Thanks, Steve!
Perhaps I oversimplified. SagDIG was in the same finder scope FOV as
44-Rho1 Sagittarii. I used the following visual star hop to the object:
44-Rho1 Sagittarii = SAO 162512 (m = 3.92) to
SAO 162557 (m = 8.17) to
71 Sagittarii = SAO 162637 (m = 7.19) to
67 Sagittarii = SAO 162643 (m = 6.73) to
77 Sagittarii = SAO 162685 (m = 7.73)
SagDIG was within the 1 degree FOV of 77 Sagittarii, ~ 22' south;
SAO 162681 (m = 8,57) and GSC 6302:713 (m = 10.85) were in the
same 18 arc minute FOV (nearly due north).
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Just before the SagDIG observation, I chose some eye candy for the first
target that evening: M54. Reason? I hoped to get at least an "obscured"
glimpse of the other dwarf galaxy in Sagittarius: SagDEG, the Sagittarius
Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy. SagDEG, is purportedly a knot within M54.
Several years ago, while observing the Messier catalog using a smaller
instrument (a 7" MakNewt) and under different conditions M54 was not a very
memorable sight. Saturday, Sag had was already low in the sky. Using the
C11 (40mm UO 70 Deg Koenig), at 70X the 1 degree FOV was gorgeous. This
target was supposed to be "in the soup", but this time the air was
transparent and seeing was rock steady. I had no problem pumping up the mag
to 400X (UO 7 mm Ortho) to nearly fill the FOV with the bright compact object.
An Australian fellow (sans Fosters) next to me asked why I had taken this
target to so high a mag, so I shared the view. The very compact core was
resolved. To me, the sight was breath taking, so much so that I sketched
the complex object. Maybe SagDEG was in once of the areas of concentration
in my sketch.
Later that evening, a few were remarking that this night had been a "High
Sierra" type experience. I certainly enjoyed myself.