M30 (NGC 7099)
Globular cluster in Capricorn
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M30 is 26,000 light years distant, 93 light years across, approaching us at about 181 km/s and the estimated age is just shy of 13 billion years.
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M30 has undergone a core collapse which accounts for its blue stragglers.
Image credit: www.mistisoftware.com -
Messier 30 Star Cluster Zoom In [1080p]
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Messier 30
How to find M30 in the night sky, info on the collapsed core, how different types of photography has been used to study M30 and a little bit of history on its discovery -
Messier Monday: A Straggling Globular Cluster, M30
More lovely images of M30, interesting explanation of how an old cluster has blue stars
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