- Condition: E7
- Location: Erik's Ranch: 45.49, -110.70
- Target: M 16, Eagle Nebula Cluster
- Const: Serpens
- RaDec: 18h18m -13°47
- Type: Nebula with Open Cluster
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 33x
Found from γ Scuti (took a while to find Scutum, since it was buried in the strip of the milky way). A neat collection of stars that seems to have a glow "behind" it.
- Target: M 17, Swan Nebula
- Const: Sagittarius
- RaDec: 18h20m -16°11
- Type: Diffuse Nebula
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 44x
I could see the glow in the finder-scope. The shape does resemble a swan and it appears upside down (from my perspective). AV really helps with the shape.
- Target: M 18
- Const: Sagittarius
- RaDec: 18h19m -17°8
- Type: Open Cluster
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 19x
More of a view of tightly packed stars than any detection of a "glow". Kind of hard to determine that it "is" a cluster of stars.
- Target: M 8, Lagoon Nebula
- Const: Sagittarius
- RaDec: 18h03m -24°23
- Type: Diffuse Nebula
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 33x
Lots going on here! I see nebulous blue "glow". I see a star cluster in it's midst, and it seems to be guarded on all sides by pairs of brighter stars. AV helps with the definition of the shape and glow.
- Target: M 54
- Const: Sagittarius
- RaDec: 18h55m -30°29
- Type: Globular Cluster
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 36x, AV
So tiny, I almost missed it. Without AV, it looks like a single star with a larger than normal "airy disc". With AV, the "airy disc" becomes pockmarked with speckles of bright light. Small, but cool.
- Target: M 55
- Const: Sagittarius
- RaDec: 19h40m -30°58
- Type: Globular Cluster
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 40x, AV
Found by RA'ing from M54. Bigger than M54, but still dim. AV doesn't reveal much of the shape, but does reveal more detail within the glow.
