NGC6397 – The Blue Stragglers

NGC6397 - The Blue Stragglers by David Trotter

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July 18, 2014 at 2:46 pm

David Trotter

Australia

GSO RC8, SBIG STL6303e CCD

Dense cluster in Ara, so dense stars are separated by light weeks. When collisions occur new blue stars form.
A great cluster for imaging

2014-07-18T00:00:00

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