M62/NGC6266 Globular Cluster

July 10, 2005

M62 Globular Cluster in Scorpius

This is one of the more unsymmetrical globualr clusters and lies about 26,000 light years away. Again, there is a fair amount of absorption of light in this area.

Images taken with TEC-140 Telescope mounted on Losmandy G11 mount. Camera used was a Canon EOS20D used at prime focus.

Five 1 minute exposures dark, flat, and bias compensated, aligned and stacked, background removed and Digitaly Developed in ImagesPlus 2.75 beta 2.

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