M 30 (NGC 7099) Globular Cluster in Capricornus

Located at: RA 21 hours 40 minutes 22 seconds, Dec -23 degrees 10 minutes 45 seconds

Size: 12'; Magnitude: 6.9; Class: 5

North is up

West to the right

Telescope:

 8" f5 Newtonian reflector

Camera:

  ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56

Image:

Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 240 minutes (24 x 10 minute subs), 10/9/10/2007

Processing:

CCDStack 1.3, Photoshop 7.0

Location:

 Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s)

Notes:

The bright star to the East (left) of this impressive Messier globular cluster is 5.3 magnitude 41 Capricorni