Andrew Cooper
Mar 22, 2020    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 61x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

An odd group of four brighter 6-8 magnitude stars centered on the 6.4 magnitude HR1944, a white surrounded by three orange or yellow stars in a triangle, a few dimmer 10-11 magnitude stars combine to create a striking group

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

About 6m f [α Lep] is h. 3780: DE., 7, 8, 9, 8.5 : 6.2°, 136°, 298.5° : 76".3, 89".6, 126".6. Burnham divided 7, De.,6.8, 8.3: 144.5° : 0".7; and 9, De., 9.3, 10 : 357.5° : 1".3. Gore, beautiful cluster for small telescopes.

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

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