SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
massimo.difusco
Location of Photo:
Rio Hurtado (Chile)
Date/Time of photo:
06/03/2025 04:00
Equipment:
Data acquired at Chilescope: ASA Newtonian 500mm, FLI Proline 16803 CCD camera, ASA DDM85 Equatorial Mount, Astrodon RGB filters
Description:
Messier 80 (also known as M80 or NGC 6093) is a globular cluster located in the southern constellation Scorpius. The cluster has an apparent magnitude of 7.87 and lies at a distance of 32600 light years from Earth. Messier 80 has an apparent diameter of 10 arc minutes, corresponding to a spatial extension of 96 light Years, and with a density classification of II, it is one of the most densely populated globular clusters in our galaxy. It has an estimated age of 12.54 billion years.
