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 An
            exciting rich field of both dark nebulosity, star clouds and
            globular clusters. Just above center is M22, a large 5.2 magnitude
            object spanning half a degree in width. Most of the brighter
            stars in this cluster are 10.7 magnitude, and the fainter members
            are near 14.2 and some fainter. Off to the right is M28, a 7th
            magnitude and much smaller 13 arcminute globular cluster that
            is more concentrated in the center. The dark nebula Barnard 98
            is near the bottom, and two additional globulars NGC6642 and
            NGC6638 are seen as stellar images at this scale.
Instrument:  8" f/1.5 Celestron Schmidt Camera
Platform:  Homemade GEM
Film:  Kodak Supra 400
CCD Autoguider: ST4
Exposure:  2x8mins
Filters:  NONE
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona
Elevation:  6800 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 9/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  45 F
Processing: Photoshop, PixInsight Pro.
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