NGC 6717 - 4.9.2021 at 22.52 Orimattila, Artjärvi, Tähtikallio Observation number 101466

Visibility I / V

Toni Veikkolainen, Veikko Mäkelä, Kari Laihia, Christos Oscar Kambiselis, Olli-Pekka Joronen, Keski-Uudenmaan Altair

This spherical set hidden in the low Sagittarius is also known by the design Palomar 9. The area of bright stars belonging to the set is known by the catalog code IC 4802.

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Additional information

Observation target
- Deep space object
Designation
- NGC 6717
Constellation
- Sagittarius
Field of view
28 arc minutes
Weather
- Kuu horisontin alla, hajanaisia pilviä

Darkness
- Excellent
Seeing
- Excellent
Limiting magnitude
- 6.5
Star clusters and asterisms
- Globular cluster
  
  Globular cluster is a ball-shaped group of thousand of stars. Typically it looks like a round fuzzy spot. With bigger instruments a part of the stars in the cluster can be seen as sepaterated.
  
  The globular cluster 47 Tucanae is located in Tucana. Image Arto Oksanen.
  
  The globular cluster M13 is in Hercules. Image Rauno Päivinen.
  
  The globular cluster M2 in Aquarius. Image Timo Inkinen.

Technical information

Alluna RC16, C415 / 3320, Moravian G4-16000 EC Mark II, with filter L 11 x 60 s, 20 x bias, 20 x dark, 12 x flat, 3x binning, cropped image

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NGC 6717 - 4.9.2021 at 22.52 Orimattila, Artjärvi, Tähtikallio Observation number 101466