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(IAAC) Obj: M10 - Inst: Celestar 8" SCT, fork mount



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Observation Poster: William L. Schart <wschart@hot.rr.com>

Observer: William L. Schart
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 7/21/01 10:35 pm CDT
Location of site: Killeen, TX (Lat 31 07, Elev 600 ft)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: Celestar 8" SCT, fork mount
Magnification: 58x, 80x, 120x, 170x, 203x
Filter(s): none
Object(s): M10
Category: Globular cluster.
Class: 
Constellation: Oph
Data: mag   size 
Position: RA :  DEC :
Description:
A nice globular. Well resolved, with many bright stars extending most of the FOV at high power, with a granular back ground core of fainter stars. There is a U-shaped chain of stars that extends more or less to the N, and a couple of other, shorter chains extend to the S.
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