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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 size: 55.23 arc minutes high by 40.98 arc minutes wide Image orientation: North is top, East is left Detailed discription of M19 in SEDS Messier database Other Messier galleries, images or catalogs

Observing Log
Date of observation: August 21, 1998
Time at end of CCD image 21:46 PDT
Observing Location: ARGO
Observation of object: M19 is a small round globular cluster with a small bright core.
 
Sky Conditions
Sky transparency: 5.3 (Magnitude of the faintest star visible with the unaided eye in Ursa Minor) The Milky Way was very bright with dust lanes.
Moon set at 19:52 PDT on August 21, 1998
Astronomical twilight ends in the evening at 21:45 PDT on August 21, 1998
Astronomical twilight starts in morning at 4:28 PDT on August 22, 1998
 
Observing Equipment
80 mm aperture refractor telescope and CCD Cookbook Camera
CCD image time: 1 - 60 seconds image
CCD dark calibration frames: 15 - 60 seconds dark frames

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