| M12, a Globular Cluster, - this image cropped and reduced from the original photo |
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M12 is just above and to the right of M10 and is bit harder to see. It's a little further away at 16,000 light year and not quite as wide at 75 light years. It's also a little less dense around the core. It's an old cluster, and much like M10 most of the stars except the tiniest ones have burned up all or most of their hydrogen fuel. There are many red giants in the end phase, plus a number of blue stars now burning helium. Both M12 and M10 can be found a few degrees below the ecliptic and just a bit to the right of the summer time Milky Way. |
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10"
F6.3 Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope, (1600mm F.L.) Modified Canon 300D
with Baader UV-IR filter, camera at prime focus |