Debbie -- No, it was NGC 6723 (actually in Sagittarius, but closest stars to figure from are in Corona Australis). This is a very easy one. It must have been just a bit to southerly for Messier. There's a bunch of good stuff nearby. I like the look of 6541. I wish I had looked in my atlas yesterday. It should be barely doable from Utah at about 2:00 am these days. Also, maybe it's neighbor glob 6388 would be reasonable. Low, though. ---- Rev. Michael A. van Opstall Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Office: JWB 313 opstall@math.utah.edu
That's a good one too. If I feel up to it tonight I may track it down. The moon doesn't set untill 1 am so I may wheel the 15" out on my driveway. Debbie On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Michael Vanopstall <opstall@math.utah.edu>wrote:
Debbie --
No, it was NGC 6723 (actually in Sagittarius, but closest stars to figure from are in Corona Australis). This is a very easy one. It must have been just a bit to southerly for Messier. There's a bunch of good stuff nearby.
I like the look of 6541. I wish I had looked in my atlas yesterday. It should be barely doable from Utah at about 2:00 am these days. Also, maybe it's neighbor glob 6388 would be reasonable. Low, though.
---- Rev. Michael A. van Opstall Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Office: JWB 313 opstall@math.utah.edu
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I liked NGC 6723 last night. I had a 12mm Nagler at 143X. All the globulars in Ophuicus, Saggitarius, and near the center of the Milky Way looked good. M22 especially. Also, the double globulars near the spout of the teapot looked good in the 12mm Nagler. I guess you could say I had a globularfest last night. Debbie On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Michael Vanopstall <opstall@math.utah.edu>wrote:
Debbie --
No, it was NGC 6723 (actually in Sagittarius, but closest stars to figure from are in Corona Australis). This is a very easy one. It must have been just a bit to southerly for Messier. There's a bunch of good stuff nearby.
I like the look of 6541. I wish I had looked in my atlas yesterday. It should be barely doable from Utah at about 2:00 am these days. Also, maybe it's neighbor glob 6388 would be reasonable. Low, though.
---- Rev. Michael A. van Opstall Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Office: JWB 313 opstall@math.utah.edu
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