Type | Globular Cluster |
---|---|
Magnitude | 8.4 |
Size | 6.8' |
Right Ascension | 17h 14' 32.4" (2000) |
Declination | 29° 27' 44" S |
Constellation | Ophiuchus |
Description | B, cL, R, lbM, rrr |
Classification | VI |
Andrew Cooper
Aug 6, 2021 Waikoloa, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 95x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%
Small, bright and obvious, about 5' in diameter, not resolved, nicely concentrated core, located in a very rich galactic starfield
Andrew Cooper
Jul 13, 2021 Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 18%
A modest globular in a rich galactic starfield, bright, obvious, 5' diameter, a dense core, not resolved
Andrew Cooper
Aug 12, 2020 Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%
A modest globular cluster, about 5' in diameter, not resolved, modest core, rich galactic starfield
Andrew Cooper
May 30, 2017 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
Modest globular, nicely concentrated core, partially resolved
Andrew Cooper
Jun 9, 2002 Las Cienegas NCA, Pima Co., AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet
Pretty globular, not large, even, dense, fully resolved, in a thick Milky Way star field
Barnard 243 | Barnard 244 | Barnard 247 |
Barnard 248 | Barnard 249 | Barnard 256 |
HD 154783 | NGC 6316 | NGC 6335 |
PK354+4.1 | PK355+3.2 | |
PK356+4.2 |
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