Andrew Cooper
Jul 17, 2023    Oregon Star Party, Ochoco Mts, OR (map)
25cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Holoholo @ 127x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

NGC 6522 and NGC 6528 are a pair of globulars in extremely rich galactic starfield at the southern end of Baade's Window, bright and obvious, modest size and about 15' apart, NGC 6522 is the larger, brighter, and westerly of the pair, about 5' diameter, not resolved, NGC 6528 is the smaller and easterly of the pair, about 3' diameter and not resolved, the two make an impressive view in such rich starfield accentuated by the small dark nebula B 298 just southeast of NGC 6522

Andrew Cooper
Aug 6, 2021    Waikoloa, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 233x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Small, bright and obvious, 2' diameter though the outer boundaries are lost in the extraordinarily rich galactic starfield, well concentrated core, NGC 6522 is visible 16' west

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

Small, bright, seen against a very rich starfield, about 2' across, not resolved, fainter than the neighboring NGC6522 just 15' west, otherwise remarkably similar

Andrew Cooper
May 25, 2001    Dragoon Mtn. Ranch, Cochise Co., AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Small globular, faint, not resolved, a twin to NGC6522 and it fits in the same field, just a bit dimmer

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