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Left: amateur image, right: Hubble image of the globular cluster Messier 110.

Messier 110: Amateur Image vs. Hubble Image

Messier 110 (M110) is an elliptical galaxy located some 2.7 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. Messier 110 is a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). The left image was taken with an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope using a 0.63x focal reducer and a DSLR Camera. The right image was taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

Image Credit: Amateur Image: Photographed by and used with permission of K. Hartnett; Hubble Image: NASA, ESA, STScI and D. Geisler (Universidad de Concepción)
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