Andrew Cooper
Jul 8, 2021    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

A distinct faint cluster in rich galactic starfield, rich, partially resolved, about 10' in diameter, a notable chain of 10-12th magnitude stars radiates south from the cluster center, 1°20' east of Shaula

Andrew Cooper
Aug 7, 2020    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

A conspicuous cluster in a rich galactic starfield, about 10' across, bright, rich, resolved

Andrew Cooper
Jun 29, 2019    Kaʻohe, Mauna Kea, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 56x
Seeing: 8 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

A nice cluster beside the scorpion's tail, 10', rich, resolved, a pretty object for a low power telescope view

Harold Corwin

Here, coincidentally, is the next open cluster in the NGC after NGC 6396 (which see), and another object where John Herschel may have recorded the wrong wire -- his RA for the cluster is 40 seconds too small. In the sweep, he claims wire 2; if he actually observed the cluster leaving the field, his RA would be 17 40 06 for J2000, just six seconds of time off the actual RA.

As with NGC 6396, the cluster is too obvious to misidentify, even if John Herschel's mistake is not due to a wire error. He found this cluster, by the way, on 28 June 1834.

― NGC Notes by Harold Corwin

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