Cluster · Aquarius
NGC 7492
A globular cluster in Aquarius, about 85,800 light-years away, discovered by William Herschel in 1786.
Le Cœur et l'Âme · Photograph by the author · 3h 47m of exposure, DwarfLab DWARF 3
It is given an age of 12 billion years. Its concentration class, XII, says that its stars hardly gather at all towards the centre. In the photo, it is a small pale patch at the centre of a sparse field, where a few stars stand out one by one.
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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 7492
- Family
- Cluster
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Shots taken
- 1
- Album date
- 20 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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