Andrew Cooper
Jun 6, 2022    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

A clump of rich galactic starfield punctuated by a notable concentration of 7th to 9th magnitude stars centered on the 6.8 magnitude V1676 Cyg, coarse with a rich galactic starfield background, large, 25' diameter, the 5.4 magnitude b1 Cyg on the northern margin

Andrew Cooper
Sep 6, 2021    Waikoloa, HI (map)
28cm f/10 SCT, NexStar 11" GyPSy @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

A group of bright 7-8th magnitude stars scattered in a 20' area of rich galactic starfield, bright and obvious, coarse, resolved, the result is a rather pretty field

Andrew Cooper
Aug 27, 2006    TIMPA, Avra Valley, AZ (map)
28cm f/10 SCT Gypsy

Bright cluster in heavy galactic starfield, a haze of dim members arranged along a backbone of very bright stars running north-south, moderately detached from the background, rich and quite large at 20' north-south and 10' wide, a notably barren zone on the east edge

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