Name/Designation | Right Ascension | Declination | Type | Magnitude | Size | Distance | Date |
Location | Instrument | Eyepiece | Filter | Notes |
NGC4052 | 12:02.0 | -63 14 | Open Cluster | 8.8 | 10' | 3.9KLY | April 10 2019 | Culburra |
400mm f4.5 Dobsonian | 13.8mmSWA/9mmNagler | | On a previous occasion could not pick this with 250mm aperture from a suburban location. Under the darker sky using
the larger telescope could see it 130x and at 200x it nearly filled the field. |
NGC4103 | 12:06.7 | -61 15 | Open Cluster | 7.4p | 7.0' | 3.9KLY | June 24 2000 | Barren Grounds |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 9.7mmSP | | Indistinct cluster, liitle more condensed than the surrounding field. A curved arrow shape among the cluster. |
NGC4337 | 12:23.9 | -58 08 | Open Cluster | 8.9 | 3.5' | | June 24 2000 | Barren Grounds |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 26mmPlossl+2xBarlow | | A semi-circle of stars abot 10' across surrounds a central star. There is a distinct equal-
brightness double star to the E. At the top of the arc lies an unresolved condensed region of faint stars. |
NGC4337 | 12:23.9 | -58 08 | Open Cluster | 8.9 | 3.5' | | May 11 2002 | Kangaloon |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 9.7mmSP | | Adjacent to an obvious and pretty binary. A loose, weak cluster. Rather like an ampitheatre, with one
star surrounded by an arc of stars. |
NGC4349 | 12:24.5 | -61 54 | Open Cluster | 7.4 | 16.0' | 5.5KLY | April 29 2000 | Cataract |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 9.7mmSP | | Approx 1/2 to 3/4 degree in diameter. Not especially different to background. |
NGC4349 | 12:24.5 | -61 54 | Open Cluster | 7.4 | 16.0' | 5.5KLY | May 11 2002 | Kangaloon |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 26mmPlossl | | Relatively rich and large. Round, with dark lanes. [Also observed Jan 15 1999] |
NGC4349 | 12:24.5 | -61 54 | Open Cluster | 7.4 | 16.0' | 5.5KLY | June 14 2018 | Culburra |
400mm f4.5 Dobsonian | 26mmDX | | Large and rich. Approximately 100 stars. Bright field star lies west. [Also observed Jan 15 1999] |
NGC4439 | 12:28.4 | -60 06 | Open Cluster | 8.4 | 4.0' | 5.2KLY | May 11 2002 | Kangaloon |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 26mmPlossl | | Very similar but smaller than NGC4337. |
NGC4609 | 12:42.3 | -62 58 | Open Cluster | 6.9 | 5.0' | 4.9KLY | May 11 2002 | Kangaloon |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 26mmPlossl | | Looks like a 'little Orion'. Oblong-shaped. |
Ruprecht 97 | 11:57.4 | -62 42 | Open Cluster | 9.1 | 5.0' | 4.4KLY | April 10 2019 | Culburra |
400mm f4.56 Dobsonian | 13.8mmSWA | | Had previuosly failed to see this with a 250mm telescope from Farmborough Heights. On this occasion
in a darker location with the larger instrument possibly observed it as a concentrated region in a very rich field of view. |
Ruprecht 98 | 11:58.8 | -64 34 | Open Cluster | 7.0 | 15.0' | 1.6KLY | April 10 2019 | Culburra |
400mm f4.56 Dobsonian | 13.8mmSWA | | Like Ruprecht 97, had failed to see this previously using 250mm aperture in a suburban sky. On this occasion,
once again like Ruprecht 97 I was looking at a very rich field. There appaeared to be a sizable concentration that was likely the cluster. |