NGC6522 and NGC6528

[NGC6522/6528] NGC6522 and NGC6528

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Two globular clusters seen through the dense star field in the direction towards the center of our Galaxy, in the constellation Sagittarius. These systems are relatively young for globular clusters, being only about 10 million years old. KPNO 4-meter Mayall telescope, 1975.

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