M10_PS1_CROP_15x10-2

This is a picture of M10: It is about 14,000 light years away in the constellation Ophiuchus and has a diameter of about 83 light years. The cluster has a mass of about 225,000 Suns and orbits the Milky Way galaxy every 140 million years.

Location: Rancho Hidalgo, NM
Telescope: TEC-140 (F7)
Camera: SBIG ST-8300M
Mount: AP900 GTO
Luminance: 12x5 minutes (bin 1x1)
Red: 6x5 minutes (bin 2x2)
Green: 6x5 minutes (bin 2x2)
Blue: 6x5 minutes (bin 2x2)