Dear friends,
The other night I pursued the globular cluster Palomar 9 in the constellation of Sagittarius. I was quite apprehensive pursuing an object which is between 20 and 28 degrees altitude during the three-hr session centered around its transit of the southern meridian.
Palomar 9 has two bright and impressive carbon stars in the immediate field of view and lies just to the south of one of them. I managed to get quite detail including good resolution of the core.
For a result based on three hours of total data, please see
www.perseus.gr/Astro-DSO-Cluster-Palomar-09.htm
and remember to click on the hyperlinked image for a version with greater analysis.
The result was much better than I expected based on the very low altitude of this object and I will be pursuing two other palomar clusters (in Sgr and Cap) with a similar low altitude.
Clear skies!
Anthony.
  