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Very quick sketch, about 5-10 mins it took. Also I was not able to sketch the cluster and the graininess properly here. Seeing was slightly lower than average, which was bad. (But anyway good transparency helped me a bit, as the cluster sat at 24° alt.)

Overall very cool cluster, bright, but fuzzy and looks like a dim gray smudge on the lens. Also very easy to find. Besides Omega Centauri, I saw Alpha Centauri and Crux too. (both bright)

bortle 6-7, 4.5" Dob, 7 May, some intermittent clouds (but they didnt affect the observation much), about ~ 5 pm UTC, 18°N lat. (btw I didnt use higher power eyepiece because I didn't brought one to the spot)

thanks for looking and reading this! cs.