M15: A globular cluster in Pegasus

This is an old globular cluster with a collapsed core, a collection of a hundred thousand low-metallicity stars, 30000 light years away.

New:


Date: Oct. 30-31, 2021; Authors: F. Houston, K. Partlow, A. Kelly, A. Langlois, C. Tibbs;  Image size: 17.5'x23.7'

Exposures: 60 min red, 55 min green, 55 min blue (total 2.8 h); Telescope: CDK 17" (on campus); Camera: SBIG ST-10

Limiting magnitude: 19.2 mg; Orientation: W is up, N is left.


OLD:

Images taken: Nov. 19, 2009. Students: C. Simon and D. Odom; Telescope: Meade 12 in with f/5.9 focal reducer (f=71in). Camera: SBIG ST-10 CCD