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(IAAC) Obj: NGC 6708 - Inst: Celestron 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: 5/31/02 11:40 pm CDT
Location of site: Killeen, TX (Lat 31 07, Elev 600 ft)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 3.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: Celestron 8: SCT, fork mount
Magnification: 80x, 120x, 165x, 200x
Filter(s): none
Object(s): NGC 6708
Category: Open cluster.
Class: 
Constellation: Aqi
Data: mag 6.7  size 
Position: RA 18:52  DEC 10:21
Description:
A couple of chains of relatively bright stars overlaying dimmer stars It fills up about  a third of the FOV in low power.
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