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Left: amateur image, right: Hubble .image of the globular cluster Messier 4. The amateur image shows a small cluster of yellowish-white stars that isn't densely packed. The Hubble image reveals stars in colors of orange, white, blue, and yellow.

Messier 4: Amateur Image vs. Hubble Image

Messier 4 (M4) is a globular star cluster located some 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. 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: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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