2023-07-21

• Condition: VG6
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

/Jesse Erickson was staying with us this week, he decided to join me for this outing and we chatted while gazing. I started him off with M13 before hitting the other targets./

11:01PM

• Target: NGC 6572, Blue Racquetball
• Const: Ophiuchus
• RaDec: 18h12m +6.51
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 200x

Not very impressive, even while at 200x, it still looks like a slightly fatter star. I suspect I would need to push magnification a lot to get anything out of it.

11:11PM

• Target: NGC 6633, Collinder 380
• Const: Ophiuchus
• RaDec: 18h27m +6.3
• Type: Open Cluster
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 30x

Very nice cluster! Almost has a ‘bio-hazard’ symbol drawn in it.

11:43PM

• Target: M 10
• Const: Ophiuchus
• RaDec: 16h57m -4.6
• Type: Globular Cluster
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 50x Finished up with M10 before heading in for the night.