A nice moment to say goodbye to winter constellation Orion, which with its incomparable M42 disappears behind houses and roofs at my place. Equinox was some days ago.
After saying goodbye, I focused on M94. An extragalactic system in Canis Venatici that can still be observed from the city with smaller instruments. Since daylight-saving had just kicked in, I did not observe it until 10 p.m. local time ( 20.00"Tho we gotta say goodbye for the summer", (Brian Hyland 1962)
During star hopping I shot too far ahead and Cor Caroli blazed into view. The Heart of Charlemagne (800 A.D.), a famous king of the Middle Ages. Also a nice double star. Magnitude 2.9 and 5.5, separation 19". I didn't have a sketch of that yet either. Herewith, this one was made in Paint. I used the heart of Charlemagne right away to briefly test the
And while in the neighborhood, the large cluster in