NGC 6040A Her galaxy difficulty level: 4/4
NGC 6040B Her galaxy 4/4
NGC 6041A/B Her galaxy 4/4
NGC 6042 Her galaxy 5/5
NGC 6043A Her galaxy 5/5
NGC 6044 Her galaxy 5/5
NGC 6045 Her galaxy 5/5
NGC 6047 Her galaxy 5/5
NGC 6050 Her galaxy 5/5
IC 1170 Her galaxy 5/5
IC 1182 Her galaxy 5/5
IC 1183 Her galaxy 5/5
IC 1185 Her galaxy 5/5
AGC 2151
Hercules Cluster of Galaxies
Date of observation: 2002/06/01 22:14
Observing site: Kuju
Transparency/seeing/sky darkness: 2/3/4
Instruments: 50cm Dobsonian and XL14
Magnification: 160x
Width of field: 0.4 degree







NGC 6040 and NGC 6041 are relatively easy but all the others are very faint and small. Many galaxies can be confirmed when each galaxy is checked against detailed star charts.

View sketches by a 32cm Dobsonian.