NGC 6304
DSS image of NGC 6304
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 6304, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 6304

Type  Globular Cluster
Magnitude  8.4
Size  6.8'
Right Ascension  17h 14' 32.4"  (2000)
Declination  29° 27' 44" S
Constellation  Ophiuchus
Description  B, cL, R, lbM, rrr
Classification  VI
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Aug 6, 2021    Waikoloa, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 95x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Small, bright and obvious, about 5' in diameter, not resolved, nicely concentrated core, located in a very rich galactic starfield

Andrew Cooper
Jul 13, 2021    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 18%

A modest globular in a rich galactic starfield, bright, obvious, 5' diameter, a dense core, not resolved

Andrew Cooper
Aug 12, 2020    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

A modest globular cluster, about 5' in diameter, not resolved, modest core, rich galactic starfield

Andrew Cooper
May 30, 2017    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Modest globular, nicely concentrated core, partially resolved

Andrew Cooper
Jun 9, 2002    Las Cienegas NCA, Pima Co., AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Pretty globular, not large, even, dense, fully resolved, in a thick Milky Way star field
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NGC 6304