Location: Site 15, Big Muise Island, Kejimkujik National Park, NS
Date: 2024-06-05
Time: 11:59 PM ADT
S&T Chart Reference: 56, 58
Instrument: SkyWatcher Evostar 80ED with star diagonal
Eyepieces: Tele Vue 9mm Nagler
Magnification: x67
Transparency: Good (3)
Seeing: Good (3)
SQM: 21.68
Temperature: 20º C
M62 was not far from M19 so was very easy / relatively easy to slew to it. This cluster was much denser than M19 and appeared smaller in size. The background star field wasn't perfectly round and no stars could be seen in it at this magnification.
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Constellation: Ophiuchus Type: Globular Cluster Magnitude: 6.7 Distance: 22.5 kly Size: 14.1' |