Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Contains:  M 107  ·  NGC 6171
M107 Globular Cluster, Jerry Macon
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M107 Globular Cluster

M107 Globular Cluster, Jerry Macon
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M107 Globular Cluster

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Only images from this scope were used:

TV127is+ASI183MM at .75 asec/pix. (RGB)

The L taken on the AG12" Newtonian were not a good quality, I think not good focus, so I did not use them.

Messier 107 or M107, also known as NGC 6171, is a very loose globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus, and is the last globular cluster in the Messier Catalogue. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in April 1782, then independently by William Herschel in 1793. Herschel described it as a "globular cluster of stars, large, very rich, very much compressed, round, well resolved, clearly consisting of stars". It was not until 1947 that Helen Sawyer Hogg added it and three other objects discovered by Méchain to the list of Messier objects. The cluster is located 2.5° south and slightly west of the star Zeta Ophiuchi.

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M107 Globular Cluster, Jerry Macon

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