NGC5466 Globular Clucter in Bootes

(RA 14h 05.5m , Dec. +28° 32', 9.0 mag., 11 arcmin.)

This sparse and faint cluster is located about halfway between r Bootis and a lot better known M3 globular (see finder chart below).

The above image was taken on April 19, 2001 from Harrowsmith, Ontario. Cookbook 245 LDC camera was used on Celestron Ultima 8 SCT with f6.3 focal reducer. Telescope was autoguided with Cookbook 211 LDC camera on a piggybacked 500mm f8 telephoto lens. White exposures (4 x 240 sec.) were combined using AIP4WIN.

North is to the right.

Map created in Guide 7.0 - 7°45' x 13° , North is up.

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