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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.
M12 (NGC 6218) was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764. Although similar in many respects to its apparent neighbor, M10 it is much less concentrated toward the center. M12 lies at its distance of about 16,000 light years and is 75 light years across
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This page was last updated on March 15th 2008.