Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Capricornus (Cap)  ·  Contains:  M 30  ·  NGC 7099
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M30 is located at a distance of about 27,100 light-years from Earth and is about 93 light-years across. The estimated age is roughly 12.93 billion years and it has a combined mass of about 160,000 solar masses. The cluster is following a retrograde orbit through the inner galactic halo, suggesting that it was acquired from a satellite galaxy rather than forming within the Milky Way. It is currently located at a distance of about 22.2 kly (6.8 kpc) from the center of the galaxy, compared to an estimated 26 kly (8.0 kpc) for the Sun.

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Messier 30, GoldfieldAstro

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