This image of M28 is a single 2 minute exposure taken on June 4th, 1998 with my Meade LX200 10" F/6.3 telescope with a SBIG ST-8 and the new AO-7 Adaptive Optics.
RA (2000)
18:24.5
DEC (2000)
-24:52
Magnitude
6.9
Size
11.2 arc min
Constellation
Sagittarius
Other Name
NGC 6626
Distance
~ 19,000 Light Years
Object Type
Globular Cluster Type 4
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