16″ at 228x: NGC 1696 appears faint, round, 25″ in diameter. Its small smudge of faint light lies between an equally faint pair of mag 15 stars that lie 25″ NW and 38″ SE of centre.

16″ at 228x: This is a lovely young globular cluster, appearing bright, round, 50ʺ in diameter, with a large, bright core and a thin, hazy, fainter halo. It has an enticingly mottled appearance, but no stars are resolved. The globular forms an attractive triangle with mag 10.6 HD 268619 that lies 2.5′ SE, and mag 11.6 HD 268615 that lies 3.7′ SSE.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1718 appears as a fairly faint, round glow, 50″ in diameter. It is smooth and even, with a slight brightening to the centre; no stars are resolved. A mag 14 star lies 1′ SSE of centre.

16″ at 228x: SL 70 appears as a very faint, round haze, ~20″ in diameter. No stars are resolved.

16″ at 228x: LH 3’s handful of ~mag 14 and fainter stars are scattered randomly around a 5ʹ area. On the east side, SL 81 appears as a fairly faint, small, roundish haze of unresolved stars. Without a filter, the nebulosity, N5, which lies on the west side, is obvious as a faint, round nebulous glow, ~50″ in diameter, and with a ~25″ NNE-SSW row of four very small, very faint stars within it. It responds well to the UHC filter, and almost doubles in size, a round, faintish mist with no definable edges, it simply appears to dissolve into the surrounding sky

16″ at 228x: SL 75 appears as a fairly faint, round, smooth glow, ~40″ in diameter, with no stars resolved.

16″ at 228x: Without the filter, this is a soft crescent-shaped nebulous glow, ~1.2′ x 45″ elongated NNW-SSE, with edges that simple fade into the sky. On the east side, a 45″ curving arc of four stars matches the crescent shape of the nebulosity. Very unusual. Very pretty. Two of the stars are ionising stars: mag 13.8 LHA 120-S6 at the south end of the arc and mag 14.5 LHA 120-S5 second star from the north. With the UHC filter, this nebula appears considerably larger and more prominent. It is subtly uneven and has quite distinct edges that fade rapidly into the surrounding sky.

16″ at 228x: This cluster appears relatively bright, round, smooth, ~25″ in diameter. No stars are resolved.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1732 is a very unusual looking cluster. It looks almost like a couple of very close, slightly smudgy stars, oriented NW-SE, embedded in the very faint background glow of unresolved stars. No stars are resolved.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1734 appears fairly bright, very irregular in shape, almost jagged, 50″ in diameter. It is very gritty, but no stars are resolved, although a couple of sparklers pop in and out of view.

16″ at 228x: Yellowy mag 6.5 HD 31754 makes finding NGC 1733 easy as it lies a mere 3.4′ E of the star. The cluster appears faint, round, ~25″ in diameter, smooth and even. No stars are resolved.

16″ at 228x: SL 92 appears as a very faint, roundish glow, ~15″ in diameter, with no stars resolved. 

16″ at 228x: NGC 1749 appears as an extremely faint glow, 20″ in diameter. It forms an odd pair with the big and bright NGC 1755 lying just 2′ SE. 

16″ at 228x: NGC 1755 appears bright, round, 1.5′ in diameter, rich and smooth, with a brighter core, no stars resolved. It makes an unusual pair with the very faint and small NGC 1749 which lies 2′ NW.

16″ at 228x: SL 117 appears as a fairly bright and very hazy, round glow, ~30″ in diameter, with no stars resolved.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1764 appears faint, round, 20″ in diameter, with no stars resolved. 

16″ at 228x: SL 119 appears as a fairly faint, round glow, ~20″ in diameter, with no stars resolved. Forms a triangle with NGC 1755 lying 8′ WSW and NGC 1768 lying 5.8′ SSW.

16″ at 228x: Albeit fairly faint, NGC 1768 is an unusual cluster as it appears as if its stars are arranged in a dainty chain of tiny knots of stars, set against a faint haze of unresolved stars, ~40″ in diameter.

16″ at 228x: This is a very small and very faint cluster, appearing as a tiny, dim, smudge, best seen with averted vision.

