Wide-field view of Messier 30 (ground-based image)
This wide-field image of the sky around the globular cluster Messier 30 was created from photographs forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Located about 28 000 light-years away from Earth, this cluster — a swarm of several hundred thousand stars — is about 90 light-years across. The field of view is approximately 2.9 degrees across.
Credit:ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
About the Image
| Id: | heic0918c |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 23 December 2009, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0918 |
| Size: | 10635 x 10653 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 30 |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular |
| Distance: | 28000 light years |
| Constellation: | Capricornus |
| Category: | Star Clusters |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 21 40 21.81 |
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| Position (Dec): | -23° 10' 39.73" |
| Field of view: | 178.70 x 179.01 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° left of vertical |
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