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as of 03/30/2023 12:02 p.m.
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General Info
| Type | Globular Cluster |
| Constellation | Ophiuchus |
| Right ascension | 17h2'37.700'' |
| Declination | -26°16'5'' |
| Magnitude | 6.800 |
| Distance | 27,100ly |
| Size | 13.500 arc min |
| Catalog Designations | NGC6273, M19 |
| Discovered | 1764 Charles Messier |
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nojokes1 (230)
Orion 10XTi
20 points
Appeared as a faint, gray area. Power was out around me making it possible to find.
HamilTiller (5560)
Hardin 8" Deep Space Hunter
20 points
Austin (5562)
Orion 10'' SkyQuest dobsonian
20 points
As I scanned North -> South looking for the globular pair M19 and M62, the lack of sleep that I had put upon myself the night before began to catch up to me. At last I landed on M19, a very nice globular located just north of M62 and Scorpius below that.
Nice globular with plenty of resolvable stars.
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