16″ at 228x: This extremely faint, round, smudge of haze, ~15″ in diameter, has a handy pair of clusters to help one locate it – it forms a very unequal triangle with NGC 1768 lying 5.8′ SW and SL 119 lying 7.6′ NW.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1774 appears bright, round, 30′ in diameter, a slightly mottled haze although no stars are resolved.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1875 is an attractive chain-like asterism of 7 bright stars oriented NNE-SSW, with a few fainter stars tossed in for a bit of extra sparkle. The star at the NNE end is a very cool star, mag 10.8 Wolf-rayet Brey 11. A real stunner! A mag 11.7 star lies 36″ SSE. The stars at the SSW end form a starry triangle.

16″ at 228x + UHC filter: Both N12 and N14 are visible as very faint, soft, irregularly round patches, both with no edges, the nebulosity simply fading away into the surrounding sky. N12 is ~ 2.5′ in diameter; N14 is ~ 1.0′ in diameter. They are the sort of nebulous patches that are very easy to skip clean over if one simply nudges the telescope from superbubble N11 to globular cluster NGC 1783 and thence to supergiant shell LMC 1. Cluster KMHK 401 lies 4.6′ NNW of N12 and appears as a very faint haze, 15″-20″ in diameter, with no stars resolved.

16″ at 228x: This ancient globular cluster is gorgeous! It appears as a very bright, round glow, 40″ in diameter, with a large, rich and smooth core, and a considerably fainter, thin halo. No stars are resolved. A ~mag 12 star is superimposed on the rich glow, just northwest of the core.

16″ at 228x: Superb! This young globular cluster is beautifully bright, round, 2.5′ in diameter, with a rich and smooth core that brightens further to the centre. It has a superbly gritty halo, that gives me the feeling there are many stars just beyond the ability of my telescope to resolve. No stars are resolved.

16″ at 228x: SL 154 appears as a very, very faint, small, round glow, ~10″ in diameter.

16″ at 228x: SL 153 appears as fairly bright, round, 30″ in diameter, with a large core and a narrow, fainter, hazy halo. No stars are resolved.

16″ at 228x: SL 162 appears exceedingly faint, irregular, ~20″ in diameter.

16″ at 228x: N16A is a surprisingly nice nebula – visible without a filter as a large, faint, hazy, oval glow. It has a very good response to the UHC filter, its brightish glow appearing as a very shallow arc, ~3.5′ elongated E-W, open to the north and brighter on its southern side. It has undefined edges, simply fading away on all sides. A mag 14.5 Wolf-Rayet star, Brey 12, lies just north of the centre of the glow. There are a number of small clusters lying quite close-by.

16″ at 228x: This exceedingly small and faint binary pair are relatively easy to locate as they lie just outside of the base of a triangle formed by a pair of mag 12 stars (the base), and the apex, a mag 13 star lying to the SW. BRHT 62a appears as nothing more than an exceedingly faint and small smudge of very pale light, picked up with averted vision. The companion, BRHT 62b, lies around the westernmost stae of the triangle base, but all that can be seen is the mag 12 star itself.

16″ at 228x: SL 174 appears as a faint, round haze, ~25″ in diameter, with no stars resolved.

16″ at 228x: SL 173 appears as an exceedingly faint and small smudge of dim light, picked up with averted vision.

16″ at 228x: SL 179 appears as an exceedingly faint  smudge of dim light, ~10″ in diameter. Mag 10.2 HD 268860 lies 1.9′ SW.

16″ at 228x: Another gorgeous young globular cluster! It is very bright, round, 1.2′ in diameter. It has a pretty large bright core that brightens further to its very bright centre, and a large halo. The edges of its halo are enticingly gritty, but no stars are resolved. It lies 4.5′ NE of lovely, slightly yellowy, mag 8.3 AO Doradus.

16″ at 228x: This young globular cluster is very bright, round, ~30″ in diameter, with a superbly bright and rich core, and a fairly faint and thin halo. A mag 13.5 star is resolved at the south edge of its halo, and a mag 13 star lies just off the northwest side. There are a number of mag 11+ stars scattered around the surrounding field which make the whole scene very attractive.

16″ at 228x: HD 32987 = IDS 05019-6503 is a gorgeous double star!

16″ at 228x: NGC 1810 appears as a moderately bright, round glow, 35″ in diameter, with two ~mag 14 stars resolved on the east side of the halo. A mag 12.5 star lies 45″ N, and mag 10.3 HD 268879 lies 2.6′ WNW.

16″ at 228x: This young globular cluster is gorgeous! It is very bright, round, at least 2′ in diameter, with a superbly bright core and a lovely, loose halo with a few mag 12-14 stars resolved in the halo’s outer reaches. What looks like a slightly smudgy star lies just off its southwest side, but it’s not a star, it is tiny cluster KMHK 490.

