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ITEM REFERENCE1873
PERMANENT LINKhttps://astro.ing.iac.es/outreach/?1873
EXTACCESSyes
COLLECTIONImage archive
TITLEM15
KEYWORDSMessier;Star clusters
DATE2000-06-15
DESCRIPTIONM15 is one of the brighest globular clusters in our Galaxy. Most stars in globular clusters are older and redder than our Sun, which is about 5 billion years old. This image was achieved by combining images taken in B, V, and R filters and a CCD camera on the JKT.
CREDITAmanda Willmott, Aaron Shrimpton, Javier Mendez and Nik Szymanek.
TELESCOPEJKT
INSTRUMENTJKTCCD
THUMB_75
https://www.ing.iac.es/PR/science/m15niks.jpg
AVAILABLE FILESJPG (196K) 1000×970 pixels
TIF (15.5M) 2362×2291 pixels
TIMESTAMP2024-08-27 22:06:30
USAGE
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