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This is the full version (8000 × 8000 px) of the globular cluster I used as the background in my recent piece “The Twilight of Hercules”, see fav.me/d7i8tqx

I’m offering this as a stock image for anyone who wishes to use it, but please respect my work that went into producing this image and be sure to credit me. If you do use this, please credit me, link back to this page, and if you can drop me a note, I’d love to see what you did!
This image was done entirely in Photoshop and painted using my set of custom PS brushes. Globular Clusters are tightly bound collections of stars that orbit the galactic core out to distances of up to 100,000 light years. Globular clusters are tightly bound by gravity giving them high stellar densities, particularly in their cores, where stable planetary orbits are unlikely due to constant gravitational interactions between neighboring stars. Globular clusters are generally composed of hundreds of thousands of old metal-poor stars and are typically free of gas and dust which is presumed to have been converted into stars long ago. The typical distance between stars in a globular cluster is about 1 light year, but at its core the separation is comparable to the size of the Solar System. More than 150 are known to orbit our galaxy with many more waiting to be discovered.

Conditions of use:

You can NOT use this image in any commissioned work or other commercial product without direct permission from me.

You CAN use this image in any deviations you want to make available as prints, provided they are only sold as deviant prints like most artists do here.

You MUST credit me and link back to either this or my main page from any deviation you use the image in.

Description
This is the full version (8000 × 8000 px) of the globular cluster I used as the background in my recent piece “The Twilight of Hercules”, see fav.me/d7i8tqx

I’m offering this as a stock image for anyone who wishes to use it, but please respect my work that went into producing this image and be sure to credit me. If you do use this, please credit me, link back to this page, and if you can drop me a note, I’d love to see what you did!
This image was done entirely in Photoshop and painted using my set of custom PS brushes. Globular Clusters are tightly bound collections of stars that orbit the galactic core out to distances of up to 100,000 light years. Globular clusters are tightly bound by gravity giving them high stellar densities, particularly in their cores, where stable planetary orbits are unlikely due to constant gravitational interactions between neighboring stars. Globular clusters are generally composed of hundreds of thousands of old metal-poor stars and are typically free of gas and dust which is presumed to have been converted into stars long ago. The typical distance between stars in a globular cluster is about 1 light year, but at its core the separation is comparable to the size of the Solar System. More than 150 are known to orbit our galaxy with many more waiting to be discovered.

Conditions of use:

You can NOT use this image in any commissioned work or other commercial product without direct permission from me.

You CAN use this image in any deviations you want to make available as prints, provided they are only sold as deviant prints like most artists do here.

You MUST credit me and link back to either this or my main page from any deviation you use the image in.