| Object: M62 (NGC 6266) | Date: 2018 August 2 |
| Type: Globular cluster | |
| Constellation: Oph/Sco border | Time & altitude: 21.50 UT 6º |
| Catalogue data: | Seeing (5 high): 2/5 |
| R.A: 17h 01m | Transparency (5 high): 4/5 |
| Dec: -30º 07 | Telescope: 0.5m f4.1 Dob. |
| Magnitude 6.6 | Eyepiece 17mm Ethos x120 |
| Size (mins) 14 | Filters: None |
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Notes: Burnham’s has M62 listed as in Scorpius, Megastar as Ophiuchus. This is four degrees S of M19. Seen through foliage. At this altitude all I can do is say I’ve seen it. Scaling from my sketch, the diameter is only about 2 arc minutes, so I’m only detecting the central core. |
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