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Observations made in the constellation Sagitta:

Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -6, est. to be in Sagitta)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye   Location: Garden Grove, California, United States of America
Light pollution: light   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Aug 10 04:00:30 2016 UT   Obs. no.: 1980

another Iridium flare high in the east (Summer Triangle) lasted longer than usual.

M71 (Globular Cluster, in Sagitta)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Jun 10 15:00:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1320

This beautiful but faint globular was resolved almost completely thru averted vision (or atleast thats how I saw it). The sky was hazy. The globular was very faint, quite large and quite sparse. It looked like a nebula. Averted an periferral vision were required to get the best view. It is easily found by moving from Delta SGE to Zeta SGE and moving perpendicularly to intersect the line joining Delta SGE to the tip of the arrow etc.

M71 (Globular Cluster, in Sagitta)
Observer: Paul (e-mail: paul_ohstbucks@msn.com)
Instrument: 12.5-inch Dobsonian reflector   Location: Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Sep 29 02:00:00 2002 UT   Obs. no.: 710

A very easy find in Sagitta. A nice globular at 130x, but cant hold a candle to M13.

Other (Other, est. to be in Sagitta, Est. RaDec 19h58m42s,+20d28'57")
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu, web: http://www.ezonline.com/ash/obs.htm)
Instrument: 12.5-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: excellent
Time: Thu Aug 19 06:00:00 1999 UT   Obs. no.: 471

Roslund 3, also known as the Snail Cluster, is a small (5.0'), rather nondescript group of stars of tenth magnitude or less. It lies about one degree northeast of Gamma Sagittae and does not appear in the Uranometria 2000.0.

Comet (Comet , est. mag 2.3, est. to be in Sagitta)
Observer: Eric Jamison (e-mail: eej@pws.med.osd.mil)
Instrument: 7.1-inch refractor   Location: Pepperell, MA, MA, US
Light pollution: light   Transparency: good   Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Feb 10 10:15:00 1997 UT   Obs. no.: 68

Comet Hale-Bopp. The comet had a U-shaped parabolic hood extending almost a degree in length, with the tail approximately 1.25 degrees long. The pseudonucleus appeared light green in color, and was bright with a half circle shape. Irregular lengthed jets were noted extending offto one side of the comet from an 8 o'clock position to an approximately 11:30 o'clock position. Magnifications used included29x, 41x, 65x, 81x, 101x, 135x, 162x, and 231x.

Comet (Comet , est. mag 2.5, est. to be in Sagitta)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 7x50-mm binoculars   Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: poor
Time: Sun Feb 9 13:30:00 1997 UT   Obs. no.: 63

Hale-Bopp had a visible tail to the naked eye at 0530 local time; first time I'd seen that. In binoculars the fan-shaped tail (the dust tail?) extended about a degree and a half from the head, but a longer, narrower, and fainter tail (the ion tail?) could be glimpsed extending in the same direction as the N edge of the fan-shaped tail for a distance of 3.5 degrees. Estimated the comet's brightness to lie 1/4 of the way between Gamma And (mag. 2.2) and Alpha And (Deneb) (mag. 1.3), giving an est. mag. of 2.5.

Comet (Comet est. to be in Sagitta)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars   Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: poor   Seeing: poor
Time: Fri Feb 7 13:30:00 1997 UT   Obs. no.: 60

Morning haze near the horizon hindered my viewing of Hale-Bopp this morning (0530 local time), but in the thin spots that periodically moved through I could see a tail that seemed at least a degree and a half in length in the 7x50s. Estimating brightness was impossible, given the differential cloud cover over the comet and nearby comparison stars.

Comet (Comet , est. mag 2.9, est. to be in Sagitta)
Observer: Eric Jamison (e-mail: eej@pws.med.osd.mil)
Instrument: 9x63-mm binoculars   Location: Pepperell, MA, USA
Light pollution: light   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Feb 7 10:30:00 1997 UT   Obs. no.: 61

Comet Hale-Bopp. Easily visible to the naked eye. With the 9x63mm binoculars the comet appeared bluish in color. The coma appeared slightly elongated, with an estimated magnitude of 2.9. The tail was large and fan shaped approximately 1 & 1/4 degree in length. Comet was near Cr 399 the CoatHanger Cluster.

Comet (Comet , est. mag 2.6, est. to be in Sagitta)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars   Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: severe   Transparency: good   Seeing: poor
Time: Thu Feb 6 13:53:00 1997 UT   Obs. no.: 59

Hale-Bopp's tail appeared greater in extent than when I last observed it; in the 7x50s I estimated it was close to degree in length. I looked for structure in the tail again, but can't say I really saw any, except a few times I thought I had a fleeting impression of three stronger rays: one each in the outer edges of the fan and again in the middle. Estimated to be a bit brighter than Gamma Aql, at 2.7.

Comet (Comet , est. mag 2.8, est. to be in Sagitta)
Observer: Chuck Musante (e-mail: musante@ecs.umass.edu)
Instrument: 12.5-inch dobsonian reflector   Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Feb 4 10:30:00 1997 UT   Obs. no.: 58

Comet Hale-Bopp's pseudonucleus exhibited a fountain emanating from the eastern side. This fountain was spraying material radially outwards to the coma where it subsequently merged with the material being pushed back into the tail. Observations were made at 80X, 123X, and 200X.

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