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Messier 12
M12, NGC 6218
Globular Cluster
Ophiuchus
16,000 light years
+6.7
13 arcminutes
61 light years
1764, Charles Messier
June
16h 47m 18s
-01º 56’ 04”
Celestron EdgeHD 8"
7 nights in June & July 2019
RGB = 12 x 300s each
3 hours |