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GLobular
M72 | Messier 72 | NGC 6981
This dim globular hosts over 100,000 stars. The brightest is 14.2 mV, and the brightest 25 average 15.9 mV. It's 106 light years across. At Class IX, it's very loose.


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All Images of GLobular
24 Sep 2017

30 Aug 2014

Details:
Night of:Sunday September 24, 2017
Site:Laguna Niguel
Local Time:10:15 AM | Sep 24, 2017
Altitude:43°
RA:20h 53m 28s
Declination:-12d 32' 14"
Distance:54,570 light years
Magnitude:+9.4 mV
Size:6.6'
Camera Settings:
Telescope:9.25-SCT
Camera:Celestron NightScape + f/6.3 Reducer
f/ratio:f/6.3
Pixel Scale:1.45 arcsec
Image Size:997 x 841 pixels (0.8 MP)
24.1' x 20.3'
Exposure:30 sec
Stacked Frames:13
Total Integration:7 minutes
Post Processing:t-shirt flats
stacked in aa6
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