Algol Loc: Georgia

Here is a sample of three Globular Clusters all taken with the 12-inch Meade Telescope at f/10 during my stay in Namibia, Africa (try counting the stars). Exposures were 15 seconds and all are stacks of at least 5 images.
Messier 4 in Scorpio lies at a distance of 6,500 Light Years and is one of the nearest to us. It suffers from light extinction due to the fact that is lies well beyond a large dark nebula which dims it quite a bit.
Omega Centauri lies at 15,600 light years away and is the brightest known globular in our Milky Way galaxy's family of 150+ globular.
NGC 6441 also in Scorpio lies at the tremendous distance of 32,100 light years. As one can see, the stars appear orange due to the fact of intervening dust causing a reddening effect similar to our setting sun.
All three objects are presented at the same scale.

Messier 4


NGC 5139 = Omega Centauri


NGC 6441

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Had never heard of that term before
Thanks,
Pat

Algol Loc: Georgia

There are about 150 of these objects known in our galaxy, The Andromeda Galaxy has several hundred whil another galaxy called M-87 has several thousand. Most of the ones in our galaxy are quite easily seen through a small telescope (3 to 6 inch), but it takes a larger instrument (8 to 20 inche) to resolve the individual stars.
Thanks Pat for looking at my images.

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

Neat

Algol Loc: Georgia

Thank you St3v3M, were you able to count the stars, lol.