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Thread resurrections seems to be a little rave at the moment...
Here's one to add to the mix, and a candidate for this coming September new Moon - 'Djorg 2'
Dojorgovski 2 is a magnitude 10 globular cluster, smack bang in the middle of the Cloud of Sagittarius. The kicker with it is it's behind the cloud, so it is heavily obscured, and difficult to make out from the surrounding 'noise' of the cloud. It is a really mind bend to make it out!!! It is certainly not a 'faint' target, but soooo tricky to make out.
It is very close to the lovely dark nebular B86, the Ink Spot, and the open cluster NGC 6520. The three are very close together (less than 0.8deg), so will all fit in the one field of view.
I first spotted Djorg 2 in July at Astrofest with my 17.5" & 12" scopes. I only found out about it because fellow IIS'er, Oleg, had Sky Safari with him and it showed Djorg 2 next to the Ink Spot that I had just finished sketching. Bugger! If I had known about Djorg 2 before starting the sketch I would have altered the sketch's arrangement to include it... Oh well, next time...
Mental.
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