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M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jul 31 01:30:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2279
On Friday evening, my brother Anthony & I did some nice observing. We viewed M6,M7, & M8. We also viewed Jupiter & Saturn for the first time this season. Jupiter was very low but we were still able to tease out its NEB with our 5" MAK. Saturn was unusually bright because it was at opposition. We also spotted two meteors & the ISS.
M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Aug 12 01:15:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1556
Last evening, my friends Steve Borer, Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike and I did some deep sky binocular observing while we looked for persiad meteors. We started first with M7 open cluster in Scorpius. M7 has many bright stars in it that make it look outstanding in binoculars. These stars are from 6.5 to 8th magnitude. M8 in Sagittarius shows a group of stars on the right side and a nebula on the left side. Both M8 and M7 can be seen with the naked eye. Just above M8 lies M21, an open cluster. In binoculars, M21 shows many stars of about 8th magnitude. M24 is often refered to as an open cluster but in reality it is just a part of the milkyway. It is a great site in binoculars. Finally, we decided to observe the Southern Crown which is located below Sagittarius. Fron Connecticut, this constellation only can be seen on clear dry nights like last night. In binoculars, this constellation greatly resembles its northern counterpart , the Northern Crown. One final thing, My friends all saw meteors but I didn't see a one.
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.
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.
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.
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