Here is an interesting globular which has, or appears to have, streamers of stars protruding from it. Resolvable and of the eighth magnitude, it is a pretty sight. Smyth: "... Can such an arrangement be intended?" Pygron: "How quaint. Either it has a sense of hunor, or it is reaching for something. Quite odd; perverse, almost..."
| NGC: | 7099 |
| OTHER NAMES: | M-30 |
| CLASS: | globular cluster |
| SIZE: | 5.7' |
| MAGNITUDE: | +8 |
| DISTANCE: | 42,000 light years |
| POSITION: | 21h 39m -23d 20' |
| CONSTELLATION: | Capricorn(us) |
| DATE OF SKETCH: | 10/07/75 |
| MAGNIFICATION USED: | 140x |
