NGC 6229 Globular Star Cluster

 

While not coming anywhere near close to the grandeur of the M13 globular cluster, NGC 6229 is another 'glob' that can be found in the constellation of Hercules.

 

It's discovery is once again down to William Herschel. He discovered NGC 6229 on the 12th of May 1787.

235 Years ago now!

 

The cluster is approx 100,00 light years away from us. One theory of it's formation, is that it could be the left over stars from a dwarf galaxy that was absorbed by the Milky Way some time in the long distant past.

 

Boring techie bit below for those interested:

Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector

HEQ5 pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup

Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Neewer Intervalometer used to control the exposures.

45 exposures of 133 seconds at ISO 800

Stacked together with 20 each of Flats, Darks, Dark Flats & Bias calibration frames.

Processed with Deep Sky Stacker & StarTools.

Done