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Originally Posted by sjastro
Peter,
I'm probably out on a limb here, but images of 47 Tucanae resolved to the core reduce this splendid globular to a run of the mill object.
Visually 47 Tucanae has a striking central condensation.
Astronomers classify globulars according to the degree of central condensation, astroimaging has essentially broken down this distinction.
It is still a fine image however.
Regards
Steven
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I disagree, I am not an imager, but I think in this in this day and age any globular cluster with a burnt out core stinks
If I can resolve the core with my telescope then with modern imageing equipment it should be resolved
I will not even bother looking too much at an image of a globular cluster with the guts burnt out
47 Tuc has a very interesting core and would be nice if it could be shown in good quality images