With observing this globular cluster in Libra I now have only one more object left to observe in order to complete the RASC Deep Sky Challenge list. I observed and sketched it on the evening of April 25, 2008 using my f/5 12.5" dob.

After observing it I did a little research, and discovered that April 25 was also the night that William Herschel discovered this object. I was just 224 years late to the party.

This is how the object appeared to me at 107X using a 17mm T4 Nagler in a Paracorr. It globular is quite difuse, so with the 12.5" there was only a smattering of stars resolved across its approximately 10 arc minute glow. It's faint but large. I judge it to be an easier object than NGC 5053. I'm definately going to have to give it a go with my 6" scope