Late Fall Herschels

October 8, 2024. Spruce Knob, T 3/5, S 1/5, SQM 21.24 (diffuse aurora). 20" F/4. Late fall Herschels.

NGC 772, GX, Ari. 8 mm. Small, slightly elongated, brighter in the middle to a nucleus. Thin arm points between two stars. Much smaller galaxy near.

NGC 752, OC, And. This cluster fills the field of the 26 mm 100-deg. Bright stars, no concentration.

NGC 891, GX, And. 26 mm. Very greatly extended, brighter to the middle, tapering ends. Bisected in the middle by a dark lane.

M33 (NGC 598, HV-17). GX, Tri. 26 mm. Very large, just framed. Overall slightly elongated. Relatively small bright core. Two arms dominate. One ends in two knots, the other extends symmetrically like an "S" and ends in a broad patch. Two more arms are found between these two. One of these ends in an enhanced patch and points at a widely separated compact cloud. The second short arm has two knots.

NGC 404, GX, And. Next to a very bright star. Small, relatively bright, compact.

NGC 908, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Elongated, little brighter in the middle to a nonstellar nucleus. Arm runs on one end inwards of a star. The opposite arm is brighter and has a sharp outer edge near the core, which faces a bright star pair.

NGC 1055, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Greatly elongated. Tapering ends, gradually brighter to the middle. The edge facing the star is straight and sharp. There is a faint extended patch of light next to the star.

NGC 936, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Small round core, bright nucleus, thin extensions of the core. Traces of an off-round halo with an enhanced edge that is extended in a different direction from the core.

NGC 1022, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Round core, gradually brighter to the middle. Short arm emerges CW from the core opposite a star that is near. A fainter star is embedded in the halo.

NGC 1052, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Elongated overall. Small bright core with a nucleus. Faint extensions. A triangle of faint stars near.

NGC 1084, GX, Eri. 8 mm. Elongated, little brighter in the middle. Fine mottling. Short CW arm points S, another points N.

NGC 488, GX, Psc. 8 mm. Slightly elongated. Small core with a nucleus. Extensive halo is brighter away from the star.

NGC 524, GX, Psc. 8 mm. Considerably small and faint. Much brighter in the middle to a nonstellar nucleus. Edges diffuse.

Fall Herschels

October 8, 2024. Spruce Knob, T 3/5, S 1/5, SQM 21.24 (diffuse aurora). 20" F/4. Fall Herschels.

NGC 136, OC, Cas. Conspicuous small cluster. Rich in faint stars. Partially resolved in 13 mm. A line of 3 brighter stars appears superimposed on one side. Bright star near.

NGC 129, OC, Cas. 13 mm. Irregular, poorly detached but conspicuous aggregation of uniform bright stars. No concentration. 3 brighter stars form an almost equilateral triangle in the most compact part of the cluster.

NGC 225, OC, Cas. 13 mm. A group of uniformly bright stars that resembles Capricornus. Two strings of similar stars are near and may be part of the cluster. Star-poor background.

NGC 381, OC, Cas. 13 mm. A somewhat triangular patch of Milky Way. No concentration. Poorly detached except one vertex, which is pointing into a void.

NGC 457, OC, Cas. 13 mm. Bright cluster, moderately condensed, well detached. Two bright stars on edge. A string of stars is snaking across the core.

NGC 436, OC, Cas. 13 mm. Poor, moderately well-detached, little condensed, faint and bright stars. An arc of stars in the middle. A line of similar stars on edge.

NGC 637, OC, Cas. 13 mm. Irregular, poor, but well-detached. Triangle of bright stars in the middle.

NGC 559, OC, Cas. Irregular, extended cluster of faint and bright stars. The faint stars are partially resolved in the 13 mm and merge with the Milky Way background. Overall resembles a goose with spread wings and neck bent to the side.

NGC 659, OC, Cas. 13 mm. This is a questionable patch of the Milky Way next to a bright star. Heart-shaped, one side brighter.

NGC 654, OC, Cas. 13 mm. Irregular, rich, great range of star brightness. One edge straight. Warm-tinged lucida on the other side.

NGC 288, GC, Scl. 13 mm. Large, faint, little compressed. Triangular. Resolved across the core.

NGC 157, GX, Cet. 13 mm. Slightly elongated, little brighter to the middle. An arm embraces an unequal pair of stars. The edge opposite the arm comparatively sharp. Fine mottling.

