A big thank you to all of you that put forward suggestions for the August 2020 monthly challenge!
If you wish to suggest a target for the September challenge you can do so here:
viewtopic.php?f=84&p=105790#p105790
AUGUST 2020 MONTHLY CHALLENGE!
Once again the suggestions were put into a random draw generator online and we have our winners for the August 2020 challenge! The list of suggested targets can be seen in this topic:
viewtopic.php?f=84&t=11560
And our winners are M71 for the Northern Hemisphere and
NGC 6584 for the Southern Hemisphere!!
Northern Hemisphere.
M71, NGC 6838, globular cluster in the constellation Sagitta, Magnitude +6.1, Distance: 13.0 kly (4.0 kpc)
Messier 71 (also known as M71 or
NGC 6838) is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagitta in the centre of the Summer Triangle. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 and included by Charles
Messier in his catalog of non- comet -like objects in 1780. It was also noted by Koehler at Dresden around 1775. Below is a image from Wikipedia showing the location of M71.
Southern Hemisphere
NGC 6584, Globular cluster in Telescopium, magnitude +8.72
NGC 6584 is a 8th magnitude globular cluster found in the constellation Telescopium. It is at a distance of 44 000 light years from Earth. It is a Oosterhof type I cluster and contains at least 69 variable stars.
NGC 6584 is about 4Kpc from the galactic center and about 2.7 Kpc from the Galactic plane.
Below is a Stellarium image showing the location of
NGC 6584
Please add the the targets to your list and let us know what you see! We would love to see your reports, images, sketches or what have you!
Wishing you all clear skies and best of luck!
