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Date: 2015-09-11

Time: 8:50 PM MDT

Seeing: I

Transparency: 7

Object: M12

Const.: Ophiuchus

At 42x, two stars lie at opposite ends of the consistently cloudy globe. A third star a bit away from the edge forms a triangle with the other two stars, and a still further 4th star creates a nice diamond partially superimposed on the dim globular.

Jumping to 138x, a couple dozen stars are resolved -- mostly around the edges -- with the center still cloudy.

Object: M10

Const.: Ophiuchus

At 138x, M10 is lovely, exhibiting a few more resolved stars than M12. These stars -- and extended arms of the cluster -- remind me of the spiral structure I can sometimes detect in M51.

At 84x, these "arms" are still present, but they are faded and lend an asymmetry to the globular, which is very nice.

Now, at 9:10 PM, the wind is calm, and the temperature could be a very pleasant 18 degrees C.

Object: M14

Const.: Ophiuchus

At 42x, this is a small, fuzzy globular, consistent in brightness from edge to center.

At 138x, the cluster remains dim but takes on more of a scattering of fine dust. No stars are distinctly resolved apart from their appearance as fine dust particles.

Object: M9

Const.: Ophiuchus

At 138x, this globular is small, perhaps slightly smaller than M14 with a similarly fuzzy overall appearance but with more "granularity" to the "sand." Adjacent dark nebula B64 is not apparent at any magnification to my untrained eye.

Object: M107

Const.: Ophiuchus

M107 is small and dim at 84x. At 138x it remains small, dim, and unresolved, but four surrounding stars create a cross or kite shape in which M107 is at the crux of the cross: