Name/Designation | Right Ascension | Declination | Type | Magnitude | Size | Distance | Date |
Location | Instrument | Eyepiece | Filter | Notes |
IC4756 | 18:39.0 | +05 27 | Open Cluster | 4.6 | 52' | 1.3KLY | September 27 2006 | Jerrara Dam |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 32mmSWA | | Large and scattered and fairly loose. An 'M'-shaped group of stars lies within the cluster. |
NGC5904; M5 | 15:18.6 | +02 05 | Globular Cluster | 5.8 | 17' | 23.5KLY | June 7 1997 |
Mt Keira | 250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 26mmPlossl/6.3mmPlossl | | Very bright centre and 'arms' of stars radiating outwards. Bright star in the
field at low power. |
NGC5921 | 15:21.9 | +05 04 | Galaxy | 10.8 | 4.9'x4.2' | 65MLY | July 18 2009 | Culburra |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 32mmSWA/9mmNagler | | Fairly easy to pick in a sparse field. Sits at the N end of an arc of four stars stretching south.
A bright field star to the E. |
NGC6535 | 18:03.8 | -00 18 | Globular Cluster | 10.6 | 3.6' | 36KLY | Aug 6 2005 | Cordeaux |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 20mmWA | | Quite large and easy to seebut unresolved. Seems to have a concentration of stars at one edge. |
NGC6539 | 18:04.8 | -07 35 | Globular Cluster | 9.6 | 6.9' | 7.5KLY | Aug 7 2004 | Jerrara Dam |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 13.8mmSWA | | Large and fairly faint. Unresolved. Fairly even in brightness for a glob. Triangle of faint stars lies just west. |
NGC6604 | 18:18.0 | -12 15 | Open Cluster | 6.5 | | 5.5KLY | Aug 6 2005 | Cordeaux |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 20mmWA | Lumicon UHC | Large and Loose Cluster. Could not pick the associated nebulosity. |