23 September 2004

Observing Location	TotL
Atmospheric Conditions	This was supposed to be another good night that went south fast. By 2200 the air was very moist and dew was forming on the body of my binoculars. There was a Mackerel Sky cloud that passed over from the north then a deck of similar cloud moved in from the NNW. We packed it in around 2300.
Instruments	Canon 15x50 Image Stabilized binoculars Binoculars - Ben Fujinon 16x70 Binoculars - Tom
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway Ben Cacace Tom Clabough ???

Target	M103
Time	23Sep04
Category	Deep Space Objects
Comments	Ben and I looked through my binoculars tonight at what Peter and I were calling M103 last night. I think Peter and I were not understanding what we were describing to each other. Talking through the hop with Ben and comparing the spatial relationships with Planetarium in my Palm it is apparent that what I was thinking was M103 was actually the guide stars above NGC663: 44 Cas, Yale 481 and Yale 488. M103 is actually between these stars and δ Cas (#4 Cas) and is too small to be seen with my binoculars.

Target	NGC457, Owl Cluster or ET Cluster
Time	23Sep04
Category	Deep Space Objects
Comments	I was able to easily locate the ET cluster again and now know where it is.

Target	Kemble's Cascade
Time	23 Sep04
Category	Deep Space Objects
Comments	I tried again tonight to hop to the Cascade from Cas but wasn't able to do it. I found it easily going off of Mirfac.