helicon wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:30 pm Great report Alan and certainly well worthy of today's VROD! Congratulations and thank you for sharing it.

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Thank you Michael.

What an impressive report! Well done!



Thank you John.



Incredible report, Alan! You guys (you and Andrey) never cease to amaze with your ability to "seek out and explore" these 13 and 14 mag galaxies!! This session is certainly VROD worthy, be it six years ago or today!!

Dave



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Very fine first light Larry. Glad you enjoy the scope and looking forward to some more reporting from you!

What a great night with impressive haul of galaxies, Alan! You have inspired me to go back to Leo, although like you I may need to wait until the spring.

Looking at the galaxy info you have provided, most of them should be within the reach of my 14". So more of Abell 1367 members waiting for me ...

Being very inspired by the recent report from Andrey (Bigzmey) in which he took on the Leo Galaxy Cluster (Abell 1367), I checked into my records and found this observing report for an evening nearly six years ago from our dark site using the 17.5 inch. My main thrust for that evening was to do ...

Thank you John. Your sketch conveys well what this object looks like under brighter skies. As you mentioned only the brighter stars will be seen, which unfortunately dilutes the true visual appearance of the field. But of course each must work with the skies they have.

Excellent binocular report for this winter staple Michael. Glad you had the opportunity to get out there.

Very solid report John and a well deserved VROD.

Great report Andrey, and glad you and the Mrs. had a chance to see the event. Hearty congrats on the solid VROD.

Very nicely done Andrey! A fine multi-faceted report that is most assuredly VROD worthy my friend.

An outstanding report my friend, and 200% worthy of the awarded VROD. Leo is an absolute treasure trove for the galaxy hunter as you well know. You are getting an early start on the spring skies, but I know you are trying to take advantage of the skies you have now versus those during ...

An outstanding report my friend, and 200% worthy of the awarded VROD. Leo is an absolute treasure trove for the galaxy hunter as you well know. You are getting an early start on the spring skies, but I know you are trying to take advantage of the skies you have now versus those during traditional ...

I have never seen an occultation.
I have been reading about the January 13 occultation for some time and was hoping for a chance to see it. It has been so cold and cloudy lately that I figured the chance was slim to none. I have been experimenting
with solar viewing out the window and it has been ...

Nice capture Graeme, great that you are starting the new year on a high note!



Thanks Andrey. Alan has got me right into Open Clusters, I find them fascinating.



:lol: And I never expected to bring you into the OC camp! But that said, I am very glad you are seeing them in a new light ...

Here are my experiences with this month’s challenge objects. The observations of the triplet of clusters happened in late 2016 from our then Bortle 5 backyard using my 12 inch.

NGC 1758 (Taurus, open cluster, mag=8,7, size=9.0’):
Going back to Alnath I swept about 7° to the southwest to find a ...

Welcome to a new year my friends. I sincerely hope that you all had a terrific holiday season. Did you get any new astronomy tools – I certainly hope so! :icon-smile:



A couple of excellent astronomy books but no astronomy tools for Christmas here! I did get a set of Hohner Special 20 ...

Thank you Andrey. Your reporting on the objects is very much appreciated and the descriptions are spot on.

Hope you had a good holiday season there, and hopefully this will be a good year for observing!

The first edition for 2025 of the DSO Challenge is now up for your pursuit. I hope to see images of some of the objects as your time and skies permit. Good luck!


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The first edition of the TSS Monthly DSO Challenge for this new year is up for your reading and participation pleasure. You can find it at the below link, and I do hope you share your experiences with those objects that grace your local skies. Good luck and Happy New Year!


https://theskysearchers ...

Welcome to a new year my friends. I sincerely hope that you all had a terrific holiday season. Did you get any new astronomy tools – I certainly hope so! :icon-smile: Anyway, this month we shall be getting more into the northern winter and the southern summer, and all the various types of weather ...