NGC 6101

NGC 6101


Combination of 10, 3 minute exposures, SBIG ST8XE CCD camera.
300mm f/6 newtonian telescope at prime focus.

NGC 6101 is a fairly small and relatively faint globular cluster in Apus, about 4 degrees south-west of the bright star, alpha triangulum austrrale. It is visible as a small, unresolved patch of light in an 8" telescope, while some resolution is achieved in a 12" under very good conditions.