#ngc6712

Oskar Contrerastg8arc
2025-04-22
NGC 6709 cluster as seen by the Odyssey Pro. NGC 6712 cluster as seen by the Odyssey Pro. NGC 6755 cluster as seen by the Odyssey Pro.
Ethan Teng 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇹🇼citizen_astro@mastodon.lol
2022-08-24

NGC 6712

Magnitude 8.69 globular cluster located 26,400 light-years away in the constellation Scutum. The cluster appears to be about 12 billion years old and may have originally have been significantly more massive having undergone significant mass loss due to passes through the galactic disc.

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Dense central cluster of stars surrounded by a huge amount of other stars. Pretty amazing.Same as the other image but without the border and label.

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