NGC 6229

NGC 6229 is a faint, 9th magnitude, globular cluster in Hercules with a compact central core and some granulation appearing in the outer halo.
NGC 6229 globular cluster in Hercules

Image taken June 20, 2006 at 05:33 UT, Louisville, CO with Celestron Nexstar11, AptAstro wedge, Meade F3.3 focal reducer, and Astrovid Stellacam II video camera, gain 9/14, integerate 128 , and medium gamma. Temperature was 68°F, no wind, partly cloudy,  transparency good,  and turbulence was 5/10. Dark subtracted, flat field and bias corrected.

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