10-inch: Barny ...
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... Ben ...
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... and an interested audience
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Again with Barny and Johannes, and some additional observers. Barny took his 18-inch along, I used my 10-inch. Observing from 18:30 to 23:30,
many winter and spring highlights; and not least the galaxies M82, NGC 4565 and NGC 4631, plus the globular M3, received much appreciation .
Barny sets up his 18-inch, with Johannes
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Johannes and Ben
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With Julian and his 10-inch, Johannes (HF) and Ralph, from 17:00 to 21:30. I took along my 120 mm refractor.
Orion above the Bavarian Alps
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Julian and Ben at their telescopes (both images: Julian Braun)
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Observing many open clusters, including the rich clusters M52, NGC 7789, NGC 663 und NGC 654 in the Cassiopeia region.
While I was active only in the evening and returned home, Ralph and Johannes stayed to watch the Quadrantids - they saw 5 meteors.
Ben with refractor in the beginning dusk
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Johannes in the dawn (Image: Ralph)
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