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2023.07.22

Condition: E6
Location: Terry Peak, South Tower: 44.32, -103.83

10:34pm

Target: M 6, Butterfly Cluster
RaDec: 17h40m -32°14
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 60x

Still beautiful as I remembered. 60x fills the eyepiece nicely.

10:41pm

Target: M 7, Ptolemy's Cluster
RaDec: 17h53m -34°50
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 30x

10:58pm

Target: NGC 6520
RaDec: 18h03m -27°53
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 100x

Image

Neat little cluster, detect some background 'glow'.

11:06pm

Target: M 8, Lagoon Nebula
RaDec: 18h03m -24°23
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 55x

11:11pm

Target: M 20, Trifid Nebula
RaDec: 18h02m -22°58
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 50x

11:19pm

Target: M 24, Small Sgr Star Cloud
RaDec: 18h16m -18°33
Scope: Finderscope

The star-cloud was so large, I could not fit it in my 21mm (30x) eyepiece. The best view happened to be in the finder-scope.

11:28pm

Target: M 17, Swan Nebula
RaDec: 18h20m -16°10
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 55x

Very clear and easy to see the shape. The neck was a little distorted, and just a little AV helped define it.

11:36pm

Target: M 16, Eagle Nebula
RaDec: 18h18m -13°47
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 30x

11:48pm

Target: NGC 6445, Little Gem
RaDec: 17h49m -20°00
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 50x

Image

Fainter small blue circle. AV isn't really required.

12:13pm

Target: NGC 6369, Little Ghost Nebula
RaDec: 17h29m -23°45
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 50x, AV

Image

Super faint, AV is nearly required.

12:25pm

Target: Saturn
Scope: AT102ED
Setting: 300x

Best view of Saturn to date. Was able to push magnification to 300x and began to see a sliver of a shadow on the rings behind Saturn. The planet and rings really 'popped' more than I've ever seen before.