The globular star cluster known as M92 contains several hundred thousand stars. It is located 26.000 light years from our solar system.

This star cluster is located within the constellation of Hurcules. It is visible in small telescopes. In 1781 the French comet hunter, Charles Messier, made it the ninety second, M92, of his now famous catolalog. However, lying only 9.5 degrees northeast of the spectacular globular cluster M13, it is often overlooked if not completely forgotten.

This image was taken with a Canon 40D and Stellarview 102ED refractor at F / 5.6. The exposure time is 20 minutes, 10 x 120 second @ ISO 1600.  Images calibrated in Nebulosity. Processing in Images Plus and Photoshop.