M29 (NGC 6913) Cyg open cluster
Difficulty level 2
Date of observation: 1998/09/12 22:54
Observing site: Hoshinomura
Transparency/seeing/sky darkness: 1/5/2
Instruments: 32cm Dobsonian with XL14 at X110
Width of field: 0.6�‹
It is a compact cluster with 7 or 8 stars of almost equal magnitudes At low power it is not an interesting sight, but at 100x it reveals a beautiful arrangement of stars similar to the Pleiades. Faint stars are sprinkled among brighter stars.