Wide-field view of Messier 30 (ground-based image)
This wide-field image of the sky around the globular cluster Messier 30 was created from photographs forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Located about 28 000 light-years away from Earth, this cluster — a swarm of several hundred thousand stars — is about 90 light-years across. The field of view is approximately 2.9 degrees across.
Credit:ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
About the Image
Id: | heic0918c |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 23 December 2009, 19:00 |
Related releases: | heic0918 |
Size: | 10635 x 10653 px |
About the Object
Name: | Messier 30 |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular |
Distance: | 28000 light years |
Constellation: | Capricornus |
Category: | Star Clusters |
Image Formats
Publication TIFF 4K
32.2 MB
Publication JPEG
12.3 MB
Screensize JPEG
418.7 KB
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 21 40 21.81 |
Position (Dec): | -23° 10' 39.73" |
Field of view: | 178.70 x 179.01 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.1° left of vertical |