This image of M70 is a single 10 minute exposure taken on June 19th, 1998 with my Meade LX200 10" F/6.3 telescope with a SBIG ST-8 and the new AO-7 Adaptive Optics.
RA (2000)
18:43.2
DEC (2000)
-32:18
Magnitude
8.1
Size
7.8 arc min
Constellation
Sagittarius
Other Name
NGC 6681
Distance
~ 65,000 Light Years
Object Type
Globular Cluster type 5
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