M107
About
this Object
M107 was one of the last Messier objects
discovered. It is roughly 21,000 light years distant and
moving torwards us
at 147km/sec. M107 takes on a golden appearance,
probably because its light shines through alot of galactic dust.
The faint dust
can be seen in the image, espcially when viewing from a darkened room,
as a mottled appearance of the background
most prominent to the NE and NW of the cluster.
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