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(IAAC) Obj: NGC6225 - Inst: 4.5" Homemade Dobson reflector, f/8



  Observer: Ante Perkovic
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: August 12th 2003, 0.10h
Location of site: Tugare, near Split, Croatia (Lat 43.4 N, Elev 250m)
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 5.0 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing:
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 4.5" Homemade Dobson reflector, f/8 ("babydob")
Magnification: 25x, 48x
Filter(s): None
Object(s): NGC6225
Category: Open cluster
Class:
Constellation: Sct
Data: mag 9.0  size 39'
Position:
Description:
  25x: I see just 5.7-mag star (that obviously doesn't belong to this 
9-mag cluster) and one more faint star close to the bright one. I'm not 
sure if even this faint one belongs to the cluster.
  48x: Density of the fainter stars is just a little bit higher than in 
the surroundings. In the vast area of the cluster I see just 3 to 4 
faint stars with direct vision and 5 to 10 with averted vision.

Not much of a cluster :(. Just 1 degree to the W is equally sparse open 
cluster NGC6604 in Serpent.

The cluster was 27 deg above the horizon.