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55 (M55) - The Specter Cluster This is a globular cluster located in the southern part of the constellation Sagittarius. It sits about 17,600 light-years away from us and contains around 269,000 solar masses. Its estimated age is around 12.3 billion years which makes is very old. As with most older clusters it is low on metal content (low metallacity) Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live |
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Location: El Sauce Observatory,
Chile Date: September Mount: Mathis MI-1000 Telescope: Planewave CDK24 f/6.6 Camera: FLI PL9000 @ -25c (CHI-1) Exposure: LRGB combined 5 min and 10 min subs - Total: 9hrs 15 min |
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