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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.
M92 (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 70-mm binoculars Location: Horsham, Pa., USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 6 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1071
Only had a few minutes tonight so I used the binos. It was crisp and clear with no wind. I laid down on the back deck and stared straight up at the Cygnus / Lyra / Hercules and Cassiopea region of starfields and slowly swept in everything I could see. North and East of Vega I picked up a smudge, towards the Hercules region. I knew it was not M13 but looked very similar. For a brief second I thought I had spotted a comet. After checking the star chart I realized what I had "discovered" was actually M92. Hazy yet conspicous in binos it seems to be similar to M13 in magnitude and apparent size. I will have to pull out the scope in order to see more similarities at a later date.
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Horsham, Pa., USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon Oct 4 02:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1065
Decided to use my Celestron 15x70 Skymaster Binos due to having company over and did not have the 6" reflector cooled down. M13 was rather faint in the binos. The cluster was about the size of the full moon is to the naked eye. Very faint and could see only the core when looking around the edges of the FOV and not straight on. Last month I had viewed it with the 6" reflector. At 30x it was still faint, but then again there was almost a full moon and some evening haze in the air. I will try again this week.
M22 (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: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Sep 11 01:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1061
Last night, my friends Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike, Steve Borer and I observed some deep sky objects with Mikes 13" dob at high power. M22 globular cluster showed a 3D effect with the speckling of M22's stars. The stars seemed to jump at you in the telescope. M27, the dumbell nebula really stood out at high power. It also looked 3D among the milky way star field. We tried to see the central star in the M57 ring nebula at high power but we failed to see it. The ring itself showed very well. We were able to observe the fainter areas of the M31 Adromeda Galaxy. However, we were not able to see the dust lanes of the galaxy. We also observed M8, M11, M21, and M24 as well as the International space station and a -7 mag. irridiam flare.
M3 (Globular Cluster, in Canes Venatici)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Jun 25 20:35:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1194
found midway between Arcturus and Cor Caroli,this globular cluster appears as an out of focus star through my scope.
NGC6522 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Parnon mountain, Greece
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jun 19 22:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1021
NGC6522 and NGC6528 are two faint not resolvable globulars in the field of gamma Sgr.Nice field at 45x(20mm plossl).
M62 (Globular Cluster, in Ophiuchus)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Kalamata, Greece
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun May 23 22:50:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1009
Nice bright globular at the Ophiuchus-Scorpius border.In fact Burnham's celestial handbook lists it under Scorpius.According to the Cartes du Ciel software its in Ophiuchus.Thru the 8.8mm UWA(104x)it was like a bright comet without tail.Bright center.No hint of resolution.
M12 (Globular Cluster, in Ophiuchus)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Kalamata, Greece
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun May 23 22:36:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1006
Nice globular like its neighbour (M10) although smaller.Easily resolved with a 8.8mm UWA eyepiece(104x).The cluster gave me the impression of having an iregular shape.
M10 (Globular Cluster, in Ophiuchus)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Kalamata, Greece
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun May 23 22:31:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1005
Nice globular cluster!Easily resolved with a 8.8mm UWA eyepiece(104x).Many stars visible with direct vision at its edges.With averted vision stars visible across the face of the globular over a milky background.
M107 (Globular Cluster, in Ophiuchus)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Kalamata, Greece
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun May 23 22:26:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1008
Faint globular. A feauterless round cloud with 8.8mm UWA(104x).No hint of resolution.
NGC5139 (Globular Cluster, in Centaurus)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm refractor Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed May 5 22:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1192
A 50 mm telescope cant resolve any globular cluster's individual stars but atleast the globulars appear as a fuzzy patch.this was the second globular i saw through my telescope accidentally after M 22 in Sagittarius,when i was searching for the galaxy NGC 5128 in the same constellation (though this galaxy is hardly visible from my scope).looking at the brightest globular in the sky was really a fantastic experience.
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm refractor Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat May 1 20:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1204
this globular cluster appears a little spread out than other globulars through my scope.but by averted vision it really looks beautiful though not resolved into stars.
M22 (Globular Cluster, in Sagittarius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm refractor Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Apr 25 05:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1205
this was the first globular cluster i observed through my telescope.it appeared as a ball of fuzz. it is very easy to locate on the bright milky way when compared to other globular clusters.even M13 is easy to locate.
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Paul (e-mail: paul_ohstbucks@msn.com)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Kansas City, MO, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Mar 30 08:00:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 796
Last night was my first observation of M13 since last fall when it was lost to the sunset. It amazed me once again in its size and brightness. At 205x, the entire cluster was clearly resolved and bright with masses of stars forming shapes and knots sprawled throughout the cluster. Taking advantage of the great seeing, I went to 310x and almost fell off my stepstool. I was peering directly into the center of the core. At 310x, the outer portions of the Halo spilled outside the FOV. I then went to 410x and was able to look through the thousands of tightly packed the central core stars and out through to the space behind. My best view of M13 to date. One of these days, I'll have to get behind some really big glass to check this cluster out.
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.
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Paul (e-mail: paul_ohstbucks@msn.com)
Instrument: 14-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Hillsdale Lake, KS, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Sep 1 03:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 707
M13 showed all its beauty tonight. The stars seemed to form patterns as they stretched out in what seemed like arms....with knots and bulges of stars sprawling out from the central core. It completely filled the field of view in the nagler.
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