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Old 20-06-2011, 09:10 PM
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barx1963 (Malcolm)
Bright the hawk's flight

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Some nice objects there mate!
On clear nights with even moderate LP like I have here, M8 should be visible to the naked eye and is a useful signpost to other nearby objects. Also I have recently done quite a bit of observing around M6 and M7. Once you can find them easily and you get some good charts there is lots to explore in that area.
I find M13 one of the harder globs to find, mainly because my views are so restricted to the north, but even when I have a clear horizon it has always been a troublesome one. While in that area, have a go at M92, may be hard in binos but would be interested to hear if you can get it.
NGC 6231 is known by some as the False Comet Cluster (I'll probably get in trouble with Les now!) as to the naked eye that area odf Scorpius can look almost comet like.
Well done on all the other objects, gald someone is getting out from under the clouds.

Malcolm
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