Observation by Alan Thomas: M10 Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2022 May 31 - 21:56

Uploaded

2022 Jun 28 - 11:17

Objects

M10

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Constellation

Ophiuchus

Field centre

RA: 16^h57^m
Dec: -04°05'
Position angle: -23°45'

Field size

0°36' × 0°27'

Equipment

Unistellar eQuinox 112mm reflector

Exposure

10min.

Location

Norbreck Observatory, Warrington, Cheshire, UK.

Target name

M10 Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus

Title

M10 Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus

About this image

Discovered by Messier as a 'starless nebula' in May 1764. Later, William Herschel observed it as a “beautiful cluster of extremely compressed stars.“

Distance c. 14,300 ly. Age c. 11.4billion ly.

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