47 Tucanae - NGC 104

A southern hemisphere globular cluster captured from the skies of Kagga Kamma Remote Observatory South Africa, Western Cape using a Seestar S30 Pro. Despite the presence of the Moon, it was possible to achieve excellent sharpness thanks to sub-arcsecond seeing (<1”), which compensated for the small aperture and allowed good stellar resolution. 47 Tucanae is one of the most massive and brightest globular clusters in the Milky Way, located about 13,000 light-years away and estimated to be around 12 billion years old. It contains hundreds of thousands of ancient stars, mostly red giants, packed into a very dense core. Among its most interesting features: it hosts numerous variable stars, one of the richest known populations of millisecond pulsars, and many blue stragglers. There is also evidence suggesting a possible intermediate-mass black hole, although this remains unconfirmed.