andrew63 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 In spite of the light nights - it was a clear and transparent has a good 90 min from 11 to 12.30 with IIS a bright pass at 11.30. Been looking in southern Ophiuchus for in few days although clear, too much of that haze/glow. M107 was not to forthcoming - the merest of hint but not conclusive.M9 was quite obvious - bright and condensed at 44x. Went back to M107 and with the sky slightly darker it was their but a challenge, lager and more diffuse i'm sure if the sky conditions were not as good it would have not immerged from the background sky. With Antares rising hopped up to M80 which was a bright target - similar in appearance to M9 only a larger ball. Just before turning in with ursa major ridding high had a look for m101 was i could see nice and clear - so conditions were indeed transparent and good to see some DSO even in the heart of a summer night !andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulksy Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 sounds like you had a good night Andrew, but roll on the darker nights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotterless45 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Roll on, up to 1am the other night , still semi dark. Neat reprt ,M10 is a nice bright target along with double and star clusters. For which we need dark and clear skies,Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Kick Drum Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Ophiuchus is packed full of globs. Shame many of them need a good Southern horizon to be seen well: I am semi-rural and still have difficulty with some of those. At least M9 and M80 are quite condensed, which does help. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew63 Posted June 9, 2013 Author Share Posted June 9, 2013 I thought M80 was lovely - bright like a jewel and in a nice rich field - not sure how well it resolves with large aperture? M107 was most unlike a globular though - more like the glow of a faint galaxy to me and very difficult to observe.andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.h.f.wilkinson Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Nice globulars bagged. There are loads more globulars in the Sagittarius-Scorpius-Ophiuchus region, and quite a few should be in range of your scope. I spent fruitful nights from France picking them out last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshane Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I agree completely with your appraisal of M9, M80 and M107 which I saw for the first time recently too. In particular, from my house even with the 12" dob M107 is more like an eliptical galaxy than a glob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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