M62

Globulare cluster

Constellation- Ophiuchus

Right Ascension: 17h  2m 16 s

Declination: -30° 8' 16"

Distance:  ~22,500 light years

Visual Brightness: mag 6.6

Apparent Dimension:  14.1 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken- July 24, 2003

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- C11 OTA @ f/6.8, ST-8XE NABG @ -20C, autoguided with PHD 2.5 or internal guide chip

Integrations-  L = 5 x 600 seconds binned 2x2Processing- Flats and darks in CCDSoft, aligned, combined, and processed  in CCDSoft and Photoshop CS5