M75

Description: M75 is a moderately small globular cluster in Sagittarius with a very bright, very small core. The sky gradient on this image is a mostly from the full moon, which has made image processing difficult. It is also at a very low declination and never rises more than 15 degrees above the horizon from Keele.

Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 20 x 10s unfiltered images. Image taken 07/09/2006 21:22 UT.

Physical information: Magnitude: 8.5, size: 4.6', aka NGC6864.

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