NGC 6229 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Hercules. NGC 6229 is located at about 100,000 light years away from Earth. It is an intermediate-metallicity globular cluster. It has two distinct generations of stars. It may be the remnant core of a spheroidal dwarf galaxy.
Imaged from my driveway with a Bortle 4 sky. 93 x 60s subframes were collected using my RC8 telescope at 1627mm and the ASI071MC camera.
