M26 is a magnitude 8.0 galactic star cluster. M26 was discovered by Le Gentil prior to 1750. Charles Messier observed this star cluster in June 1764. M26 has about 100 stars that are members of the cluster, but only about 20 of them are visible in a 6 to 8 inch telescope.
This is an RGB color composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 using an ST-8XE. This image was taken under very poor conditions of clouds and light pollution, and most of my exposures were unusable. I need to try this object again, but was somewhat surprised that I got any image at all considering the conditions that night.
M26 (NGC 6694)
Constellation: Scutum
RA:18h 45m 39s Dec:-09d 22' 40"
April 3, 2006
Image by Sid Leach
Scottsdale, Arizona.
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