Object: Open cluster MESSIER 18 Constell: SGR RA: 18h 19.9m Decl: -17° 08' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 6.9m Size: 9' Type: II 3 p n Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Öland, Sweden Date/Time: 2./3.8.1992, 01.55 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 5.8m Background sky: 2-3 Seeing: 2 Weather: Brightness: 3 Alt: Description: A small cluster of bright stars. Compact at 63x but easy to draw at 133x.