Messier 68

68 final

Object:   M68  (NGC 4590) Date:               2018 May 10
Type:  Globular cluster
Constellation:           Hydra Time & altitude:        22.10 UT      11º
Catalogue data: Seeing (5 high):                               3/5
            R.A:                12h 40m Transparency (5 high):                   3/5
            Dec:                -26º 45 Telescope:     0.5m f4.1  Dob.
            Magnitude     8.2 Eyepiece       8mm Ethos                x260
            Size (mins)    11 Filters:            Lumicon Deep Sky

Notes:

Viewed near the meridian but the southerly declination means it is compromised by the low elevation. The sky background is very bright. There is no resolution of the cluster into stars, it is not even grainy. I see just a round mist with very little central condensation. The observed diameter is only about 3 or 4 arcmin so I am only seeing the central region.