M2 - Globular Cluster in Aquarius

  
 
 
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  • RA: 21:33.5
  • Dec: -00:49
  • Magnitude: 6.5
  • Distance: 37,500 ly
  • Size:  12.9 arc min
  • Constellation:  Aquarius
  • Scope: 8" SCT at f/10
  • Autoguider:  ST-4 in faint mode
  • Sky conditions:  moderate transparency and seeing
  • Film: Kodak Supra 400
  • Exposure:  2 x 20 minutes
  • Date:  August 30, 2002
  
 
Comments:  Only a moderate night for shooting.  Fog formed after midnight.  I chased M2 down toward the western horizon as a 50% moon was climbing to the east.  M2 has a diameter of about 140 light years, contains about 150,000 stars, and is one of the richer and more compact globular clusters.  At a distance of 37,500 ly it lies well beyond  the Galactic Center.