Herschel 080

Date: 17 July 2022

Altitude: 62 - 71 degrees

Angular Size: 1° 00' x 0° 45'

Orientation: North up; East left

Pixel scale: 1.30" per pixel

Total exposure time: 60 minutes

B filter: 33 x 44 seconds

V filter: 33 x 36 seconds

R filter: 33 x 30 seconds

Herschel 80 is also known as NGC 6229

Globular cluster: Classification GC(v)B

Constellation: Hercules

Diameter: 120 light years

Distance: 91,000 light years

Notes

Herschel 80was discovered by William Herschel on 12 May 1787.

It is an intermediate-metallicity globular cluster with two distinct generations of stars, and may

be the remnant core of a spheroidal dwarf galaxy.