M54 in the murk

[andrew63]

From what started as a binocular tour through Sagittarius from M22 to the lovely gas regions and star cloud decided to try for some of the southern objects in the telescope.

Had a look at M22 - at 54x got a hint of some outreaching stars - must be some sight under better conditions. Went down to find M54 only a couple of degrees bellow Zeta but found myself looking at grey on grey, eventually made it out just at 44x but better at 54x with the trusty 13mm plossl ! Some thin mist started to roll in so that was that. M70 and M69 will have to wait for another night before they vanish for another year.

andrew

[cotterless45]

Lovely targets down there, I get the town lights below the bowl of Sagittarius. In Scutum though M11 looked absolutely staggering.

Clear skies,

Nick.

[AndyWB]

I found M69 and M70 much harder than M54 on Thursday. M54 was an obvious globular against a grey background. The other two were faint fuzzes against the same grey background.

[cotterless45]

By jinks ! A splendid recommendation for a super little scope ,

Nick.