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2023-09-11

Condition: E6

Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

8:21PM

Target: M 11, Wild Duck Cluster

Const: Scutum

RaDec: 18h51m -06°16

Scope: AT102ED

Setting: 50x, 100x

Image

Stunning tonight. The background stars are popping and the clarity is sharp. The glow was reduced a little when zoomed to 100x, and the cluster fit the eyepiece nicely. There seemed to be the shape of a spiral maze or web created. Possibly a new favorite!

8:39PM

Target: S Scuti

Const: Scutum

RaDec: 18h50m -07°54

Scope: AT102ED

Setting: 30x

Image

Nice and solid orange. Forms a near perfect equilateral triangle with stars of a similar magnitude nearby.

8:48PM

Target: NGC 6712

Const: Scutum

RaDec: 18h53m -08°42

Scope: AT102ED

Setting: 100x

Image

Dim, but AV not required. AV helps expand the size a bit. Hard to resolve individual stars.

9:12PM

Target: NGC 6940

Const: Vulpecula

RaDec: 20h34m +28°16

Scope: AT102ED

Setting: 30x

Image

30x fills the view nicely, could almost miss it if I wasn't looking for it!