16″ at 228: LH 21 appears as a graceful N-S scattering of mag 14-15 stars set against the faint haze of unresolved stars. Stretching ~4′, the association stands out well against the starry field. KMHK 498 appears as an arc-shaped trio of ~13-13.5 mag stars. The cluster ZHT AN9 appears as the faintest little smudge of haze northwest of KMHK 498.

16″ at 228x: LH 22 appears as a small NW-SE scattering of a few mag 14+ stars with a petite crown of ~mag 14 stars lying towards the NW end, and open to the NW; all lying against the faint haze of unresolved stars. The UHC filter reveals no sign of N21’s faint nebulosity that arcs just north of the stars.

16″ at 228x: Despite being a very faint haze, this cluster is easy to locate as it lies between mag 8.8 HD 33578 lying 8′ NW and NGC 1805 lying 15′ SE. The cluster appears as a very faint, round, haze ~25″ in diameter.

16″ at 228x: SL 205 appears as a faint, round glow, 25″ in diameter, with no stars resolved. It is quite easy to locate as it forms a triangle with NGC 1810 lying 8′ WSW and NGC 1818 lying 5.2′ SSW.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1822 appears as a faint, round glow, 25″ in diameter. No stars are resolved except for a mag 14.5 star resolved on its west edge. It forms an attractive pair with the slightly brighter and bigger NGC 1826 that lies 2.8′ SE.

16″ at 228x: SL 212 appears pretty bright as it has a mag 13 star with a fairly faint glow on its west, ~22″ in diameter. A pair of ~mag 14 stars, separated by 14″, lie just off the cluster’s south side.

16″ at 228x: SL 218 is a faint and very small, round, quasi-stellar bead of light with the faintest hint of haze around it with averted vision.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1826 appears fairly faint, round, 40″ in diameter, with no stars resolved. It forms a close pair with fainter and smaller NGC 1822 that lies 2.8′ NW.

16″ at 228x: HS 111 appears as a faint, stellar bead of pale light.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1831 appears fairly bright, 2′ in diameter, rich, smooth, and with a brighter core that fades outwards to a fainter halo. No stars are resolved, except for a single faint mag 16 star lying on its northeast edge. A lovely double star, IDS 05019-6503, lies 24.5′ W of the young globular. It’s a very pretty double star: mag 9.4/10.2 at 39.4″.

16″ at 228x: SL 228 appears as a faint, round haze, ~30″ in diameter, lit up by a lovely resolved mag 12 star on its east side.

16″ at 228x: Gorgeous! NGC 1838 is a large, loose, rich gathering of scattered stars, 7′ in diameter; the stars hemmed in by three small Shapley-Lindsay clusters on the edges (the northern pair are a binary cluster), mag 10.2 HD 269035 at the southeast edge, and lovely bright mag 8.2 HD 33617 which lies just off the western edge. A number of mag 11.5-13 stars lie in the cluster, along with dozens of fainter stars – around 4 or 5 dozen down to mag 15 stars.

SL 225, at the southwest edge, appears fairly faint, round, 45″ in diameter. Three small mag 15-16 stars are resolved along the north side. The binary cluster, SL 229 and BRHT 29b (SL 230), lies at the northern edge, oriented NE-SW, and 3.9′ NE from mag 8.2 HD 33617. SL 229, on the SW end, appears as a faint glow, ~20″ in diameter, with no stars resolved. Separated by 1′, BRHT 29b, lying on the NE end, appears as a fairly bright, smooth oval, ~25″ x 15″, roughly oriented N-S. No stars are resolved.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1842 appears as a very faint, irregular haze, ~25″ in diameter, with no stars resolved. It forms an unequal pair with larger and brighter NGC 1844 that lies 3.4′ SSE.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1844 appears fairly faint, irregular, ~40″ in diameter. Its brightest section has a curiously jagged appearance. No stars are resolved. The cluster forms a pair with smaller and fainter NGC 1842 that lies 3.4′ NNW.

16″ at 228x: This is a pretty young globular cluster, appearing fairly bright, round, 2.5′ in diameter, and evenly bright with edges that fade rapidly. No stars are resolved, but there is some subtle graininess across the glow.

