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M71: Globular Cluster in Sagitta

Right Ascension19 : 53.8 (h:m)
Declination+18 : 47 (deg:m)
Distance11.7 (kly)
Visual Brightness8.2 (mag) 
Apparent Dimension7.2 (arc min)
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72 second (9 x 8 sec.) exposure using the PC camera with Dave Allmon's QCV2 software on the 8" Newtonian.

Dark frame processing, image alignment, and stacking was done with Dave Allmon's DarkGen program.
Final processing performed with Photoshop.
7/7/2000

144 second (18 x 8 sec) exposure.
Cropped and enhanced with Photoshop.
7/11/2000
144 second (18 x 8 sec) exposure.
Enhanced with Photoshop.
7/11/2000