2023-09-11

• Condition: E6
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

8:21PM

• Target: M 11, Wild Duck Cluster[1]
• Const: Scutum
• RaDec: 18h51m -06°16
• Type: Open Cluster[2]
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 50x, 100x
• Image: ../images/2023-9-11_M11.jpg[3]

Stunning tonight. The background stars are popping and the clarity is sharp. The glow was reduced a little when zoomed to 100x, and the cluster fit the eyepiece nicely. There seemed to be the shape of a spiral maze or web created. Possibly a new favorite!

[1] M 11, Wild Duck Cluster (ID)

[2] Open Cluster (ID)

[3] ../images/2023-9-11_M11.jpg

8:39PM

• Target: S Scuti[1]
• Const: Scutum
• RaDec: 18h50m -07°54
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 30x
• Image: ../images/2023-9-11_SSct.jpg[2]

Nice and solid orange. Forms a near perfect equilateral triangle with stars of a similar magnitude nearby.

[1] S Scuti (ID)

[2] ../images/2023-9-11_SSct.jpg

8:48PM

• Target: NGC 6712[1]
• Const: Scutum
• RaDec: 18h53m -08°42
• Type: Globular Cluster
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 100x
• Image: ../images/2023-9-11_NGC6712.jpg[2]

Dim, but AV not required. AV helps expand the size a bit. Hard to resolve individual stars.

[1] NGC 6712 (ID)

[2] ../images/2023-9-11_NGC6712.jpg

9:12PM

• Target: NGC 6940, Collinder 424[1]
• Const: Vulpecula
• RaDec: 20h34m +28°16
• Type: Open Cluster[2]
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 30x
• Image: ../images/2023-9-11_NGC6940.jpg[3]

30x fills the view nicely, could almost miss it if I wasn't looking for it!

[1] NGC 6940, Collinder 424 (ID)

[2] Open Cluster (ID)

[3] ../images/2023-9-11_NGC6940.jpg