Images from the NTU telescope

The image shows a globular cluster (M92) which is a dense group of stars containing more than 100,000 stars that are 12 billion years old and nearly as old as the Universe.

The cluster was imaged on 22 June, 2010 with the Meade ETX-125 at NTU. It is a combination of 9 images which were each exposed for 1 minute using a colour camera.

It is one of the brightest globular clusters in the northern hemisphere. But it is frequently overlooked, since it is so close to the striking globular cluster M13.

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