Object Details:  
 
 Type: 
                                             Globular star cluster
 Constellation:  Scorpius
 Distance: 
                                             7200 light-years
 Diameter:  140 light-years
                                              Image Details: 
  
                                             
 Date:  April 10, 2004
 Site:  Harahan, LA
 Exposure:  CCD, 9 x 30 sec.
 Filters: 
                                             Orion SkyGlow LPR
 Processing:  MSB Astroart 3.0
 Telescope:  10" Meade LX200
 Reducer: 
                                             Meade, f/4.3
 CCD:  Starlight Express MX7C
 Autoguider: 
                                             S.T.A.R. 2000