The Messier Ten Minute Challenge

M10 - Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus

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This image was created by median combining 7 x 90 second unfiltered images taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 250 with SBIG ST-8XE CCD. The image has been cut down to be 20 x 20 arc minutes in size.

M10 (NGC 6254), discovered by Messier in 1764, is one of many globular clusters that can be found in Ophiuchus.

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In collaboration with the Remote Astronomical Society Observatory

Martin Nicholson - Daventry, United Kingdom.

This page was last updated on April 15th 2008.