Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  M 15  ·  NGC 7078
M15 Globular Cluster, astrotaxi
M15 Globular Cluster
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M15 Globular Cluster

M15 Globular Cluster, astrotaxi
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M15 Globular Cluster

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M15 is about 33,600 light-years from Earth, and 175 light years in diameter , over 100,000 stars.

It has an absolute magnitude of -9.2, which translates to a total luminosity of 360,000 times that of the Sun. Messier 15 is one of the most densely packed globulars known in the Milky Way galaxy.

IC 5115 is a galaxy and it is about 483 milion light-years from Earth and large about 60.000 light-years.

Damn how is deep our Universe!

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