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Tag: NGC 4565

NGC 4565 – Needle Galaxy

03/20/2023 – EAA – First Day of Spring Galaxies
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03/20/2023 – EAA – First Day of Spring Galaxies

March 21, 2023 by Hersey

Clear night with temperatures in the low 40s. Little cool for the first day of Spring, but nice and clear. Spring welcomes in Galaxy season! Lots of faint fuzzy far off galaxies out there to enjoy. Which is one of the reasons…

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EAA – 05/28/2022 – Just Looking Around…
Clusters Deep Sky Galaxies Nebula Observing 

EAA – 05/28/2022 – Just Looking Around…

May 29, 2022 by Hersey

A warm, humid, clear night. Temperatures in the mid-70’s and lots of mosquitos. If it was not for EAA I probably would have been eaten alive. I started out the night with not much of a plan, but I did want to…

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EAA – 04/22/2022 – CN April Challenge, a Messier, and a Galaxy or two…
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EAA – 04/22/2022 – CN April Challenge, a Messier, and a Galaxy or two…

April 23, 2022 by Hersey

First night I have been able to do a bit of EAA since the beginning of the month. Clouds, work, grandkids, and just life in general has kept the cover on the scope for the past few weeks. Last night was mostly…

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EAA – 03/05/2022 – Galaxies, Clusters, Nebula
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EAA – 03/05/2022 – Galaxies, Clusters, Nebula

March 6, 2022 by Hersey

The forecast had not looked very promising last night. It was suppose to be mostly cloud but just before dark the skies were mostly clear so I put the Celestron C6 SCT on the mount and balanced everything. The skies stayed pretty…

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