M15 (Click on photo and then click again for a full resolution image).
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M15- Globular star cluster M15 is a globular star cluster located in the constellation of Pegasus and is at a distance of about 36,000 light years from Earth. Globular star clusters are spherical groups of several hundred thousand stars that occupy a halo region around the central bulge of spiral galaxies. M15 is one of many clusters in the halo around our own Milky Way galaxy. Globular clusters are thought to be among the oldest objects in the universe. In the cores of globular clusters, the stars are more than 500 times closer together than they are in the galactic disk area in which our own solar system resides. Image acquisition: |