Location: St. Croix Observatory (SCO)
Date: 2025-09-24
Time: 9:20 PM ADT
S&T Chart Reference: 67, 69
Instrument: 10" Meade SCT
Eyepiece: 30mm (SvBony 30-10mm Zoom eyepiece FMC)
Transparency: Very Good (4)
Seeing: Excellent (5)
SQM: not recorded
Temperature: not recorded
Just Jerry and I were at SCO to enjoy the dark skies. I found M70 half way long the line in the Teapot from Ascella to Kaus Australis. It was not centred in my eyepiece but still had a good view of it and the adjacent star field. It had a small bright core with a narrow nebulous 'rim'. The stars below it toward the horizon were quite bright in comparison and formed a snake-like line. Although some features albeit minimal were seen, it cold be described as 'fuzzy'
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Constellation: Sagittarius Type: Globular Cluster Magnitude: 8.0 Distance: 29.4 kly Size: 7.8' |