2022-08-31

• Condition: VG6
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

9:53PM

• Target: M 75[1]
• Const: Sagittarius
• RaDec: 20h6m -21°55
• Type: Globular Cluster
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 36x, AV
• Image: ../images/2022-8-31_M75.jpg[2]

Found above ω Sagittarii. Detection looks small, faint. AV helps bring out the size a little, but I'm not getting much definition.

[1] M 75 (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-8-31_M75.jpg

10:09PM

• Target: M 73, Group of 4 stars[1]
• Const: Aquarius
• RaDec: 20h59m -12°38
• Type: Group/Asterism
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 57x, AV
• Image: ../images/2022-8-31_M73.jpg[2]

Not sure exactly what I'm looking at. A tiny clump of individual stars. When observing directly it becomes distorted. When using AV, I can see 4 or 5 individual stars close together in a triangular shape. It could almost be mistaken for a cluster.

[1] M 73, Group of 4 stars (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-8-31_M73.jpg

10:25PM

• Target: M 15[1]
• Const: Pegasus
• RaDec: 21h30m +12°1
• Type: Globular Cluster
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 29x
• Image: ../images/2022-8-31_M15.jpg[2]

Detection was easy. Found from ε Pegasi. Speck of a bright center that tapers off uniformly to the edges. Almost perfectly round.

[1] M 15 (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-8-31_M15.jpg

10:36PM

• Target: M 2[1]
• Const: Aquarius
• RaDec: 21h33m -0°49
• Type: Globular Cluster
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 40x
• Image: ../images/2022-8-31_M2.jpg[2]

Found above β Aquarii. Detection was easy, popped in the finder-scope. Quite bright. AV is not doing much for the size or shape, but does add definition to the central glow.

[1] M 2 (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-8-31_M2.jpg

10:49PM

• Target: M 30[1]
• Const: Capricornus
• RaDec: 21h40m -23°11
• Type: Globular Cluster
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 40x
• Image: ../images/2022-8-31_M30.jpg[2]

Found below ε and κ Capricorni. Smaller in size, but decently bright. AV does not seem to help much.

[1] M 30 (ID)

[2] ../images/2022-8-31_M30.jpg