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date: 3.8.05
time: 9:40pm
EP: 15mm SV
seeing: 3/10 (v/poor)
Knowin That today would bring rain i decided to get some viewing in thru what would turn out to be a large suckerhole... with ngc 4945 out of the way i cruised up to 6025. I didnt use a chart or anything I just knew approximately where it was. drifting up from the pointers this cluster shows in my finder clearly as a smallish blob. I think tha it was duse to the poor seeing conditions that this cluster proved to be bland. quite a few stars resolved though and the cluster is actually quite large and bright filling about 3/4 of the field of view in my 15mm SV. there are some quite bright stars in the cluster which probably made finding it in the finder easy.
I'll go back when the seeing is better and once again a wider FOV might have been advantageous...
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