Type | Open Cluster |
---|---|
Magnitude | 7.8 |
Size | 6' |
Right Ascension | 18h 24' (2000) |
Declination | 19° 43' S |
Constellation | Sagittarius |
Classification | II2p |
Andrew Cooper
Sep 16, 2020 Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 11%
A modest small cluster, about 5' in diameter, coarse, resolved, defined by a 3' line of three 7-9th magnitude stars surrounded by a number of fainter members
21 Sagittarii | Barnard 308 | Barnard 93 |
HD 167976 | HD 170433 | HD 170680 |
HD 170820 | IC 1283 | IC 1284 |
Messier 24 | Messier 25 | NGC 6589 |
NGC 6595 | NGC 6603 | PK13-3.1 |
PK13-4.1 | U Sagittarii | Y Sagittarii |
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