Sirius Stargazing: Globular Cluster M15

M15 is one of the easiest Globular Clusters to find, and ranks 12th brightest of 158 associated with the Milky Way. Its unusually dense core suggests the presence of a black hole, shrouded by the hundreds of thousands of ancient stars, that appear through our binoculars as tiny patch of light.

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[Athaeus]

You're well on your way to becoming a new Neil Tyson or Carl Sagan. Keep up the fantastic work, mate!

[buzzausa]

Another good one :D

Merry Christmas TK.

[randy95023]

Thanks SO much for posting these great videos! You sound very knowledgable and I can sense that you are passionate about the Universe. I'm a DoD Security Officer and have worked the "Graveyard" shift for last 22 years. While patrolling at night on really clear nights I'll get out of my Patrol Vehicle in a remote and very dark place to view the skies with Binoculars. First time I spotted a fuzzy "Star" that turned out to be a large Globular Cluster I was astonished. It really is a marvel...

[ivyman123]

I know its been 3 years (almost exactly!) but those were amazing! Come back and make more please!

[XelestialDragon]

Wonder what happened ot him. Hope he's alright.

[XelestialDragon]

My teacher actually used this video for our Astronomy college course.

[XelestialDragon]

I care personally...everytime I look at a sunset in my current town, it sucks...everytime I try to see the stars, at most, a little ways from the center of the city I can only see one or two.

[klinacizbih]

like that Clear skies ending. too true. nothing worse than showing up to your local telescope night sky watching to be disappointed with clouds everywhere and going home early.

[alan buchanan]

really great video, thanks so much for taking the time to make it

[danthemanzizle]

we cant even put the brakes on material pollution how can we even expect people to give a crap about light pollution >_>

[Ignorantf00l]

aw come on! make moar!

[gliderrider]

Being new to all of this, I just saw M15 for the first time tonight! My 1st star cluster. I couldn't see it with my 8 x 50 finder scope. But could find and see it easy with my 10" Dob. This was my 4th Messier. M33, M45, M43, M15. Wish it was easy and cheap to take pictures. Funny, I'm 52 years old, but I get feeling like a giddy 15 year old. . . Except for the back ache. LOL