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NGC6441 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: TIMPA, near Tucson, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 28 03:32:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1289
Bright, unresolved ball of fuzz four minutes east of a 3.2 mag. star, a bright orange, the cluster is dense and just starts to resolve with averted vision, bright Milky Way starfield fills the field
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Vedran Vrhovac (e-mail: vedran_vrhovac@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Velika Gorica, Croatia
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon Jul 25 22:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1268
I just bought my 8" Dob. I decided to test dob on my favorite target, M13. At 38x cluster was a bright round fuzzy, but at 80x i show countless star. At 200x only core wasn't resovled. M13 gave me superb views.
M28 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 13-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jul 25 02:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1267
This evening, My friends Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike, Steve Borer and I did some deep sky observing with Mike's 13" dob. One of the objects we examined, was M28 globular cluster. M28 is a small tightly packed globular cluster that seems like it is embedded in the milky way. It could not compare with the other two globular clusters we observed M13 & M22. We also observed four great open clusters, M6, M7, M21 and M24. M7 is much larger than M6 but both open clusters were fine viewing objects. M24 simply jumps out at you and fills your whole field of view at low power. Finally, we observed M8 which is a nebula with an open cluster along side it. The nebula can also be seen with binoculars. All in all a fine night of observing.
M22 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
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: Mon Jul 11 21:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1262
This time, though there was a bad seeing, I could resolve the individual stars with averted vision.
M22 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
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 22:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1252
Appeared a bit bigger than other globulars. But smaller than Omega Cen. A slight improvement in appearence with mottled edges through 6 inch. Maybe it will be resolved in a dark site.
M80 (Globular Cluster, 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 22:20:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1254
Yet another ball of cotton north east of scorpious. There's a star of the same brightness just near the cluster. It looked a bit greener than other globulars to my eyes.
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.
M62 (Globular Cluster, in Ophiuchus)
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: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Tue Jun 7 23:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1246
It is quite easy to find. Its a bit east to Tau scorpii. A first I thought it was M4 which I had found the same night. But later when I found this cluster was a bit far of Antares, I came to know that it was 'it'!
NGC6712 (Globular Cluster, in Scutum)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Tue Jun 7 21:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1315
When I was looking for M26, I chanced to look at a conspicuous but faint globular cluster like object in the constellation of Scutum. When I went back to software and verified, I found out that I had accidentally found NGC6712, a 8.1 mag globular in Scutum. A pair of conspicuous stars neighbours the globular.
M107 (Globular Cluster, in Ophiuchus)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Tue Jun 7 21:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1314
By Good Fortune, this night was excellent. This is a difficult globular (comparitively) and probably this was the best night to see it. It was very faint, quite small, and almost invisible. Eben on such a clear night, it required averted and periferral vision to see. Location is easy, but it is difficult to see. On a 8" f/8, 80x worked very well.
NGC6522 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
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 06:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1278
Small, rich, condensed, 3' diameter, just resolved at 175x, very nice globular in a very rich Milky Way starfield, NGC6528 in the field just 15' east
NGC6540 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
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.: 1276
Small, dim, unresolved patch in a very! thick Milky Way starfield, roughly oval in shape about 2' in size
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
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules, Est. RaDec 16.7 36.5)
Observer: Vedran (e-mail: vedran_vrhovac@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 76-mm other Location: Velika Gorica, Croatia
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Fri May 27 22:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1245
When I first observed M13 it seemed incredibly dim to me. Now its a standard DS object on my observing list. Through my 76mm scope it looks like round bright nebula with granulated edge at 38x. I estimated size to 5 arc minutes. Higher magnification (56x and 117x) only dim this wonderful object.
M15 (Globular Cluster, in Pegasus)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Tue May 17 22:35:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1312
Bright, easily found and viewed. It is similar to M3 and M2, but is almost unresolvable even at high power of 170x on a 8" f/8. The field shows two stars on two opposite sides of the cluster
M55 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: severe Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Tue May 17 22:25:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1313
The south sky where I live is flooded with light, as it is towards the north of Bangalore. So all I saw in this case was a terribly faint, but very large globular cluster, hardly visible as a faint circular diffuse object. No background stars could be seen.
M2 (Globular Cluster, in Aquarius)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Tue May 17 22:12:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1311
This globular is simply wonderful. It is quite similar to M3, or so I feel. Quite bright; It shows distinct outer haze and central brightness. Partially resolvable on a 8" f/8
M3 (Globular Cluster, in Canes Venatici)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 18-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Milford, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat May 14 01:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1233
This evening, my friends and I attended a local star party. M3 was a perfect globular cluster in the 18" dob. I was able to see individual stars with no trouble. For the first time in many years, I observed the galaxy M105. All that we could see was the central core.For Jupiter and Saturn, the views were great. On Jupiter, there was a white oval on both the north and south equitorial belts. In both cases, the ovals looked stretched out. Two other belts were also visible. On Saturn, three belts were clearly visible. On Saturns rings, both the Cassini and Encke divitions were visible.
NGC5139 (Globular Cluster, in Centaurus)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 150-mm other Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat May 7 22:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1230
The sight of omega centauri through my 6 inch telescope was much bright when compared to my small 2 inch refractor. Only the outermost stars were resolved as there was a little light pollution and a slight haze high above southern horizon.Along with a number of stars near it,it looked awesome.
M14 (Globular Cluster, in Ophiuchus)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Mar 19 22:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1330
Faint Globular Cluster. No Central Brightness is seen.
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
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.: 1173
Seen through a 60mm telescope, all globular clusters are small, nebulous objects. The only cluster I've managed to resolve into stars, only towards the edges, is M 13.
M70 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
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.: 1113
M 70 is pretty difficult to see, at 53x only the core is visible. It's small and faint.
NGC6440 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/deep_sky_astronomy)
Instrument: 150-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 10 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1103
NGC 6440 is a mag. 9.7 cluster in Sagittarius. It has a bright core, but it's unresolved into stars even with averted vision.
NGC6934 (Globular Cluster, in Delphinus)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/deep_sky_astronomy)
Instrument: 150-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 10 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1102
NGC 6934 is large and bright. With averted vision it's partially resolved into stars, towards the edges.
NGC7006 (Globular Cluster, in Delphinus)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/deep_sky_astronomy)
Instrument: 150-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 10 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1101
NGC 7006 is a mag. 10.6 cluster in Delphinus. It's very small, faint, condensation is visible towards the core.
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