NGC 613, GX, Scl. 13 mm. Greatly extended. Small core, faint starlike nucleus. An arm curves sharply from this central lens toward a bright star. A second arm curves symmetrically from the other end of the lens, and there appears to be a separated patch opposite the star.

NGC 596, GX, Cet. 13 mm. Bright round core, faint extensions. Starlike nucleus.

NGC 584, GX, Cet. 13 mm. Elongated, brighter in the middle, starlike nucleus. Faint diffuse galaxy near.

NGC 615, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Elongated core next to 2 stars. The galaxy extends faintly past the near star and has a separated patch on the other end.

NGC 720, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Small round core, long faint tapering extensions.

NGC 799, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Greatly elongated, gradually brighter in the middle. One half is brighter than the other.

NGC 7662, PN, And. 8 mm. Bright, round, bluish. Middle and one side are darker.

NGC 7686, OC, And. 26 mm. This is a sparse scattering of uniform stars of moderate brightness that appear bluish. A wide unequal pair of bright stars seems superimposed along with several other stars that are comparatively bright. These brighter stars add to the magnitude of the cluster but also make it hard to find in the field rich in similar bright stars.

Early Fall Herschels

October 5, 2024. Cherry Springs. 20" F/4. T 4/5, S 4/5. SQM 21.1, diffuse aurora. Early fall Herschels.

NGC 7209, OC, Lac. Fills the field of 13 mm but is well detached from the surrounding background. Uniform bright stars, no concentration.

NGC 7243, OC, Lac. This cluster is only moderately well detached. Very large; stretches across the field of 13 mm. Moderate range of star magnitudes. Appears to consist of two unequal parts, with a void in the middle. Overall irregularly extended.

NGC 7296, OC, Lac. 13 mm. This is a questionable star group in a busy field. Lucida on one side, a chain of 5 stars leading to it. Brighter star near.

NGC 6939, OC, Cep. 13 mm. This is the OC near the galaxy NGC 6946. Uniformly faint stars. No concentration. Overall triangular, one side marked by bright stars.

NGC 7160, OC, Cep. 13 mm. Small group of bright stars. Double lucida in the middle, arc of faint stars around it, bright small arc near.

NGC 7142, OC, Cep. 13 mm. Irregular group of faint stars, large, no concentration. The backbone is greatly extended and resembles a Milky Way patch. On one side of it is a double lucida, on the other a long arc of faint stars around a void.

NGC 7380, OC+EN, Cep. 13 mm. Triangular cluster of moderately bright stars with no concentration. Well detached. Bright star at the vertex that is facing the bright double outside the cluster. A fainter double near. All of the cluster appears to be highlighted by nebulosity, and it is especially bright in patches along the edge opposite the bright star.

NGC 7510, OC, Cep. 13 mm. Extended bright cluster, irregular, no concentration. Lucida on one end, the other end is marked by a triangular arrangement of bright stars.

NGC 7448, GX, Peg. 8 mm. Overall slightly elongated; small nucleus. A rapidly tapering arm points at a small group of faint stars that is nearby.

NGC 7217, GX, Peg. 8 mm. Bright round core. Faint halo has a distinct edge on the W side. Faint star embedded N of the core.

NGC 185, GX, Cas. 8 mm: Faint, round, gradually brighter to the middle, edges diffuse. Bright star group N, fainter star WNW, threshold star embedded on NE side. 5.5 mm: Most of the nebulosity is erased, but the formerly threshold star now appears steady and the core looks double, with the more compact and brighter part to the ENE. [This was the first time I had been able to see this detail.]

NGC 278, GX, Cas. 5.5 mm. Small core, well-detached grainy halo. Short arm points W from the NE side.

NGC 7789, OC, Cas. 13 mm. Large, well detached, no concentration. Faint and bright stars. The cluster is better defined on one side, where it has a rounded boundary and a semicircular void just inside it. On the opposite side, the cluster seems to be embedded in the Milky Way.

NGC 7790, OC, Cas. 13 mm. This is a loop of bright stars with a clump of fainter stars attached to it. Overall reminiscent of a lasso.

Fall Caldwells

October 5, 2024. Cherry Springs. 20" F/4. T 4/5, S 4/5. SQM 21.1, diffuse aurora. Fall Caldwells.

NGC 188, OC, Cep. 8 mm. Very rich in faint and barely resolved stars. The brighter stars appear to be foreground. No concentration but well detached.

