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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.

Website:

https://www.astrobin.com/full/b9oh24/0/