Messier 71 in the constellation Sagitta

 

Messier 71 reworked data 127mm Meade Apo Refractor Canon 400d DSLR. Credit : Pip Stakkert

"Weather in Lowestoft remains poor so Pip decided to use the new Starnet GUI software to rework data from Messier 71 in the constellation Sagitta. Sagitta is a very small and dim constellation that sits within the band of the Milky Way. Little knots of excited molecular gas can be seen in and around M71 in the above image.  Messier 71 is a loose globular star cluster with a diameter of 26 light years. It is 13,000 light years distant and has a mass equivalent 17,000 suns". Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.