Located at a relatively “near” distance from Earth, 22,000 light-years away, it groups together more than 500,000 stars in a diameter of 145 light-years.
It is located in the constellation of Hercules and is between 12 and 14 billion years old. It was discovered by Edmond Halley in 1714.
Photo taken in South Portugal from 01/05 to 30/06/2025 by Team ARO.
17H50 in LRVB.
Set-Up: Astrosib 400 on Asa DDM 85 mount. Camera Moravian C4 36×36
Pixinsight-Photoshop processing
