defer xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
		// Collects prometheus metrics from hist and sends it over ch
		hist.Collect(ch)
	}()

	// Converts metrics received into internal []Metric type
	var metrics []MetricV2
	for promMetric := range ch {
		dtoMetric := &dto.Metric{}
		err := promMetric.Write(dtoMetric)
		if err != nil {
			// Log error and continue to receive other metric
			// values