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| Image taken September 8, 2012, with the C-14 operating at F:7 and the ST-8 camera binned 2 X 2. Exposure is 5 minutes using Track and Accumulate. |
M30
M30 is a globular cluster about 26,000 light years distant in Capricornus. It covers about 12 arc minutes of sky which corresponds to a physical size of about 90 light years. The brightest red giant stars are of magnitude 12 and the cluster is approaching us at a speed in excess of 100 miles per second.
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| Image taken September 8, 2012, with the C-14 operating at F:7 and the ST-8 camera binned 2 X 2. Exposure is 5 minutes using Track and Accumulate. |