At 4/18/2005, you wrote:
>Wagner mentioned open clusters in his last post. I think I have a bit of
>a rep as being not too fond of opens, but in truth, some of the best
>eyepiece views are those filled with the sparkling gems of an open
>cluster. What are your favorites? I'd especially like to hear about nice
>opens off the beaten path, and ones that don't have the letter M in front
>of them. My all-time favorite is the double cluster, and the Pleiades in
>a good pair of binos is hard to beat.
>
I saw a lot of them from the southern hemisphere, the Milky Way is full of
them! The Jewel Box is nice (nice, not great), NGC 2516, NGC 3114...
But in the northern hemisphere.... NGC 7789, NGC 457, NGC 2362, NGC 6520...
Are you really going to start looking at open clusters, now that you're
almost done with your list? I think cataclysmic variables would be a good
choice (let me know when you find one on the way "up")...
Mark
Received on Mon Apr 18 14:10:05 2005