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

Big, bright, coarse, sparse, about 15' in diameter, several dozen 7-10th magnitude stars with a notable concentration at the center

Andrew Cooper
Jun 27, 2020    Waikoloa Quarry, HI (map)
8x42mm Nikon Prostaff 3S Binoculars @ 8x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

A cluster of 7-9th magnitude stars 15' in diameter and just north of M20, bright, rich, resolved, in binoculars the M20-M21 region appears as a contiguous object

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

A bright coarse cluster in a nice field with M20, a notable 9th magnitude star dominates the group with the remaning members fading in magnitude to beyond the reach of the 76mm

Andrew Cooper
Apr 19, 2012    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

An obvious cluster at low power, at moderate power the cluster is a sparse object, notable only because of the brightness of its membership, a couple dozen stars across a 10' area, coarse, arranged in clumps with a distinctive circlet at the western end

Andrew Cooper
Jun 6, 1999    TIMPA, Avra Valley, AZ (map)
20cm f/10 SCT

Sparse open cluster, in same field as the Trifid Nebula M20, a couple dozen stars visible, hard to determine the borders of the cluster

Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885    Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)

In a lucid region

― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917

John Herschel
Jul 28, 1830    

A tolerably rich, scattered, coarse cluster; one star of 9th magnitude, the rest of 10th to 12th magnitude.

Charles Messier
Jun 5, 1764    

Star cluster, near the preceding [M20]: The nearest neighboring known star to these two clusters is 11 Sagittarii, 7 mag, according to Flamsteed. The stars of both these clusters are of 8-9 magnitude, enveloped in nebulosity.

― Connaissance des Temps, 1781

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