(IAAC) Obj: NGC6760 - Inst: 4.5" Homemade Dobson reflector, f/8

Ante Perkovic albireo at vip.hr
Mon Jul 26 14:16:50 EDT 2004


Observation Poster: Ante Perkovic <albirejo_without_j at vip.hr>

Observer: Ante Perkovic
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: October 10th 2003
Location of site: Gotovceva 2, Split, Croatia (Lat 43.5 N, Elev 0m)
Site classification: Urban
Sky darkness: 5.0 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing:
Moon presence: Minor - crescent or far from object
Instrument: 4.5" Homemade Dobson reflector, f/8 ("babydob")
Magnification: 25x, 48x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC6760
Category: Globular cluster
Class:
Constellation: Aql
Data: mag 9.1  size 6.6'
Position:
Description:
25x: just found the position, can't see the cluster itself.
48x: I saw something for a moment, but can't confirm. Limiting
  mag. in the eyepiece was around m=10.

This area is very hard to navigate, there is not many
bright stars.



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