{"id":2140,"date":"2014-06-29T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2018-01-08T16:31:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:31:01","slug":"june-2014","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/deepsky\/june-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Michael Kinns sent in two drawings this month, both of globular clusters. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>M12 is a globular cluster in the constellation of Ophiucus.\u00a0 Michael reports that the extent of the stellar halo was only apparent after full dark adaptation at 22.30 UT.\u00a0 The faintest star recorded is magnitude 13.\u00a0 Michael uses a 200mm f6 Newtonian telescope, which is probably the minimum aperture required to resolve this globular into stars.\u00a0 M12 is about 15,700 light years from the Earth, and is about 75 light years across.<\/p>\n<p>M92 is a globular cluster in the constellation of Hercules.\u00a0 Michael resolved this globular despite a gibbous moon in the South: the faintest star seen is magnitude 12.\u00a0 M92 is about 26,700 light years from the Earth and is one of the oldest globular clusters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2513\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2513 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/deepsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/01\/M12-Ophiuchus-cropped-resized-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/deepsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/01\/M12-Ophiuchus-cropped-resized-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/deepsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/01\/M12-Ophiuchus-cropped-resized.jpg 404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2514\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/deepsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/01\/2014.06.14-M.Kinns-M92-Hercules-200mm-Newtinian-f6-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/deepsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/01\/2014.06.14-M.Kinns-M92-Hercules-200mm-Newtinian-f6-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/deepsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/01\/2014.06.14-M.Kinns-M92-Hercules-200mm-Newtinian-f6.jpg 404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M92<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Dave Finnigan<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Kinns sent in two drawings this month, both of globular clusters. 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