Iiro's DeepSky Sketches

Name: Messier 62	Other name: NGC 6266
RA: 17h 1.2m	DEC: -30° 7'
Constellation: OPH
Type: Globular cluster
Magnitude: 6.6
Size: 14.1'
Surface brightness: 11
Classification: IV
Description: vB,L,gmbM,rrr
Notes: Asymmetrical
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Location: Boca de Tauce (1980m), Tenerife, Spain
Date: 16/17.4.2004 3:35
Instrument: Newton 110/805 mm
Magnification: 107x	Filter: -
Field: 28'	Seeing: 3
Background sky: 2	NE lim mag: 6.9
Visuality: II	Height: 26°
Weather: +2°C, moist
Description: Bright core, no individual stars, slightly granular.
Updated: 15.5.2004 12:23