help ID

Hi My Name is Caroline I am 11 years old, tonight I was out with my Dad and our 10"dob we saw 5 or 6 new things M15,M31/32,M3,M57,M63. We were looking for M6 we did not fine it but we did see some kind of an open cluster at Ra 18.9 Dec -16.9. can any one tell me what it maybe.

Thank you for your help

Caroline.

I live in NY

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Caroline: I think the closest open cluster to the coordinates you mentioned is NGC 6716 (epoch 2000 R.A. 18h 54.6m, decl. -19º 53'). Archinal & Hynes says its total visual magnitude is 7.5 and its diameter is about 10 arcminutes, well within the grasp of your 10" scope. It's in Sagittarius, close to so many of the greatest summer deep-sky objects. You're sure lucky at your age to be getting into the beauties of observational astronomy and to have a dad who shares a 10" scope with you. Good luck and clear skies to both of you.