You’ll spot one of the sky’s brightest globular clusters — the Pavo Globuarl (NGC 6752) — easily with your naked eyes from a dark site 3.2° northeast of magnitude 4.2 Lambda (λ) Pavonis. Astronomy: Roen Kelly
Each week, Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Michael E. Bakich, a
master at explaining how to observe, posts a podcast about three or more
objects or events you can see in the sky.
Targets for August 16–23, 2012
Small telescope: The Pavo Globular (NGC 6752)
Large telescope: Planetary nebula NGC 6751
Large telescope: Globular cluster NGC 6749
