Globular cluster swarm

[strongmanmike]

NGC 1399 has an estimated 6000 globular clusters so I processed this bit of my wide field image to reveal them. If you look closely at the negative version you will see a swarm of faint dots in the huge galaxy halo - amazing!

http://upload.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/121346215/original

Mike

[spacezebra]

Thanks Mike

This is very interesting Cheers Petra d.

[telecasterguru]

Mike,

Most intriguing. Great image and negative.

Frank