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Messier 72
Messier 72 is a globular cluster that can be located within the Aquarius constellation. It was first discovered by Pierre Mechain on August of 1780 and was later catalogued by Charles Messier. This star cluster has a diameter of over 100 light years and it is over 55,000 light years away from earth. Due to its distance from earth it is one of the faintest of Messier’s globular clusters, and can barely be seen with smaller telescopes. In fact, when it was first discovered neither Mechain nor Messier could tell what exactly Messier 72 was, thinking it to be a faint nebula.
This image is the result of four separate images taken with different wave-lengths filters by the Stocker AstroScience ACE 24” telescope and then reduced and color combined by Bobby Martinez using MIRA Pro.
Messier 72
Messier 72 is a globular cluster that can be located within the Aquarius constellation. It was first discovered by Pierre Mechain on August of 1780 and was later catalogued by Charles Messier. This star cluster has a diameter of over 100 light years and it is over 55,000 light years away from earth. Due to its distance from earth it is one of the faintest of Messier’s globular clusters, and can barely be seen with smaller telescopes. In fact, when it was first discovered neither Mechain nor Messier could tell what exactly Messier 72 was, thinking it to be a faint nebula.
This image is the result of four separate images taken with different wave-lengths filters by the Stocker AstroScience ACE 24” telescope and then reduced and color combined by Bobby Martinez using MIRA Pro.