Iiro's DeepSky Sketches

Name: NGC 6304	Other name: GCL 56
RA: 17h 14.5m	DEC: -29° 28'
Constellation: OPH
Type: Globular cluster
Magnitude: 8.4
Size: 3.8'
Classification: VI
Description: B,cL,R,lbM,rrr
Notes: H I 147
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Location: Base del Teide (2280m), Tenerife, Spain
Date: 18/19.4.2004 2:47
Instrument: Newton 110/805 mm
Magnification: 127x	Filter: -
Field: 24'	Seeing: 3
Background sky: 2	NE lim mag: 7
Visuality: II	Height: 21°
Weather: +9°C, dry
Description: Occasionally granular. Bright core but no stars.
Updated: 15.5.2004 13:09