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Alpha Sco (Antares) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: poor
Time: Sun Jul 3 22:15:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1257
Antares appeared just as how Mars appears when it is far from earth. I'll try to split the double with the help of #80A Blue filter when I get it(If its possible to split with my scope).
NGC6388 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: Vekol Road, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 5 05:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1275
Round, bright, unresolved, very symmetrical, appears like a globular out of focus, core quite concentrated
M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 6-inch other Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon May 30 23:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1240
There was a huge improvement over the appearence of this galactic cluster than my 2 inch refractor. There were many number of faint stars over the size of the full moon.
M6 (Butterfly Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 6-inch other Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon May 30 23:29:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1239
There was a slight improvement over the cluster's appearence than my 2 inch refractor with a few fainter stars scatered all around the bright cluster.
NGC6231 (Bright Nebula, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 6-inch other Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon May 30 23:25:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1241
This is really an excellent sight through any instrument of any size. It looked some what beautiful with zeta sco and a faint circlet of stars at the centre of the cluster.
M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.astroclubul.org/emilneata)
Instrument: 60-mm refractor Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1157
M 7 - Large, composed of approximately 50 bright stars. More condensed towards the center. It is visible with the naked eye.
NGC6383 (Bright Nebula, in Scorpius)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/deep_sky_astronomy)
Instrument: 114-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 10 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1108
NGC 6383 is composed of 15 bright stars, of which a very bright one in the est.
M6 (Butterfly Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/deep_sky_astronomy)
Instrument: 114-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 10 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1104
M 6 is a fairly difficult object due to its southern declination, but it can be easily seen if you have a clear southern horizon. It is composed of approximately ten bright stars disposed in the form of a rectangle, and other 40 stars of medium brightness.
M6 (Butterfly Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm refractor Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Tue Apr 20 05:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1212
i found this open cluster northeast of the open cluster M7.though smaller than M7,its really a showpiece but could'nt make out it's butterfly shape.
M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm refractor Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Tue Apr 20 05:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1211
i accidentaly found this cluster when i was exploring the stars of the bright milky way present in scorpius and sagittarius.i was totally amazed and thrilled by this beautiful open cluster.even now whenever i go for skywatching with the scorpion high above in the southern sky, the first object i look at is this large cluster.
M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Chris Slee (e-mail: sleech@ozemail.com.au)
Instrument: binoculars Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: poor
Time: Tue Jul 15 11:30:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 834
Even though the seeing was poor (mainly due to the full moon), M7 was quite spectacular. I had to use averted vision to see anything other than a faint blob but, when using this technique, it jumped right off the background sky at me. Very impressive.
Alpha Sco (Antares) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
Observer: John A. Grant, Jr. (e-mail: jgrant@prcc.edu)
Instrument: 150-mm other Location: Poplarville, Mississippi, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Aug 11 22:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 673
The companion to Antares has been observed several times by me and others in my 150 mm f/12 Maksutov/Cassegrain telescope using a blue filter. We have repeatedly failed to see it in a 14 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain. (Actually we first saw it three years ago with the 150 mm scope through an overcast with Antares invisible to the naked eye.) On this recent evening the companion was readily visible to both my wife and me through the blue filter (150 mm scope) so I tried it with no filter at all. It was easy to see at higher powers (above 200) but not seen at about 144 X. It does look somewhat greenish as described in Burnham, but I think something closer to blue is more accurately descriptive.
M4 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Mar 17 05:45:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 629
In 10x50 binoculars m4 looks like a true globular cluster.when viewed through any telescope m4 seems to lose its globular appeance to me.
NGC6357 (Bright Nebula, in Scorpius)
Observer: Glen Cozens (e-mail: cozens@primus.com.au)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Sep 11 09:00:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 484
A line of 4 stars with a small patch of faint nebula visible near the northern star using an O-III filter.
Alpha Sco (Antares) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius, Est. RaDec 16:30h/-26d)
Observer: Mike Pierce (e-mail: xtozaj@webtv.net)
Instrument: 3-inch refractor Location: Marianna, Florida, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Aug 2 03:30:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 375
Spotted star with naked eye. Use 10x50 binos. Atmospheric disturbances caused Antares to blink, however, on occasion it's red hue was magnificent!! Hard to believe it's apparent magnitude given it's distance. Gibbous moon soon obscured the view. Too bad, Scorpius is quickly setting in the west within 3 and 1/2 hours of sunset. Fall asterisms to come!!!
