Andrew Cooper
Aug 13, 2023    Waikoloa, HI (map)
28cm f/10 SCT, NexStar 11" GyPSy @ 104x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Large, bright and obvious, about 10' in diameter, fully resolved, not particularly concentrated at the core, a very nice globular that provides an enjoyable view with a little aperture, 2° southeast of NGC 253

Andrew Cooper
Nov 11, 2020    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Big, faint, round, 10' in diameter, no notable core, not resolved, NGC 253 is 1°45' northwest

Andrew Cooper
Nov 1, 2008    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
12x36 Canon Image Stabilized Binoculars @ 12x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Small, bright, round disk with no detail, in the field with NGC253 just 2° northwest

Andrew Cooper
Oct 12, 2007    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
76mm f/6 APO, TeleVue-76 @ 22x
Moon: 0%

Good sized, bright, not very concentrated at the center, just a field south of NGC253 and visible in the same 3° field

Andrew Cooper
Dec 11, 2004    Sentinel, AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Rich, not very bright, hundreds of dim members spread evenly in a circular patch, no distinct core

Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885    Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)

Bright cl. 5' diam., 12-16 mg.

― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917

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