M2 GLOBULAR CLUSTER on 2024-09-28+29+30
This photo was taken in Kyle, Texas, under Bortle 5.9 skies, through a 6-inch f/4 Telescope, on a EQ6-R mount, with a ZWO ASI533MC PRO color camera. Plus a Optolong L Pro Light Pollution Filter. The processing was done in PixInsight. The total image acquisition time is: 2 hrs 43 min 30 sec. [Full Size View] Full size files are very large and can take a minute to download. To zoom in or out on a computer, hold down the Ctrl key and use the scroll mouse button, or you can press the + or - key.
M2 Globular Cluster is also listed as NGC 7089. M2 has a diameter of over 150 light-years and contains about 150,000 stars. It is located about 37,000 light years from earth in the constellation Aquarius. M2 is approaching us at the low velocity of 5.3 km/sec. Most of the cluster’s mass is concentrated at its center and 57 variable stars have been discovered in M2 as of 2017.
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