Andrew Cooper
Jan 13, 2022    Lawa'i Beach, Kauai, Hawaii (map)
8x42mm Nikon Prostaff 3S Binoculars @ 8x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

A small patch 10' in diameter 3° west of t Vel, not resolved, round, no detail

Andrew Cooper
Mar 2, 2019    Kaʻohe, Mauna Kea, HI (map)
28cm f/10 SCT, NexStar 11" GyPSy @ 175x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Nice globular cluster! large, bright, fully resolved, a loose appearance without a dense core

Andrew Cooper
Feb 10, 2013    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Large at about 15' across, a dense region of 14-15 magnitude stars without a notably compact core, can be mistaken for a rich open cluster

Captain William Henry Smyth
Mar 22, 1835    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A compressed cluster in the Via Lactea, on the Unicorn's neck. A 8½, pale straw-colour; B 9½, light grey. This object was first classed by ♅. in 1786, and is broken into three several rich groups, occupying a very considerable space. Near the centre is the double star here observed, but, from having a small comes in the np quadrant, it ought rather to be registered triple. A trapezium of brighter stars follows; and it is to be fished up about one-third of the distance between Procyon and Rigel, where it is intersected by a transverse line from Pollux to about 1° west of β Canis Majoris.

― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844

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