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(IAAC) IC4665 (OC in Oph) with 7x50
Automated submission by CAOS/2
Observer: Bernhard Rems
Your skills: Beginner
Date and UT of Observation: 1996-07-04, 21:05 UT
Location: Wien 48o13' North
Site classification: City
Limiting magnitude: 4.5
Seeing: 2 - good
Moon up: no
Instrument: Tento - 7x50
Magnification: 7x
Filters used:
Object: M5
Category: Globular cluster
Constellation: Ser
Data: Diam.: 17.4' Mag.: 5.8 mag
RA/DE: 15h18m 02o05'
Description: M5 isn't easy to see in binoculars of that size when you live
in a light polluted city. Its nothing more than a hazy patch of light,
very small and nearly starlike. What a difference when you see it from a
rural site!
cu,
Bernhard
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