Messier 69

Date: 31 May 2023

Altitude: 22 - 28 degrees

Angular Size: 1° 00' x 0° 45'

Position Angle: 1° 19' from north through east

Orientation: North up; East left

Pixel scale: 1.30" per pixel

Total exposure time: 60 minutes

B filter: 28 x 22 seconds

V filter: 28 x 42 seconds

R filter: 28 x 55 seconds

Messier 39 is also known as NGC 6637

Globular cluster: ~125,000 stars

Constellation: Sagittarius

Diameter: 45 light years

Distance: 28,700 light years

Age: {13 billion years}

Notes

The cluster was discovered by Charles Messier on 31 August 1780.