Major Kong to Ground ControlNot, alas, a supernova.
NGC 6712, 67 million light years away. The bright dot below the core is a 15th magnitude foreground star.
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Oskar ContrerasSome #cluster observations from this morning. #NGC6709 #NGC6712 #NGC6755 #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur
Ethan Teng 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇹🇼NGC 6712
Magnitude 8.69 globular cluster located 26,400 light-years away in the constellation Scutum. The cluster appears to be about 12 billion years old and may have originally have been significantly more massive having undergone significant mass loss due to passes through the galactic disc.
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