2024-07-31

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

09:52PM

• Target: NGC 6818, Little Gem[1]
• Const: Sagittarius
• RaDec: 19h43m -14.09
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 110x
• Image: ../images/2024-07-31_NGC6818.jpg[2]

Easy to detect. At 55x, it had the classic 'fat star' appearance of other planetary nebulae. At 110x, the shape appears a little more elongated to the north and south.

[1] NGC 6818, Little Gem (ID)

[2] ../images/2024-07-31_NGC6818.jpg

10:08PM

• Target: T Coronae Borealis[1]
• Const: Corona Borealis
• RaDec: 16h00m +25.55
• Type: Star (Variable)[2]
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x

Been a few weeks since the last estimate. I would estimate the magnitude at 10.3 again.

[1] T Coronae Borealis (ID)

[2] Star (Variable) (ID)