(IAAC) Obj: NGC6704 - 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, 0.55h
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, 48x, 79x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC6704
Category: Open cluster
Class:
Constellation: Sct
Data: mag 9.2  size 6'
Position:
Description:
  25x: Nothing, not even with averted vision.
  48x: Nothing with direct vision, but averted vision combined with 
moving the scope allowed me to see very very faint nebulosity during a 
few fleeting moments.
  79x: Nothing, not even with averted vision.

The cluster was 30 deg above the horizon.