NCG 40, PN, Cep. 8 mm. Bright central star. Slightly ellipsoid annulus. One side enhanced. Faint star just beyond the edge. Brighter star near.

NGC 7023, RN, Cep. 8 mm. Bluish nebula around a bright star, more to one side. On the opposite side, a fainter patch. The latter seems to be connected to a faint star. The nebulosity appears to continue in a spiral fashion from the faint star to a dim, long arc around the central part.

NGC 559, OC, Cas. 8 mm. This cluster seems to consist of 4 arms of stars that converge on one side and are swept toward the lucida on the other. Stars similar to the lucida are in the background nearby.

Sh 2-155, EN, Cep. 8 mm. Only the compact knot that is next to the bright star is seen. It is immediately next to a faint star, and a slightly brighter star is farther away. OIII filter makes it disappear, suggesting that this knot is a reflection nebulosity. [Wikipedia confirms that Sh 2-155 involves some reflection nebulosity, although the source of this information is unclear.]

NGC 663, OC, Cas. Just framed by the 8 mm. Has two arcs of stars on one side and a void in the middle that is shaped like the digit 8.

NGC 7635, EN, Cas. Bubble Nebula. 8 mm. This nebula lies to one side of a bright star. One edge enhanced, running from the bright star. Faint star on the other edge. Comparing with photographs, this is not the bubble but rather the dot in the comma that forms one side of the bubble.

NGC 6946, GX, Cep. 8 mm. One arm dominates and has a fainter branch splitting off its inner edge. A second arm is fainter and has many stars involved. A third arm is shorter and is also traced by some bright stars along its outer edge. It has a distinct knot at its end.

NGC 457, OC, Cas. Just framed by the 8 mm. Bright cluster with no concentration. Double lucida on the edge. The center appears dominated by a symmetrical pair of comma-like arrangements of bright stars.

NGC 7009, PN, Aqr. Saturn Nebula. 8 mm. Bright turquoise ellipsoid with thin ansae, one steadier than the other. Suggestion of annularity in the ellipsoid.

NGC 7293, PN, Aqr. Helix Nebula. Framed by 8 mm. Very large uneven annulus, opposite sides enhanced, in one place almost broken.

NGC 6934,GC, Del. 8 mm. Considerably small, concentrated, resolved across the core. Bright star near.

NGC 7006, GC, Del. 8 mm. Faint, small, resolved on the periphery. Core smoothly concentrated.

NGC 7479, GX, Peg. 8 mm. Faint stellar nucleus. Greatly elongated core reaches to a bright star. Its other end curves around a fainter star.

NGC 7331, GX, Peg. 8 mm. Greatly elongated, stretches across the field. Sharp nucleus, bright elongated core. Dust on one side. 2 small galaxies near.

NGC 7814, GX, Peg. 8 mm. Round core, faint tapering extensions. There is an immediate suggestion of an equatorial dust lane, but it remains subtle. (This is the first time I've been able to to see it.)

IC 1613, GX, Cet. 8 mm. 2 mottled patches are visible: 1 between a filed star and a faint double, the other near the double at right angles with this line.

NGC 246, PN, Cet. 8 mm. Very large, considerably faint, off-round, edge unevenly enhanced. 4 stars involved, including the central star.

NGC 247, GX, Cet. 8 mm. Greatly elongated, stretches across the field. Bright star on one end. Short hook on the other end, which is longer.

NGC 253, GX, Scl. 8 mm. Marvelous sight. Very greatly elongated; stretches across two fields of view. Fine mottling and dust near the core. Two arms run to the ends, one hooked back toward the core and the other straight.

Fall Messiers

October 5, 2024. Cherry Springs. 20" F/4. T 4/5, S 4/5. SQM 21.1, diffuse aurora. Fall Messiers.

M75. Inside an arc of 4 bright stars. Concentrated to a bright center. Begins to be resolved in 8 mm.

M72. 8 mm. Resolved, poorly concentrated, and appears to be shaped like a horseshoe crab.

M30. 8 mm. Resolved. Moderately concentrated to a core that appears off-round. 3 or 4 streams of bright stars sweep to one side from the core.

M2. 8 mm. Resolved to the core. Smoothly concentrated and round. Magnificent sight.

M15. Large but well framed by the 8 mm 100-degree. Resolved. Periphery appears radially scattered, rich in bright stars. Core concentrated to a bright unresolved nucleus. Symmetrical save for a dark sector at the periphery.

