Wide field image of star cluster Messier 15 (ground-based view)
This image, from the Digitized Sky Survey 2, shows the sky around Messier 15, one of the oldest and densest globular clusters known.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2
About the Image
| Id: | heic1321b |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 14 November 2013, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1321 |
| Size: | 8679 x 7677 px |
About the Object
| Name: | M 15, Messier 15 |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular |
| Distance: | 35000 light years |
| Constellation: | Pegasus |
| Category: | Star Clusters |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 21 29 58.40 |
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| Position (Dec): | 12° 10' 12.79" |
| Field of view: | 147.44 x 130.42 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.3° right of vertical |
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