You, devoted reader, have been waiting patiently for updated news and goings-ons from the Observer's Blog headquarters and I have decided to hospitate your thirst with information gathered recently on a trip to the dark side. I have had scope and traveled.
There I peered into the universe at the Open Cluster NGC 7789 and marveled from a distance of 6,000 light-years. I gazed at Messier Object 52, an Open Cluster of stars 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. Two more NGC Objects, NGC 7510 and NGC 7142, were easy targets. From there I set my sights on Messier Object 25 the Open Cluster in Sagittarius, Messier Object 15, a Globular Cluster in Pegasus, the Open Cluster Messier Object 29 in Cygnus, Globular Cluster M2 in Aquarius, the very faint Globular Cluster M72 in Aquarius and the also very faint asterism of 4 stars, M73, in Aquarius. Then I went on to view the Globular Cluster M71 in Sagitta and, most spectacularly of all, the Dumbell nebula, M27, a Planetary Nebula in the constellation Vulpecula and the Double Cluster, NGC 869 and NGC 884 in Perseus. And, speaking of Perseus, this same night was the peak of the Perseid meteor shower and as I observed away at the stars I was privy to quite a few of those as well.
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