(IAAC) Obj: NGC 6738 - Inst: 9x63 binoculars

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Observation Poster: Stéphane Meloche <stephanemeloche at videotron.ca>

Observer: Stéphane Meloche
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 2004/09/12 00h23 EDT
Location of site: Coaticook, Qc, Canada (Lat , Elev )
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 5.9 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing:  <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 9x63 binoculars
Magnification: 
Filter(s): 
Object(s): NGC 6738
Category: Open cluster.
Class: 
Constellation: Aql
Data: mag 8.3  size 15.0'
Position: RA 19:01  DEC 11:36
Description:
In Aquila, at ~2½° WSW of Zeta Aql. Open cluster of weak extent, presenting 2 individual stars at the center and a nebulosity in background. Outside of NGC 6738, 3 other stars, of the same brightness than the 2 of the interior, form a triangle delimiting the cluster.
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