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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
- Const: Scorpius
- RaDec: 17h40m -32°14
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 60x
Still beautiful as I remembered. 60x fills the eyepiece nicely.
10:41PM
- Target: M 7, Ptolemy Cluster
- Const: Scorpius
- RaDec: 17h53m -34°50
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 30x
10:58PM
- Target: NGC 6520
- Const: Sagittarius
- RaDec: 18h03m -27°53
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 100x
Image
Neat little cluster, detect some background 'glow'.
11:06PM
- Target: M 8, Lagoon Nebula
- Const: Sagittarius
- RaDec: 18h03m -24°23
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 55x
11:11PM
- Target: M 20, Trifid Nebula
- Const: Sagittarius
- RaDec: 18h02m -22°58
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 50x
11:19PM
- Target: M 24, Small Sagittarius Star Cloud
- Const: Sagittarius
- RaDec: 18h16m -18°33
- Scope: Finder-scope
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
- Const: Sagittarius
- 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
- Const: Serpens
- RaDec: 18h18m -13°47
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 30x
11:48PM
- Target: NGC 6445, He 2-290
- Const: Sagittarius
- 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
- Const: Ophiuchus
- 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.
