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(IAAC) Obj: NGC7261 - Inst: Celestron 8" SCT, fork



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Observation Poster: Don Clouse <dlcdeepsky@insightbb.com>

Observer: Don Clouse
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 9/2/2002   11.07pm EST
Location of site: southern Indiana, USA (Lat 38N, Elev 780 ft.)
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: Celestron 8" SCT, fork
Magnification: 58x
Filter(s): none
Object(s): NGC7261
Category: Open cluster.
Class: 2 3 m
Constellation: Cep
Data: mag 8.4  size 5.0'
Position: RA 22:20  DEC +58:07
Description:
At 58x (35mm Ultima, 50' tfov), NGC7261 coevered a 10'x5' NE/SW area.  It 
appeared somewhat detached from the background with 20 faint to barely resolved
stars.  A second group, that may be part of the cluster, is semi-detached to the
south, 5' in size, and consists of a half dozen stars.  The four brightest 
members are located in the NE part of the cluster and form a noticable
quadrilateral.
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