| Object: M29 (NGC 6913) | Date: 2018 November 14 |
| Type: Open cluster | |
| Constellation: Cygnus | Time & altitude: 20.25 UT 50º |
| Catalogue data: | Seeing (5 high): 2/5 |
| R.A: 20h 24m | Transparency (5 high): 4/5 |
| Dec: 38º 32 | Telescope: 0.5m f4.1 Dob. |
| Magnitude 6.6 | Eyepiece 8mm Ethos x260 |
| Size (mins) 7 | Filters: None |
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Notes: The previous object viewed this evening was M71 so you might expect the next would be M27. I have skipped the planetary nebula because of the moonlight. Early hazier conditions are continuing to improve but seeing worse. Naked-eye limiting magnitude now better than 5½. M29 is a mediocre object for the 20-inch. It reveals so many asterisms, patterns and groupings in this busy part of the Milky Way that M29 isn’t immediately obvious. It is a loose, sparse cluster which struggles to stand out very much from its surroundings. |
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