M10

Globular cluster

Constellation- Ophiuchus

 

 

Right Ascension: 16h 57m 24 s

Declination: -04° 06' 39"

Distance: 13,400 light years

Visual Brightness: 6.6 mag

Apparent Dimension: 15.1 arc minutes

 

 

Image information-

Date taken-

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- Takahashi FS-78 @ f/8.1, ST-8XE NABG @ -15C, autoguided on NexStar11GPS with CCDSoft Ver. 5.0

Integrations-  L = 10x300 seconds binned 1x1

Processing- Flats and darks in CCDsoft Ver 5.0, aligned and combined in CCDSoft, levels and unsharp mask in Photoshop CS