M12

Globular Cluster

Constellation- Ophiuchus

Right Ascension: 16h 47m 34 s

Declination: -01° 57' 48"

Distance: 16,000 light years

Visual Brightness: 6.7 mag

Apparent Dimension: 16 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken- May 31, 2005

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- Takahashi FS-78 @ f/8.1, ST-8XE NABG @ -20C, on a NexStar11 GPS autoguided with CCDSoft Ver. 5.0

Integrations- LRGB, L = x seconds binned 2x2, RGB = x seconds each binned 2x2

Processing- Flats and darks, aligned and combined in CCDsoft Ver 5.0, color combined in AstroArt 2.0