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M92

19.08.2005 22:00 UTC

Little brother of M13. Often overlooked, because of the gloriness of The Great Hercules Cluster. Nevertheless, I personally was surprised how close M92 is to M13. Both their locations and vistas. This is definitely a showpiece. I remember seeing a little gap in stars in north part of M92.

NGC Object List:
NGC6341 globular cluster RA:17h17m07.3 Dec:+43°08m'13" BMag: , M 92

Sketch

| Location: Kotka, BBSO | Background Sky: 3(5) | Magnification: 107x | Fairly good weather. Moon approximately 10 degrees above horizon. |

Added: 25.10.2005 20:45 UTC