M52. No concentration, well detached. Just framed by the 8 mm. Uniformly bright stars. Warmly tinged lucida on the edge.

M103. 8 mm. Moderately rich in a rich star field, yet well detached. No concentration. Dominated by a string of stars that is shaped like a question mark. This string connects two brightest stars and passes through a reddish star in the middle.

M76. 8 mm. Large, bilobed. One side brighter, elongated and has a star on its edge. The other side is larger, longer, and continues in a spiral fashion to a faint separated patch.

M31. Extremely large, stretches across multiple fields in the 8 mm. Small bright nucleus, nonstellar. Two massive dark lanes with a stretch of faint nebulosity beyond the second one. NGC 206 embedded among less prominent mottling on one end.

M32 in 8 mm appears elongated in the direction of the M31 core. Bright, sharp but nonstellar nucleus.

M110 greatly elongated in 8 mm and has an elongated core with a star embedded next to the nucleus.

NGC 6618-6645

NGC 6618 (M17). Swan Nebula. Sgr. At 24 mm with CLS filter, displays the eponymous shape: a massive nebula greatly extended E-W with a hook running S from its W end. Several bright stars surround the hook.

NGC 6633, OC, Oph. Large and bright, poor, no concentration. A larger and a smaller triangle of bright stars, between them a broken line of fainter stars. 24 mm, CLS filter.

NGC 6645, OC, Sgr. Adequately framed in the 20' field at 24 mm. Relatively poor and scattered; the periphery is dominated by comparatively bright stars; fainter stars appear gathered toward the center.

NGC 6664-6712

NGC 6664, OC, Sct. HVIII-12. A poor, scattered cluster that prominently contains a group of 6 stars that are arranged in a roughly equilateral and an isosceles triangle. 24 mm, CLS filter.

NGC 6694 (M26). OC, Sct. In a figure possibly involving foreground stars, this cluster has an integral-sign arrangement of stars running through it. It is dominated by a triangle of stars with the mass of fainter stars near its apex. 24 mm, CLS filter.

NGC 6705 (M11). OC, Sct. Beautiful rich cluster of largely uniform stars. The "wild duck" shape is actually outside the main mass on the side facing a bright star pair. The main mass has a more vague V shape with the lucida at its apex. 24 mm, CLS filter.

NGC 6712, GC, Sct. Diffuse nebulous patch at 24 mm with CLS filter. Remains unresolved at 8 mm.

NGC 6823, 6830

NGC 6823, OC, Vul. 24 mm. Resembles Corvus at the apex of which is a small group of stars that itself resembles Orion. The tabular dimensions include bright outliers.

NGC 6830, OC, Vul. 24 mm. Crossed by a line of 5 moderately bright stars. Two brighter stars point at the middle one at right angles. Opposite these two, fainter stars are scattered.

NGC 6802-6819

NGC 6802, OC, Vul. Can just be seen at 24 mm. Small. At 8 mm, not resolved, 3 moderately bright stars nearby. Greatly extended.

NGC 6809 (M55). GC, Sgr. In the trees at transit.

NGC 6818, PN, Sgr. Small, nonstellar at 24 mm. At 8 mm, round, no concentration, soft edges.

NGC 6819, OC, Cyg. Not in H400. Foxhead Cluster. Appears smaller than the tabular size, 26', unless the outlying stars are counted. Flanked by 2 moderately bright stars, an elongated pentagon of fainter stars. An unresolved mass that is much fainter is inside the short side of the pentagon. 40, 24 mm.

NGC 6755-6781

NGC 6755, OC, Aql. 12 mm. Cluster of faint stars, the brightest of which run at right angles with a line of stars in a brighter cluster that is adjacent (Czernik 39). [Cz 39 is smaller than the cluster now identified as NGC 6755. It may be a separate cluster astrophysically, but it is certain that the original NGC 6755 is the entire grouping.]

NGC 6756, OC, Aql. Barely resolved at 8 mm, shimmering with faint stars. Off-round near a vertex inside a triangle of brighter stars. A much brighter star near outside the triangle.

NGC 6779 (M56). GC, Lyr. 8 mm. Resolved across the core. Appears triangular and little compressed due to the brighter stars on its periphery.

NGC 6781, PN, Aql. 24 mm. Just seen without a filter. With OIII, round, annular, brighter toward the bright star in the field.

