Foton Pharming from FRO

Globular in Pyxis

Image Info

Imaged 20090129 with 31.5 cm f/5 Newtonian Reflector and GSTAR-EX video camera
400 video frames each sector with no filter


Object Info

Discovered by Weinberger in 1995.
Pyxis is one of the most diffuse (low central concentration, large core radius) globular clusters.
Distance is about 130,000 light years. Barely visible in this image as a slight increase in the faintest stars at the centre of field.