M4 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Mark Stutzman (e-mail: mark@cca.ci.coatesville.pa.us)
Instrument: 4 1/2-inch equatorial reflector Location: Gilbertsville, PA, usa
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Jun 21 02:30:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 348
I spent tonights time carefully going through scorpius viewing all the many clusters and wonderfull sights in it. M4 next to antares was nice as was M80 this evening. I wish scorpius would rise higher in the sky than it does because alot gets lost in light pollution of a nearby town to me. All the same it was great!
M4 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius, Est. RaDec 16:23.6, -26:32)
Observer: Byung Hoon Kang (e-mail: astronist@usa.net, web: http://web.syr.edu/~bkang)
Instrument: 2032-mm Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Syracuse, NY, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: poor
Time: Sat Jun 20 03:27:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 355
Telescope(Celestron Powerstar 8), Eyepiece(Celestron Silver Top Plossl 26mm), Magnification(78x), Location(Tully, NY)-----Darling Hill Observatory at Tully, home of SAS(Syracuse Astronomical Society)'s 16-inch aperture Newtonian reflecting telescope and classroom. It was a pretty cloudy night, but I could see M4 between clouds. During that night, M4 was the only object I could see.
M80 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jul 5 07:40:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 193
Easy to spot at 49x. Much more like a "classic" globular in appearance than M4; a circular glow with a condensed center. Could not resolve it at 122x or 244x.
M4 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jul 5 07:20:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 192
Easy at 49x, a diffuse glow with a sprinkling of foreground stars, especially a north/south line of stars that seemed to bound the east side of the cluster, giving it a semi-circular look. The north/south line of stars was even more prominent at 122x and 244x, since the background glow disappeared at those magnifications.
NGC6144 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jul 5 07:10:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 191
I believe I caught a few glimpses of this 10th magnitude globular at 49x using averted vision. It was a bit more noticeable at 122x. Just the vaguest of smudges, really. Checking the Palomar Sky Survey print via the Web, I think I had the right location; a field star I noted next to the fuzzy patch in my drawing appears in the outer reaches of the globular on the print.
Sigma Sco (Alniyat) (Star, in Scorpius)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jul 5 07:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 190
An easy, wide, unequal pair at 49x. PA estimated at 275.
Xi Sco (Grafias) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jul 5 06:50:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 189
Split at 49x. Orange primary, blue-green secondary. PA estimated at 085. I noted another pretty double, fainter, about 7' south in the same field, two stars of almost equal brightness with PA 100. Checking Burnham's, I learned that this is Struve 1999, which is recognized as being physically associated with the Xi Scorpii system. There seemed to be a color contrast between the two stars of Struve 1999 at 49x, though I first thought it paralleled that of Xi Scorpii (orangeish primary, bluish secondary), then thought it had switched to the other way around as I was looking at it. At 122x I couldn't say for sure that I saw *any* color contrast.
Nu Sco (Jabbah) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jul 5 06:40:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 188
AC pair wide and easy at 49x. A - golden, C - dim bluish gray. PA estimated at 350 (Burnham's gives PA 336, separation 41.4", in 1955). CD pair just barely split at 122x, with an estimated PA of 80 (Burnham's gives PA of 051 in 1967, separation of 2.3"). D star was distinctly orangeish. Split was obvious at 244x.
Beta Sco (Graffais) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jul 5 06:30:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 187
Easily split at 49x. I estimated the AC PA as 020; Burnham's gives it as a relatively unchanging 023, separation 13.7". The primary was bright white, the secondary grayish.
Alpha Sco (Antares) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jul 5 06:15:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 186
Antares was a beautiful orange blaze. At first I thought I could detect the surrounding nebulosity, in that I was seeing an orangeish glow that extended for about 5' from the star, especially to the south and west, but then I checked Arcturus, and saw the same thing, so I suspect it was just glare from the bright star on the telescope's optics.
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