NGC 7448, 7479

NGC 7448, GX, Peg. Faintly visible next to a star at 8 mm. 8 s, F/3.3: greatly elongated, small bright core, unequally bright extensions.

NGC 7479, GX, Peg. C44. 8 s, F/3.3. Small bright core. One extension curves slightly before reaching a star. The extension opposite curves around another star.

NGC 7209-7331

NGC 7209, OC, Lac. 8 s, F/3.3. Fills the 20' field with a uniform assemblage of moderately bright stars.

NGC 7217, GX, Peg. Small, round, gradually brighter to the middle. Edges diffuse. 8-40 s, F/3.3.

NGC 7243, OC, Lac. C16. 40 mm. Elongated cluster that seems to consist of two slightly unequal parts.

NGC 7293, Helix Nebula. PN, Aqr. C63. In the trees at transit.

NGC 7296, OC, Lac. 40 mm. Small, poor, moderately well-detached cluster that is defined by an incomplete circlet of stars with a brighter, warm-tinged star outside it.

NGC 7331, GX, Peg. C30. Lens-shaped in 40 mm. 8 s, F/3.3 shows asymmetry in the lens-shaped core, 15 s brings out the very large halo and a dust lane on one side of the core. A small galaxy is nearby (NGC 7335).

NGC 7078-7160

NGC 7078 (M15). GC, Peg. 18 mm. Large concentrated cluster resolved to the core. Very rich in faint stars, round.

NGC 7086, OC, Cyg. 18 mm. A scattered but well-defined cluster whose brightest stars, possibly foreground, resemble a three-armed spiral.

NGC 7089 (M2). GC, Aqr. 8 mm. Resolved halfway to the center, faint stars, concentrated. Irregular outline resembling a horseshoe crab.

NGC 7092 (M39). OC, Cyg. 40 mm. Relatively poor cluster of bright stars just framed in the 1-degree field. No concentration, irregular outline, well detached.

NGC 7099 (M30). GC, Cap. In the trees at transit.

NGC 7128, OC, Cyg. 14 mm. A small ring of 6 stars including 3 doubles and the lucida.

NGC 7129, RN+OC, Cep. Not seen with 8-24 mm or exposures up to 20 s at F/3.3.

NGC 7142, OC, Cep. 8 s, F/3.3. Elongated cluster of faint and bright stars, dominated by a "backbone" of 3 bright stars. No concentration, well detached.

NGC 7160, OC, Cep. 8 s, F/3.3. Well-detached cluster of faint and bright stars. Irregular, no concentration.

NGC 6995-7062

NGC 6995 is a large comma-like object with a diffuse head and a brighter tail in which two stars are involved. 24 mm, OIII. NGC 6992 to the N is brighter and stretches across the field.

NGC 7000. 40 mm. The Mexican coast of the Gulf is a dark-to-light transition that is visible already without a filter. OIII deepens the dark. The brightest region is the curved feature in the position of Panama.

NGC 7044, OC, Cyg. Not visible or very vague at 12-24 mm. F/3.3, 8 s, high gain. Small dense cluster of very faint stars. Slightly extended, irregular outline, little concentration. Field rich with much brighter stars.

NGC 7062, OC, Cyg. F/3.3, 8 s, high gain. Small, moderately rich cluster of faint and bright stars. Irregular outline, well detached, no concentration.

NGC 7006-7027

NGC 7006, GC, Del, C 42. At 24 mm, round, gradually little brighter to the middle, edges diffuse. 12 mm suggests graininess. F/3.3, 8 s, high gain resolves peripheral stars and shows a sharply concentrated core.

NGC 7008, PN, Cyg. At 12 mm, this is a faint round object with relatively sharp edges. Next to two stars, another one on its edge. OIII filter makes it more concentrated in the middle.

NGC 7009, PN, Aqr, C 55. A t 24 mm, it has a distinct bluish color and shows no concentration to the middle. 8 mm brings out its oblong form very well.

NGC 7027, PN, Cyg. At 8 mm, this nebula appears double, like two nonstellar objects touching each other.

NGC 6946-6992

NGC 6946, C12. GX, Cyg. F/3.3, 15 s, gain 10. Asymmetrical spiral. Brightest arm longest, passes by a bright star. Inside it is a shorter, wider arm. Third arm is on the same side of the small bright core, shortest. It is involved in a lens-shaped inner halo.

