July DSO Lists

Greetings,

Here are my deep-sky lists for this month.

Dave Mitsky

Sixty-five deep-sky objects for July: NGC 6140, NGC 6236, NGC 6340, NGC 6395, NGC 6412, NGC 6503, NGC 6543 (Draco); IC 4593, M13, M92, NGC 6106, NGC 6166, NGC 6173, NGC 6181, NGC 6207, NGC 6210, NGC 6229, NGC 6482 (Hercules); B61, B62, B63, B64, B72, IC 4634, IC 4665, LDN 42, LDN 1773, M9, M10, M12, M14, M19, M62, M107, NGC 6284, NGC 6287, NGC 6293, NGC 6304, NGC 6309, NGC 6356, NGC 6366, NGC 6369, NGC 6384, NGC 6401, Tr 26 (Ophiuchus); NGC 6440, NGC 6445 (Sagittarius); B50, B55, B56, Cr 316, M4, M6, M7, M80, NGC 6144, NGC 6153, NGC 6192, NGC 6231, NGC 6242, NGC 6302, NGC 6337, NGC 6451 (Scorpius); NGC 6217, NGC 6324 (Ursa Minor)

Top ten binocular deep-sky objects for July: IC 4665, LDN 1773, M4, M6, M7, M10, M12, M13, M92, NGC 6231

Top ten deep-sky objects for July: M4, M6, M7, M10, M12, M13, M92, NGC 6210, NGC 6231, NGC 6543

Challenge deep-sky object for July: NGC 6380 (Scorpius)

The objects listed above are located between 16:00 and 18:00 hours of right ascension.

Dave,

As always, thank you for your monthly lists.

I had good clear skies to the south Monday evening which is unusual for me with the cities to my south. Anyway, I saw the tail of Scorpio easily down to theta and even southward. This is tough as I am at 40deg north. I was pounding the area. Saw the Bug Nebula NGC6302 - neat, it looks like an ant and the globular NGC6453 next to M7 and ALL the NGC globulars around theta Oph.

I wish I had tried for your challenge object globular NGC6380 a bit south of the stinger. I understand that it is obscured and in a rich star field. I don't know if I'll get another nice night this year, but I will try for 6380.

Rick

Dave,

I had the chance to really check the location of your challenge object, NGC 6380, but I was not able to see any trace of the globular cluster. That being said, conditions were not very good. I was not able to see some of the globular clusters in southern Ophiuchus that I saw earlier.

I will give it another try after full moon, perhaps we will have another very clear night before Scorpius is too far gone . . .

Rick