Cluster · Scutum
NGC 6712
A globular cluster in Scutum, about 22,500 light-years away, discovered by William Herschel in 1784.
Le Cœur et l'Âme · Photograph by the author · 3h 47m of exposure, DwarfLab DWARF 3
Its successive passages through the disc of the Milky Way are thought to have cost it about 99% of its original mass. In the photo, its pinkish ball, whose edge breaks up into stars, sits on a field saturated with stars: the Milky Way crosses this region of the sky.
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duration not logged 1 shot
0 towards 25h 12m · cumulative integration on this object
Temps d'intégration : the total exposure time, the sum of every exposure stacked on an object.
- Designation
- NGC 6712
- Family
- Cluster
- Constellation
- Scutum
- Shots taken
- 1
- Album date
- 22 July 2026
- Cumulative integration
- not logged
- Instrument
- Unistellar eQuinox 2
The album date is the one the photo album gives the file, not the date of the shot: the device burns none into this image.
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duration not logged 1 shot
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