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NGC-7006 is one of the most distant globular clusters in the milky way galaxy, lying 150,000 light years from the center of the galaxy. Only NGC-2419, "The intergalactic wanderer" in Lynx, is more distant.
This image was captured on the evening of September 17, 2026, and is a 2 hour 40 minute integration of 1 minute exposures through the AT-92 92mm APO triplet refractor, using the 2600MC Pro color CMOS camera binned 1X1 and cooled to -0 degrees. Captured using NINA, combined and processed using PixInsight.
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