Object: Open cluster MESSIER 26 Constell: SCT RA: 18h 45.2m Decl: -09° 23' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 8m Size: 14' Type: I 1 m Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Öland, Sweden Date/Time: 4./5.8.1992, 23.30 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 5.7m Background sky: 3 Seeing: 2 Weather: Strong winds. Brightness: 2 Alt: Description: About two dozen stars and a faint glow. Includes several long strings of stars.