2022-08-17

10:37PM

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.

[1] M 16, Eagle Nebula Cluster (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-8-17_M16.jpg

10:41PM

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.

[1] M 17, Swan Nebula (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-8-17_M17.jpg

10:46PM

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.

[1] M 18 (ID)

[2] Open Cluster (ID)

[3] ../images/2022-8-17_M18.jpg

10:50PM

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.

[1] M 8, Lagoon Nebula (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-8-17_M8.jpg

11:09PM

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.

[1] M 54 (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-8-17_M54.jpg

11:15PM

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.

[1] M 55 (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-8-17_M55.jpg