🔭 M30 — Jellyfish Cluster

Globular cluster in Capricornus

M30, Jellyfish Cluster is a globular cluster in the constellation Capricornus, with an apparent magnitude of about 7.2, roughly 29.4 thousand light-years away.

Data

Catalogue designation	M30
Common name	Jellyfish Cluster
Object type	Globular cluster
Constellation	Capricornus
NGC / IC	NGC 7099
Apparent magnitude	7.2
Distance (approx.)	29.4 thousand light-years

What a globular cluster is

A dense, spheroidal ball of hundreds of thousands of old stars orbiting a galaxy’s halo. Through a small telescope they look like fuzzy stars; in a large one they resolve into glittering swarms.

Data: Messier catalogue & IAU constellations, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.