Antilhue - Chile

Messier 10
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Image Data

Designation M 10,  NGC 6254,  Bennett 83
Object type Globular cluster
Coordinates 16 h 57 min    - 04° 06'   Ophiuchus (Oph)
Description Messier 10 is a bright (mag. 6.6), very large (15'), round, globular which condenses to a packed core.  A very rich cluster, one of the better ones in the sky, it is located in the rather barren central Opiuchus region located 9.6° E of Yed Posterior (Epsilon Ophiuchi).   Messier, who discovered this fine globular in 1764, failed to see any stars in it, although they are plainly visible in a modern 3" (75mm) telescope.

Click on the image for a higher resolution version.  The field of view is  36 x 24 arcminutes with north towards the top.

Exposure NRGB 40:16:16:16 min @ -25°C ;  all exposures unbinned, no filter on luminance
Camera SBIG STL-11000 with Astronomik Type 2 RGB filterset  -  selfguided
Optics RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien @ f/9 (prime focus)
Mount Astro-Physics AP1200GTO
Software MaxIm DL/CCD,  Registar,  PixInsight V.1,  Adobe Photoshop CS
Location - Date - Time San Esteban (Chile) - 05Jun2005 @ 04:00 UTC
Conditions Transparency 8/10,  Seeing 7/10, Temperature  + 5°C