Iiro's DeepSky Sketches

Name: Messier 9	Other name: NGC 6333
RA: 17h 19.2m	DEC: -18° 31'
Constellation: OPH
Type: Globular cluster
Magnitude: 7.9
Size: 5.5'
Surface brightness: 11
Classification: VIII
Description: B,L,R,eCM,rrr
Notes: Dark neb B64 prominent to west
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Location: Boca de Tauce (1980m), Tenerife, Spain
Date: 17/18.4.2004 1:05
Instrument: Newton 110/805 mm
Magnification: 64x	Filter: -
Field: 47'	Seeing: 3
Background sky: 3	NE lim mag: 6.6
Visuality: II	Height: 10°
Weather: +2°C, windy
Description: Granular haze but no stars resolved. Bright core.
Updated: 15.5.2004 12:27