Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Boötes (Boo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5466
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NGC 5466 Snowglobe Cluster, Pete Bouras
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NGC 5466 Snowglobe Cluster

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An LRGB image shot from the backyard over 2 nights 12-14 May 23
Std processing in PI, also using BlurX, lgrbcombination, SPCC , GHS, curves and NoiseX.

NGC 5466 is a class XII globular cluster in the constellation Boötes. Located 51,800 light years from Earth and 52,800 light years from the Galactic Center, it was discovered by William Herschel on May 17, 1784, as H VI.9. This globular cluster is unusual insofar as it contains a certain blue horizontal branch of stars, as well as being unusually metal poor like ordinary globular clusters. It is thought to be the source of a stellar stream discovered in 2006, called the 45 Degree Tidal Stream. This star stream is an approximately 1.4° wide star lane extending from Boötes to Ursa Major. (wikipedia)

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