Andrew Cooper
Aug 10, 2020    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Bright, distinct core, 5' in diameter, almost lost in a rich galactic starfield with the extent of the cluster fading into the thick background of stars, 1° southeast of M8

Andrew Cooper
Aug 11, 2017    Waikoloa, HI (map)
Hodgepodge w/TV-76mm f/6 APO @ 30x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

A notable clump of stars south of M8, about 5' in diameter, just barely resolved, NGC6553 visible 1° to the south, easily found when sweeping at low power

Andrew Cooper
Jun 18, 2006    TIMPA, Avra Valley, AZ (map)
90mm f/12 APO Refractor Violet Haze

Small, unresolved cluster about 5' in diameter, reasonably bright, well concentrated with a distinctly brighter core, M8 at the north edge of the field, in a rich galactic starfield

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

Small, faint, looks like a Milky Way open cluster, resolved, not noticeably condensed at the core. A nice loop of stars to the SE

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