Location: St. Croix Observatory (SCO)
Date: 2025-09-24
Time: 9:33 PM ADT
S&T Chart Reference: 67, 69
Instrument: 10" Meade SCT
Eyepiece: 25mm (SvBony 30-10mm Zoom eyepiece FMC)
Transparency: Very Good (4)
Seeing: Excellent (5)
SQM: 21.23
Temperature: 8° C
Found in corner of the Teapot near the star Ascella. This, too, could be described as a fuzzy ball with a starlike core. Its core was brighter than those of M69 and M70 found earlier, and appeared quite dense.
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Constellation: Sagittarius Type: Globular Cluster Magnitude: 7.6 Distance: 88.7 kly Size: 9.1' |