M 19 Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus

With an apparent diameter of about 17 arc minutes and a visual brightness of 7.5mag this globular cluster M19 can easily be seen in even small telescops in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

It is a very oblate GC,probably cause by strong gas- and dust-absorption along its eastern edge.Over one million stars form this cluster at real distance of 28.500 light-years.

It was first seen by Charles Messier in 1764 and first resolved into individual stars by William Herschel 20 years later.

 

position (epoch2000):

RA.: 17h 02m 37.69s
Decl.: −26° 16′ 04.6″

 

image data:

LRGB image with L = synth.of all, RGB = 7x1200s each,a total of 7.0 hours

80cm f/7 AstroOptik Keller corrected cassegrain FLI Proline 16803 Astrodon LRGB GenII filters

Prompt 7 CTIO/UNC Chile,remote controlled

image processing: Bernd Flach-Wilken

 

the full field of the used CCD-telescope-combination can be seen here.Click here for full resolution.

a more detailed version can be seen here:

part of this Globlar Cluster seen with the HST can be found here

 

 

Last modified on Friday, 31 May 2019 11:36

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