A Swarm of Ancient Stars

[AYHJA]

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This stellar swarm is M80 (NGC 6093), one of the densest of the 147 known globular star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy. Located about 28,000 light-years from Earth, M80 contains hundreds of thousands of stars, all held together by their mutual gravitational attraction.

Awesome!

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[darklighter1]

Cool Pic...I thought this was going to be a bunch of pics about Raquel Welch but I like this too.

[hotheat]

the M in M80 actually means Messier. Messier was an astronomer who cataloged the astronomical objects he observed.

NGC - New General Catalogue


why is there a black part on the lower left portion of the pic ?

[AYHJA]

Damn good question h2, come to think of it, its also in the other top corner...My guess is that you can't take a picture like that, so its probably time lapsed or something...

[deepdiver32073]

Whoops! I guess my fingers got in the way.

Sorry.