M72

Description: M72 is a fairly small and fairly loose globular cluster in Aquarius. The sky gradient on this image is a combination of light pollution and moonlight.

Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 20 x 15s unfiltered images. Image taken 30/06/2006.

Physical information: Magnitude: 9.3, size: 5.1', aka NGC6981.

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