Impressive notice that Barnard discovered Pal 8. But indeed, the entries in his observer's logbook reads fantastic.

My entries from 4" to 27", all from ~48°N latitude are as follows:
4", 88x, NELM 6m5+
at 18x not visible; with 44x easy but small; best view with 88x; rich star field; no concentration to its middle; 2 faint stars at the border; can hold GC with direct vision
12", 190x, NELM 6m5+
bright and easy to detect; mottled appearance with 3-4 stars glimpsed trough the GC; a little bit concentrated to the middle; 3 brighter foreground stars around GC
15", 285x, NELM 7m+
bright with mottled appearance
16", 257x, NELM 7m+
rich star field, GC easy to detect, mottled appearance, a few very faint stars glimpsed trough the GC, faint stars around the globular star cluster
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27", 113x-419x, fst 7m0+
bright; 12mag double star at the NW edge; GC looks granular; one dozen stars could be resolved; star clump W of the middle; not concentrated