10.1'' reflector 115 x
A whitish, almost blue-coloured cluster that is fairly compressed
with an apparent size of 8'. A fairly bright star (approx. 9th magnitude) lies on the
north-east edge. Many stars are easily resolvable. Easily spotted in the
finderscope; it stands out well against the relatively starless Aquarius background.
North is at 6 o'clock, East at 3 o'clock
10.1''
reflector Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducer
Live-stacked frames = 1, Exposure = 2 sec, Gain = 20/250
Many stars resolvable across the face of the bright core. At 55,000 light years from Earth, M2 is more than double the distance
of M13 however it is also very large, containing 150,000 stars.
