Andrew Cooper
Aug 9, 2021    Waikoloa, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 130x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 5.5 Moon: 0%

Large, bright and obvious, about 10' in diameter, without a notable core, fully resolved

Andrew Cooper
Apr 3, 2011    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 8 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Large, faint, 10' across, partially resolved with almost no cencentration at the core

Andrew Cooper
Jun 17, 2006    TIMPA, Avra Valley, AZ (map)
90mm f/12 APO Refractor Violet Haze

Quite dim at 90mm, a faint unresolved circular patch, not concentrated or brighter at center, fairly large, about 10' in diameter

Andrew Cooper
May 27, 2001    Dragoon Mtn. Ranch, Cochise Co., AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Large, diffuse for a globular, no visible condensation to the core, fully resolved, a loose (but denser than an open cluster) cluster with a few brighter stars

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

Globular cluster of small stars.

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

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