16″ at 228x: SL 253 appears as a very faint, irregular glow, ~15″ in diameter. The faint little cluster lies almost dead centre of a very attractive arc of mag 12-13 stars, open to the southwest. It forms an unequal pair with brighter SL 257 that lies at the southwestern end of the arc.

16″ at 228x: SL 257 lies at the southwestern end of a pretty arc of mag 12-13 stars, appearing as a small, fairly faint, off-round glow, ~15″ in diameter. It forms a pair with SL 253, which lies 2.4′ NW, almost in the centre of the arc of stars. It’s a pretty stellar picture.

16″ at 228x: This young globular appears fairly bright, round, 1′ in diameter. It is smooth and brightens to a slightly brighter core. No stars are resolved. It forms the northern vertex of a triangle with mag 9.7 HD 34038 which lies 7.4′ SSW, and mag 9.9 HD 34143 6′ SSE.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1849 appears moderately bright, round, 40″ in diameter, its brightish core surrounded by a fainter halo. No stars are resolved. An attractive equilateral triangle of mag 11 and 12 stars lies 4′ SW.

16″ at 228x: SL 283 is an extremely faint little glow, round, ~10′ in diameter. Its companion, BRHT 32b, lying close NNW, is so small and faint as to be invisibile.

16″ at 228x: SL 293 appears as a very faint, irregular, dim glow, ~15″ in diameter.

16″ at 228x: SL 298 is an attractive cluster, appearing pretty bright, round, 40′ in diameter, with a small bright centre. No stars are resolved.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1859 appears moderately bright, round, 30″ in diameter. It is smooth and even, with no stars resolved. It forms an unusual, wide triangle with mag 7 HD 34349 which lies 5.5′ NE, and mag 8.4 HD 34543 that lies 11.8′ WNW.

16″ at 228x: H88 198 is just barely perceptive, picked up with averted vision, appearing as a very small, very faint, dab of very dim light.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1862 appears as a very faint, irregular glow, 20″ in diameter, with no stars resolved.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1864 appears as a fairly bright, slightly off-round haze, 30″ in diameter, with two faint mag 14.5-15 stars resolved on the edges.

16″ at 228x: This young globular cluster is just gorgeous! It appears very bright, roundish, with a superbly bright 1′ core that is rich and dense, surrounded by a fainter but beautifully granular halo that increases the size of the globular cluster to an impressive 3′ in diameter. No stars are resolved.

16″ at 228x: Lovely double star!

16″ at 228x: NGC 1867 appears as a fairly faint, round haze, 30″ in diameter, with a very slight brightening to the centre. No stars are resolved. 

16″ at 228x: Lovely star! 

16″ at 228x: NGC 1868 appears as a relatively faint, round, glow, 45″ in diameter, with a large core surrounded by a very thin and faint halo. No stars are resolved. 

16″ at 228x: NGC 1882 appears as a fairly faint, irregular glow, 50″ in diameter, brightening to the centre. No stars are resolved. 

16″ at 228x: NGC 1887 appears as a moderately faint, round glow, 35″ in diameter, slightly brighter in the centre. No stars are resolved. A mag 13.5 star lies just off the northwest edge of the cluster.

16″ at 228x + UHC  filter: This H II region appears as a pretty bright, irregular glow, ~45″ in diameter. Its glow is even and smooth, and has clear-cut edges that fade rapidly in the darkness. Without the filter, three mag 14.5-15 stars lie in the glow, one almost dead centre. Mag 12.0 HD 269265 lies 1.7′ NNW.

16″ at 228x: This background galaxy shining through this rich region of the Cloud appears fairly faint, very elongated 1.1′ x 25″ WSW-ENE, with a slightly brighter centre and rounded ends. A mag 15 star lies just 1′ ESE of centre.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1897 appears as a faint, round glow, brightening to the centre, 25″ in diameter. No stars are resolved. 

16″ at 228x: This sparse Milky Way cluster or asterism is superimposed on the LMC, but it’s nice to visit some of our own stars while exploring the Cloud! It is a very scattered gathering of around 40 stars of mixed magnitude, spread over a 15′ region with mag 7.6 HD 35230 marking the southwest end. There is an attractive grouping towards the centre, extending 7′ x 2.5′, of about 15 stars, of which 7 are fairly bright, including mag 8.4 HD 35294. LMC cluster SL 359 lies a mere 1.3′ WSW of this bright star, which all but washes the cluster out, leaving but a very faint, small smudge of dim light.

