Click here for a review of the strengths and weaknesses of the Global Rent-A-Scope operation.
This image was created by median combining 7 x 90 second unfiltered images taken with a RCOS 10" operating at f/6. The image has been cut down to be 15 x 15 arc minutes in size.
M70 (NGC 6681) was discovered by Charles Messier in 1780. It is quite close to the galactic center and hence subject to strong gravitational forces. It is about 68 light years in diameter.
In collaboration with the Remote Astronomical Society Observatory
Martin Nicholson - Daventry, United Kingdom.
This page was last updated on April 15th 2009.