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Photographer:

Steve Busch

Location of Photo:

Henderson, NV

Date/Time of photo:

18, 21 June 2026

Equipment:

AP Mach 2, GTX 130mm, ZWO 2600 MC Pro

Description:

Here's another fairly typical globular cluster, Messier 12 (M12), also known as the Gumball Globular Cluster. It contains a relatively loose concentration of approximately 200,000 stars and lies about 16,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus.

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https://www.cosmosteve.com