16″ at 228x: This young globular cluster has a beautifully bright, slightly irregular, core, ~30″ in diameter, surrounded by a fainter and hazy halo that expands its size to 1.2′. No stars are resolved. It is located 43′ NE of gorgeously bright and orange mag 4.8 Theta Doradus

16″ at 228x: This cluster appears fairly faint, round, 30″ in diameter, with a small, brighter core surrounded by a fainter and hazy halo. No stars are resolved.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1915 appears as four mag 14-14.5 stars. (The stars actually look more like an asterism than a cluster.) An extremely small and faint cluster, KMHK 771, lies ~40″ SE of the stars, but it is so small and faint that it is invisible to my telescope. An attractive arc of three mag 11-12 stars, open to the west, lies ~2.5′ E, and the glow of nebulous NGC 1920 lies a further 3′ NE.

16″ at 228x: SL 386 appears as a faint, round glow, 15″ in diameter, with no stars resolved.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1919 appears irregular in shape, ~2′ in diameter, with 8 mag 13.5+ stars scattered against a lovely haze of both unresolved stars and the glow of N37’s nebulosity that encompasses the whole cluster. The nebulosity responds well to the UHC filter; appearing irregular and uneven, and with no edges, just fading away into the sky. The filter also reveals that quite a lot of the background glow without the filter comes from unresolved stars.

16″ at 228x: SL 398 appears as a very small, very faint, glow, ~10′-15″ in diameter.

16″ at 228x: Without a filter this HII region looks like an attractive Milky Way planetary nebula! It appears bright, round, ~50″ in diameter, with a smooth glow and with one star resolved in its glow, just north of centre. It has a great response to the UHC filter and is considerably brighter to the SE and its nicely defined edges fade rapidly. There are some lovely bright stars in its immediate neighbourhood, most noticeable being a large, roughly V-shaped gathering of half a dozen bright stars, open to the north and with the pointy end of the V centred 3.6′ SSW, and with NGC 1920 lying in the centre.

16″ at 228x: This mag 14.8 planetary nebula isn’t too difficult to locate. There are a pair of stars that act as handy pointers: mag 10.2 HD 35847 (in the image) lies 3.1′ SE of the planetary nebula, and mag 11.1 HD 269436 lies a further 3.2′ SE.  A line from them points almost directly at the little PN. Like the Cloud’s other planetary nebule, without a filter it appears just like a mag 14.8 star. But the O III filter not only dims the surrounding stars significantly, bit it also allows the little beauty, albeit retaining its stellar size, to reveal the special glow that indicates it’s a planetary nebula. Who can’t be awed at the sight?

16″ at 228x: LH 43 is an attractive gathering of stars which appears to be divided into two distinct segments: on the east side, the cluster NGC 1923 is very prominent as an irregular glow, ~1′ x 0.5′, in which four mag 14.5-16 mag stars are resolved, forming a tiny triangle. To the west, LH 43’s stars are a gathering of five mag 12, 13 and 14 stars, and a number of fainter stars, immersed in a very faint haze of unresolved stars and scattered around a 2.5′ area, elongated NNE-SSW. NGC 1923’s glow has a good response to the UHC filter, a fairly bright glow with clear-cut edges that fade rapidly. 

In its image N40 is a lovely and graceful N-S arc, open to the west. But alas, not an awful lot was visible. With the UHC filter it appeared as a couple of very faint and very diffuse patchy glows to the north of NGC 1923. (There was nothing visible of the arc to the south.) The glows have no definite edges and simply faded away into the dark sky, but it was all so faint that the fading away was pretty relative.

16″ at 228x: SL 410 is snuggled up on the SW side of mag 10.9 HD 271189. The star washes out the cluster which appears as a very small and very faint smudge.

16″ at 333x: SL 424 appears as a fairly bright glow, 35″ in diameter brightening to a small, brightish and irregular centre. No stars are resolved.

16″ at 228x: SL 421 appears as a faint, round glow, ~18″ in diameter; no stars resloved.

16″ at 228x: KMHK 828 appears as a very faint, and very small,  smudgy slash of light, elongated NNE-SSW.

16″ at 228x: NGC 1940 appears as a round glow, ~30″ in diameter, with a bright core and a very thin and faint halo. No stars are resolved. A pretty arc of stars in diminishing magnitude (mag 10.3, 11.5, and 13), open to the south, lies to the east. Gorgeous orange mag 4.8 Theta Doradus lies 52′ W.