m22

	M22

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	RA: 18:36.4 Dec: -23:54 Magnitude: 5.1 Size: 32 arc min Distance: 10400 ly Constellation: Sagittarius	Scope: 8" SCT at f/10 Autoguider: ST-4 average mode Sky conditions: Great seeing and moderate transparency. Camera: Hutech modified Canon 300D Exposure: 10 x 2 minutes ISO800 Date: July 5, 2008
	Comments: A second shot from my first trip to Ransom Rd. Excellent seeing and moderate transparency with a low in the 50s. M22 is on of the nearer globular clusters and was probably one of the first globulars discovered, by Abraham Ihle in 1665. The cluster is comprised of about 70,000 stars spread over a region roughly 200 light years in diameter and is receding from us at about 149 km/sec.