This is one of the most famous clusters in the Southern Hemisphere, so my expectations were high when I finally saw it in its full glory during a trip to Namibia. Frankly, the first sight was a tiny...
Two observations in my log for the Jewel Box, back in 2008 during my first visit to Sutherland, South Africa, in the early days... I mean nights of my astronomy 'career'.
The morning of 8 January,...
In a recent observing session from south India (13°N latitude), I was quite amazed to see the Jewel Box with the naked eye! Of course, with an 8" telescope, it was a pretty sight despite extinction...
Back in 1998, while in Aruba for the eclipse, I was able to see this beauty in a pair of 11x80 binoculars from the hotel balcony: "Very resolvable and would be pretty in a telescope." It was one of...