NGC 6960, Western Veil, C34. SNR, Cyg. 24 mm with OIII: a broad sharp-edged tail of the bright star in the field (52 Cyg). F/3.3, OIII, 15 s, high gain. Complex structure with tendrils passing through and by a bright star. Very large. On one side of the star, a narrow streamer extends through a fainter star some 10' away. In the opposite direction, the complex jumble gradually condenses into two streamers that run parallel to more than 20'.

NGC 6981, M72. GC, Aqr. 24 mm: very faint, small, round, gradually brighter to the middle, edges diffuse. F/3.3, 8 s, gain 10. Small granular object surrounded by stars. Irregular. Brighter clumps in the middle.

NGC 6992, Eastern Veil, C33. SNR, Cyg. F/3.3, OIII, 15 s, high gain. A complex structure, 5x10', involving two bright parts with sharp edges (one of them the Beer Opener) on some nebulous background. From it, a wide and a narrow streamer stretch across some 10', continuing as a single, narrower streamer for another 15'.

M51, M57, M101

M51. In 40 mm, small, faint, round, diffuse. A smaller, fainter object near that appears slightly elongated tangentially (NGC 5195). 24 mm does not improve the view. 30 s with 3/4 gain shows the two cores and a clumpy arm that spirals out opposite NGC 5195 and passes midway between the cores. A grainy segment lies opposite this arm. F/3.3 shows this arm in its entirety with 8 s of integration. The arm starts on the side of NGC 5195 and winds outwards around the opposite side of the main galaxy.

M57, Ring Nebula. 8 s, high gain. Off-round, annular. Rim enhanced on the short axis. The central star and another star are visible in the interior.

M101. 8 s, high gain to 30 s, 3/4 gain. Only the core is visible. Small, off-round, brighter in the middle. The appearance is the same at F/3.3.

NGC 6905-6946

NGC 6905, PN, Del. "Blue Flash." Not visible in 40 mm without a filter. With OIII at 16 mm: small, faint, round, little brighter to the middle. Two stars near.

NGC 6910, OC, Cyg. A Y-shaped grouping of 9 stars. Brighter, warm-tinged stars at the end of one tine of the Y and next to its stem.

NGC 6913 (M29), OC, Cyg. A trapezoid grouping of bright stars. Fainter stars involved.

NGC 6934 (C47), GC, Del. Visible in 40 mm but needs 10 mm to start showing graininess. Considerably small, faint, round, gradually little brighter to the middle. Edges diffuse. Bright star near.

NGC 6939, OC, Cep. In 40 mm, it is a small grouping of faint and threshold stars. It is better seen at 24 mm, which [setting] shows a wedge profile with the lucida at the apex.

NGC 6940, OC, Vul. This is a large and scattered cluster. The brighter stars are not well separated from the background, but the fainter stars form a definite concentration. Most of it is inside an equilateral triangle of the brighter stars.

NGC 6946 (C12), GX, Cyg. Not visible at 24 mm or higher mag. 

NGC 6834-6888

NGC 6834, OC, Cyg. This cluster is dominated by a line of stars with a reddish lucida in the middle. Higher magnification shows fainter stars.

NGC 6838 (M71), GC, Sgt. This cluster requires 17 mm to be seen well. It appears resolved and scattered.

NGC 6823 (M27, Dumbbell). PN, Vul. This is a faint, diffuse, irregular, and poorly concentrated nebula. The brightest part is elongated NS. Star off NW side.

NGC 6864 (M75), GC, Sgr. This cluster can just be caught passing between tree tops at meridian. At 17 mm, it appears as a small, round nebula that is grainy and gradually concentrated to the middle. Edges diffuse.

NGC 6866, OC, Cyg. At 17 and 24 mm, the bright stars in this cluster are arranged in a shape that resembles a mushroom, or a block arrow pointing W. Many fainter stars involved.

NGC 6882, OC, Cyg. In the field of the 40 mm, this is the fainter, smaller grouping of stars just off the N edge of NGC 6885. It is extended EW.

NGC 6885 (C37), OC, Cyg. This is a group of bright stars that stretches EW across the field of 40 mm. Lucida in the middle. NGC 6882 just off N edge.

NGC 6888 (C27, Crescent Nebula). Cyg. In 24 mm with OIII, this nebula is a streak of light stretching SW from one of the bright stars in the field toward a fainter star.