Another awkward Messier - M72
Taken by James Roger Samworth on August 24, 2022 @
Nailstone, Nuneaton, UK
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Date Taken: 2022:09:25 11:09:04
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Not far from M73 (https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=188655) in Aquarius there in another awkward Messier object – globular cluster M72. https://www.messier.seds.org/m/m072.html says:
“M72 is a pale nebulous patch of light, very small and of grainy texture in a 4-inch, which shows only the 2' diameter core region. Larges scopes show it to a larger extent. This globular is of notable even brightness, fainting very gradually to the edges. It is hard to resolve in amateur telescopes; in the 8-inch, only the extreme edges show suspicions of resolved stars.”
I had some difficulty finding it, but here it is from the indoors window sill. For comparison I have also attached an image from outside with the 8” SCT.
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