Name Todd D. Vance Bowie, MD	Seeing (1-10) 4	Site Bowie, MD: N38º54'51'' W76º44'5''
Date / Time 04/28/06 21:56—22:12	Transparency(1-5) 4	Object Name Coma Star Cluster Mel111
Instrument 9x63 5.8º FOV binoculars	Power 9X	Constellation Coma Berenices
Location: __12h __24m _3.4s __25º __51' ___4'' J2000 (Starry Night)

Centered at HIP60490 (Mag. 6.68). Beautiful binocular cluster with several brilliant stars, competitive with Pleiades and Hyades. One magnitude 9.0 star picked up (TYC1991-1401-1) as well as several 8 and above. With naked eye, 8 of the 9 stars of Boötes (in the main asterism, not counting pipe) were visible, as were four stars of Corona Borealis. A tree branch obscured part of my view. I picked up far more stars than my earlier observation on April 9—partly from observation experience, partly it was closer to zenith, and partly, there was no glow from the moon.