Location: Wharf Road, East Noel, NS
Date: 2017-09-08
Time: 9:46 PM ADT
S&T Chart Reference: 67
Instrument: 10x30 IS binoculars
Magnification: x10
Transparency: Good (3)
Seeing: Good (3)
I was determined to find this cluster this evening.
Looking at the star clouds, it appeared to be twice as far from the Teapot's spout as were M20 and M21. I located them easily then continued to what I thought was M23. I drew the sketch of what I saw then confirmed in a resource that the drawn star pattern was indeed M23. Success! It looked like there were thousands of stars in the open cluster to give it a hazy appearance behind the brighter stars.
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Constellation: Sagittarius Type: Open Cluster Magnitude: 5.5 Distance: 2.15 kly Size: 27' |