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. |