Location: Swiss Air Monument, Peggy's Cove, NS
Date: 2016-09-03
Time: 12:02 AM ADT
S&T Chart Reference: 56, 67
Instrument: 10x30 IS binoculars
Magnification: x10
Transparency: Good (3)
Seeing: Good (3)
Fog/Cloud on the horizon impacted viewing lower parts of Scorpius and the Teapot.
I found M8 by going up the midline of the spout from Kaus Australis. M20 was at the top of the FOV with M8. Stars were not as bright s those in M8. It appeared the 4 brightest stars formed a mini-Keystone of Hercules, then had a large grouping just off-centre. The star field looked somewhat circular and a fuzzy grey. Could not discern the dark lanes that are characteristic of this nebula.
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Constellation: Sagittarius Type:Emission / Reflection Nebula Magnitude: na Distance: 5.2 kly Size: 20' x 20' |