M54 as seen in the infrared light, at a wavelength of two micrometers. This image was taken with the 2MASS telescope on Mt. Hopkins near Tucson, Arizona; field size is 11.4x9.6'. From their "2MASSier Object Gallery" of Messier objects (at IPAC).

Amateur images of M54

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Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

Last Modification: 2 Feb 1998, 20:45 MET