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(IAAC) Obj: NGC 6604 - Inst: Vixen 9x63 binoculars



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Observation Poster: Stéphane Meloche <stephanemeloche@videotron.ca>

Observer: Stéphane Meloche
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 2005/08/04 4h42 UT
Location of site: Coaticook (Qc), Canada (Lat , Elev )
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 5,6 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing:  <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: Vixen 9x63 binoculars
Magnification: 
Filter(s): 
Object(s): NGC 6604
Category: Open cluster.
Class: 
Constellation: Ser
Data: mag 6.5  size 2'
Position: RA 18:18.1  DEC -12:14
Description:
In Serpens Cauda, at ~ 1½° N of M16. Open cluster of strange aspect; at the beginning, I saw nothing, except a variable star of magv ~ 7, MY Ser. After a few minutes, I distinguish between 6 and 7 stars near MY Ser. By using the averted vision much, I notice a small star accumulation surrounding MY Ser, which gives a diameter much larger to NGC 6604. A kind of object where the averted vision improves its aspect clearly.
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