Mars and globular cluster
Taken by Shahrin Ahmad on July 1, 2016 @
Sri Damansara, Malaysia
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The conjunction between Mars and NGC 5897 was it's closest on the 30th, but I didn't managed to get a clear DSLR shot then. This time around I fired up my old QHY9 CCD. The view was much better.
Noticed how bright Mars was, totally overpowered the star field. But interestingly 'above' it, you can see a globular cluster, called NGC 5897. It was an 8.5 magnitude object, way fainter than Mars.
Still the cluster is much further, while the light from Mars reached Earth in a mere 4.9 minutes, the light from NGC5897 was 41000 Light Years away!
Mind boggling!
Photographer's website:
http://shahgazer.net
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