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.
