Type | Asterism |
---|---|
Magnitude | Right Ascension | 18h 14' 23.0" (2000) |
Declination | 22° 10' 28" S |
Constellation | Sagittarius |
Description | Cl, st vS |
Andrew Cooper
Aug 6, 2021 Waikoloa, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 95x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%
A set of small stellar clumps arranged in a 10' area lost in a very rich galactic starfield, two notable clumps at the coordinates are about 1' in size containing about half a dozen 12-13th magnitude stars each, this would likely appear nebulous at lower power or a smaller instrument
12 Sagittarii | 14 Sagittarii | Barnard 308 |
NGC 6568 | NGC 6583 |
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