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Equipment:
Wide Field :  (192'x130' = 3.2˚x 2.2˚):  AstroTech 72EDII 72 mm Doublet f/6 Refractor w/0.8x Astro-Tech ATRF72 Focal Reducer/Field Flattener (FL ~ 344mm) • ZWO AM3 Mount
Imaging System • ZWO ASI294 CMOS camera • ZWO Filter Drawer • ZWO Dual Narrow-Band, Optolong CLS & Optolong L-Pro Filters
Guiding:  Orion 50mm (FL=162mm)/Orion StarShoot  & AstroGuider guiding software
 Software:  AstroTelescope • AstroImager • Astrometry • SiriL & Apple Preview • Voyager 4.5
 		Narrow Field : (36'x36'): TPO 6in (152 mm) f/9 Ritchey-Chretien w/0.78x Astro-Physics CCDT67 Focal Reducer (FL ~ 1074mm) • ZWO AM3 Mount
Imaging System:  ZWO ASI533MC CMOS camera • ZWO Filter Drawer • ZWO Dual Narrow-Band, Optolong CLS & Optolong L-Pro Filters
Guiding:  Orion 60mm helical (FL=240mm)/ZWO ASI120MM  & AstroGuider guiding software
 Software:  AstroTelescope • AstroImager • Astromety • SiriL & Apple Preview • Voyager 4.5



Messier Project:
M1 (12/07/20)  90x120s

M2 (10/06/21) 20x60s
M3 (04/10/21)  25x180s
M4 (05/28/19)  1hr
M5(05/21/22) 72x60s
  72x60s
 M6 (05/29/20) 5x60s

M7 (05/31/20) 4x300s

M8 (10/3/21)  4x60s
M9 (05/28/20) 15x60s

M10 (05/18/20)  113x5s

M11 (10/03/21)  4x60s
M12 (05/26/22) 11x2min
M13 (05/15/22) 67x60s

M14 (05/19/20)  6x2'RGB
M15 (09/22/21)  95x30s
M16 (07/09/23) 56x180s
M17 (05/29/20) 20x60s

M18 (05/29/20) 10x60s

M19 (05/28/20) 25x60s

M20 (07/10/14) 120 min
M21 (07/21/20) 10x60s

M22 (07/25/20) 6x120s

M23 (05/31/20) 4x300s

M24 (09/07/21) 60x60s

M25 (06/10/20) 4x300s

M26 (06/10/20) 4x300s

M27 (05/28/22) 96x2min
M28 (07/23/20) 6x120s
M29 (11/16/22) 16 x300s
M30 (10/06/21) 20x60s
M31 (10/03/21) 100x60s
 		M32 (10/04/21) 15x60
M33 (11/26/21) 65x60s
M34 (12/07/20) 32x120s

M35 (01/03/21) 69x60s
M36 (12/25/20) 36x60s
M37 (01/03/21) 16x180s
M38 (12/09/20) 60x60s
M39 (05/29/20) 20x60s

M40 (04/29/20)  30 min

M41 (02/17/23) 60x60s
M42 (03/01/22) 28x3min
M43 (12/11/21) 23x300s
M44 (01/06/20) 20x3min
M45 (10/26/13) 120 min
M46 (03/04/21) 50x120s
M47 (02/17/23) 25x60s
M48 (03/19/22) 30x2min
M49 (05/18/20)  96x5s

M50 (02/17/23) 60x60s
M51 (03/31/21)  30x300s
M52 (01/06/20) 15 min

M53 (04/10/21)  23x180s
M54 (07/23/20) 5x120s

M55 (07/23/20) 5x120s

M56 (06/25/19) 1 hr

M57 (05/29/20)  20x60s

M58 (04/29/20)  1 hr

M59 (04/29/20)  1 hr
M60 (04/29/20)  1 hr
M61 (04/20/22)  53x2min
M62 (05/29/20) 20x60s

M63 (04/06/23)  170x30s
M64 (04/07/23) 159x30s
M65 (04/18/20) 1 hr

M66 (04/02/22) 46x2min
M67 (03/25/22) 30x2min
M68 (05/01/20)  30 min

M69 (07/23/20) 5x120s

M70 (07/23/20) 6x120s

M71 (06/29/22) 34x2min
M72 (08/23/22) 38x2min
M73 (10/19/19) 30 min
M74 (11/26/21) 94x60s
M75 (07/23/20) 5x120s

M76 (10/29/21) 72x60s  *
M77 (12/03/20) 11x300s

M78 (03/02/22) 38x3min
 		M79 (02/02/21) 117x60s
M80 (07/23/19)  30 min

 		M81 (01/12/21) 172x60s

M82 (01/22/21) 164x60s M83 (05/01/20)  1 hr

M84 (04/18/20) 1 hr

M85 (04/20/23)  38x180s
M86 (04/18/20) 1 hr

M87 (05/17/20)  24x60s

M88 (05/17/20)  36x100s

M89 (04/22/23)  110x120s
M90 (04/11/23)  144x60s
M91 (05/17/20)  36x100s

M92 (05/22/22) 96x60s
M93 (01/05/20) 15 min

M94 (04/12/23)  146x60s
M95 (05/08/20)  140 min

M96 (05/08/20)  140 min

M97 (04/14/20)  1 hr

M98 (04/10/23) 33x300s
M99 (04/08/23)  51x120s
M100 (04/13/23)  29x300s
M101 (05/01/23) 24x180s
M102 (05/29/20)  30 min

M103 (01/06/20) 15 min

M104 (04/14/20)  1 hr

M105 (03/19/21) 146x60s
M106 (04/27/20)  1 hr

M107 (06/14/21) 25x60s
m107
 M108 (04/14/20)  1 hr

M109 (04/18/20) 1 hr

M110 (07/03/14) 120 min



• Last Updated: 03/22/24