(IAAC) Obj: NGC6712 - Inst: 4.5" Homemade Dobson reflector, f/8

[Ante Perkovic]

Observer: Ante Perkovic
Your skills: Intermediate (some years),
Date/time of observation: August 12th 2003, 0.35h
Location of site: Tugare, near Split, Croatia (Lat 43.4 N, Elev 250m)
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 5.0 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing:
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 4.5" Homemade Dobson reflector, f/8 ("babydob")
Magnification: 25x, 79x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC6712
Category: Globular cluster
Class:
Constellation: Sct
Data: mag 8.2  size 4.3'
Position:
Description:
  25x: Tiny (2' in diameter) faint fuzzy. With averted vision, it grows 
a little, maybe to 2'10".
  79x: Very faint fuzzy, 1'40" in diameter. Averted vision helped 
significantly.

The cluster was 30 deg above the horizon.