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- probably 250 000 stars collected in a "globular cluster" - distance 33900 light years. One of the oldest known objects in the Milky Way.
Photographical data : 16 " SCT - f = 2,5 meters (focal reducer 0,63) - Canon EOS 10D.
Photographers - Maria Schütt , Hans Ulstrup Mortensen, Tom Fabricius - April 01, 2005. 25 x 60 seconds.