ADN

Posted: **Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:01 pm**

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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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Posted: **Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:39 pm**

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

Posted: **Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:15 pm**

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 ?

Posted: **Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:07 pm**

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...

Posted: **Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:46 pm**

Whoops! I guess my fingers got in the way.

Sorry.

ADN

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