(IAAC) Obj: NGC6546 - Inst: 4.5" Homemade Dobson reflector, f/8

Ante Perkovic albireo at vip.hr
Tue Aug 10 10:35:22 EDT 2004


  Observer: Ante Perkovic
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: July 22nd 2004., 0:20h
Location of site: Kasjuni beach, Split, Croatia (Lat. 43.5 N, Elev. 0m)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 5.0 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 4.5" Homemade Dobson reflector, f/8 ("babydob")
Magnification: 25x, 48x, 79x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC6546
Category: Open cluster
Class:
Constellation: Sgr
Data: mag 8.0  size 13'
Position:
Description:
25x: Just 3 stars of 9th mag inside 10', while other 3 pop in and out.
48x: 4 stars inside 10' visible all the time and 10' nebulosity of
  unresolved stars to the W
79x: Nebulosity in the W clears, so I can see 4 dim stars.

NGC6546 can be found around 30' NW (in the direction of nearby M21) of 
Cr 367.




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