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M68 Located in the direction of Hydra, it lies about 33,600 ly away. It is one of the most metal-poor (ie contains few elements heavier than helium) globular clusters orbiting the Milky Way, has a mass of about 2.2x105 solar masses and is classified as X (loose) on the Shapley-Sawyer globular cluster concentration scale (1927).
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| Camera: | SBIG STL11000M, Astrodon filters | Scope: | Takahashi TOA-130, f=1000mm, f7.7, fov 1.0° x 0.7° |
| Mount: | Takahashi EM-200 Temma 2 | Guiding: | external, E-finder |
| Filters/Exposures: | R:G:B = 6:6:6 ≡ 18m | Location: | ASV's LMDSS, Lady's Pass, Victoria, Australia |
| Date: | February 2016 | Processing: | CCDStack2, RegiStar and Photoshop CS5 |