Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  M 15  ·  NGC 7078
Great Pegasus Cluster, Dark Rift Astro
Great Pegasus Cluster
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Great Pegasus Cluster, Dark Rift Astro
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M15 (Great Pegasus Cluster) is located within the Pegasus constellation.
It is about 35700 lightyears from Earth. It's one of the oldest known globular clusters at about 12.5±1.3 billion years old. The cluster contains over 100,000 stars. It also features a planetary nebula known as Pease 1, which is one of the very few planetary nebulae discovered within a globular cluster.

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Great Pegasus Cluster, Dark Rift Astro