A cosmic city of 400,000 stars!
NGC 6397 is one of the closest globular clusters to Earth, located about 7,200 light-years away. At roughly 13.4 billion years old, it is nearly as ancient as the universe itself.
(Credit: ESO)
I love my job.
This is from a few years ago using my 12” scope. New deep sky project captured with an even larger telescope releases to email subscribers tomorrow!