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      M28
      Wallpaper author:
      Marius Dinga

      04 Jul 2026

      M28

      "Messier 28 or M28, also known as NGC 6626, is a globular cluster of stars in the center-west of Sagittarius. It was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1764. He briefly described it as a "nebula containing no star... round, seen with difficulty in 31⁄2-foot telescope".

      It bore the first discovery of a millisecond pulsar in a globular cluster – PSR B1821–24. This was using the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, England. A total of 11 further of these have since been detected in it with the telescope at Green Bank Observatory, West Virginia." (Wikipedia)

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      M28

      6 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CMOS
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Globular Cluster
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        QHY 600M
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 276.137 Dec -24.8698
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        28 May 2025 - 29 May 2025
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance1961h48m33
      Red1801h36m32
      Green1741h33m32
      Blue1691h30m32

      M28