Location: SCO
Date: 2019-09-28
Time: 1:45 AM ADT
S&T Chart Reference: 2, 13
Instrument: 16" Dobsonian
Magnification: unknown
Transparency: Good (3)
Seeing: Good (3)
SQM: 21.16
Temperature: 6º C
Calm with little or no breeze.
Found this open cluster with 7 stars in its core shining brightly. Six more stars were around them near the border of the cluster's nebulosity. They appeared to be like a container for all that nebulosity. All the stars were fairly bight in their nebulous surroundings.
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Constellation: Perseus Type: Open Cluster Magnitude: 5.2 Distance: 1.4 kly Size: 35.0' |