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2022-08-31

Condition: VG6

Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

9:53PM

Target: M 75

Const: Sagittarius

RaDec: 20h6m -21°55

Scope: ST80

Setting: 36x, AV

Image

Found above ω Sagittarii. Detection looks small, faint. AV helps bring out the size a little, but I'm not getting much definition.

10:09PM

Target: M 73

Const: Aquarius

RaDec: 20h59m -12°38

Scope: ST80

Setting: 57x, AV

Image

Not sure exactly what I'm looking at. A tiny clump of individual stars. When observing directly it becomes distorted. When using AV, I can see 4 or 5 individual stars close together in a triangular shape. It could almost be mistaken for a cluster.

10:25PM

Target: M 15

Const: Pegasus

RaDec: 21h30m +12°1

Scope: ST80

Setting: 29x

Image

Detection was easy. Found from ε Pegasi. Speck of a bright center that tapers off uniformly to the edges. Almost perfectly round.

10:36PM

Target: M 2

Const: Aquarius

RaDec: 21h33m -0°49

Scope: ST80

Setting: 40x

Image

Found above β Aquarii. Detection was easy, popped in the finder-scope. Quite bright. AV is not doing much for the size or shape, but does add definition to the central glow.

10:49PM

Target: M 30

Const: Capricornus

RaDec: 21h40m -23°11

Scope: ST80

Setting: 40x

Image

Found below ε and κ Capricorni. Smaller in size, but decently bright. AV does not seem to help much.

** 2022-09 September