Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  M 15  ·  NGC 7078
M15 - Globular Cluster in Pegasus, Jeff Tropeano
M15 - Globular Cluster in Pegasus
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M15 - Globular Cluster in Pegasus, Jeff Tropeano
M15 - Globular Cluster in Pegasus
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This is the final image of M15, stretched and processed from a stack of 70 frames.

I shot M15 on December 23, 2014 while waiting for Comet Lovejoy to rise, which was my real target for the evening. Usually with Globs I like to shoot with my 10” Newtonian, but I was shooting with the TeleVue to prepare for Lovejoy.

Captured with a TeleVue-76 on an Atlas EQ-G (tracked, not guided), and a Canon 60-D DSLR. 60 Subs @ 15 seconds, ISO 1600. 10 Darks. Processed with PixInsight

This globular cluster is in the constellation Pegasus. It is about 33,000 light years away, and is one of the most densely packed Globular Clusters in the Milky Way.

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M15 - Globular Cluster in Pegasus, Jeff Tropeano