
Photographer:
FERNANDO MENEZES
Location of Photo:
Location: Jales-SP-Brazil
Date/Time of photo:
Date: 07/31/2021
Equipment:
ZWO ASI 6200MC PRO COLED Espirit 150mm 53 x 100sec
Description:
The first globular cluster to be added to the Messier catalogue, M2 is located about 37,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius, it was discovered by Franco-Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Maraldi on September 11, 1746 while observing with Jacques Cassini a comet.