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NGC6791 (Open Cluster, in Lyra)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 5.1-inch equatorial reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 6 02:30:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2261
This evening, I observed two open clusters in Lyra, NGC 6743 & NGC 6791 with my 5.1" short tube Newtonian. Both clusters had quite a bit of stars were in each cluster. This cluster is well worth seeing. I also viewed the Chinese space station also.
NGC6791 (Open Cluster, in Lyra)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 5.1-inch equatorial reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jul 21 01:30:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2177
This evening, I observed the open cluster NGC 6791 in Lyra. It looked like a broad cluster of plenty of stars. My wide field scope showed it beautifully.
NGC6791 (Open Cluster, in Lyra)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Parnon mountain, Greece
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Jul 16 19:20:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1039
A rich and very ancient open cluster in Lyra.Visible like a faint nebula at 28x(32mm erfle).
NGC6791 (Open Cluster, in Lyra)
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 22:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1026
Large and faint open cluster in Lyra.Looked like a faint nebula at 45x(20mm plossl).Its a VERY old open cluster.Older than NGC188 in Cepheus.Its an overlooked object, in the shadow of M57 and M56,the two well known Lyra higlights...Discovered during the 19th century by the famous comet observer Winnecke.
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