Messier M19
Object Information
- Messier object: M19
- NGC (New General Catalog) number:
NGC 6273
- Discription: Globular Cluster
- Located in
constellation:
Ophiuchus
- Right ascension in hours minutes: 17:02.6
- Declination in degrees minutes: -26:16
- Visual magnitude: 6.8
- Size: 13.5 arc minutes
- Image orientation: North is top, East is left
- Image size: 28 arc minutes wide by 21.6 arc minutes high
- Detailed discription of
M19 in
SEDS Messier database
Photo Information
- 1 x 60 seconds
- Monochrome binned 2x2 pixels
- Tracking, not guided
- Date of observation: August 26, 2006
- Time at end of first CCD image 10:28 am PDT
- Observing Location: Oregon Star Party
Imaging Equipment
- Telescope: Orion Telescopes and Binoculars 80mm ED Apochromatic Refractor, 600mm focal length, f/7.5 focal ratio
- Vixen 2680 flip mirror
- Edmund Optics T-Mount 25mm extension tube (48mm barrel)
- Baader Planetarium T-2 Quick Changer System (T2-06 and T2-07)
- Camera: Orion Telescopes and Binoculars
StarShoot Deep-Space CCD Color Imaging Camera
- TeleVue 32mm Plossl was used on the top port of the Vixen flip mirror
- Telescope Mount: Orion Telescopes and Binoculars Sirius EQ-G with GoTo Controller
Use Test patterns to calibrate monitor brightness, contrast, height and width
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