Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Boötes (Boo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5466
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NGC5466, a very 'open' globular cluster, Matteo Mooren
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NGC5466, a very 'open' globular cluster

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NGC5466, a very 'open' globular cluster, Matteo Mooren
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NGC5466, a very 'open' globular cluster

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Object type ; globular cluster class XII

Distance : 51,800 lightyears

Starcount : about 50,000

Diameter : 140 lightyears

I did shoot this cluster under bad circumstances. Clouds drove through the exposure area all the time. Nevertheless, I used all the exposures where stars were a little bit visible, in the stack. Because of these clouds, I missed a lot of useful data. That's why I had to stretch the endresult a bit more as I normally do.

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NGC5466, a very 'open' globular cluster, Matteo Mooren