(IAAC) Obj: NGC 6717 - Inst: 15" f4.5 Obsession

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Observation Poster: Armin Hermann <burmeseinn at yahoo.com>

Observer: Armin Hermann
Your skills: Advanced (many years)
Date/time of observation: 27 Jun 2008
Location of site: 5 km N of Kanchanaburi, Thailand (Lat 14 N, Elev 50m)
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 5.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 9 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 15" f4.5 Obsession
Magnification: 131x, 342x
Filter(s): 
Object(s): NGC 6717
Category: Globular cluster.
Class: 
Constellation: Sgr
Data: mag 8.4  size 5'
Position: RA 18:55  DEC -23:
Description:
Beautiful, small globular cluster located only 1,7'  N of 5mag 32 Sgr. At 342x 
the cluster resolves into a few <14mag stars. Just 10" S of the dense, small 
core, a 12mag foreground star is visible. The cluster appears with a diameter 
of approx 2'. Very nice pair with the bright nearby star!

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