🔭 M15 — Great Pegasus Cluster

Globular cluster in Pegasus

M15, Great Pegasus Cluster is a globular cluster in the constellation Pegasus, with an apparent magnitude of about 6.2, roughly 33 thousand light-years away.

Data

Catalogue designation	M15
Common name	Great Pegasus Cluster
Object type	Globular cluster
Constellation	Pegasus
NGC / IC	NGC 7078
Apparent magnitude	6.2
Distance (approx.)	33 thousand light-years

What a globular cluster is

A dense, spheroidal ball of hundreds of thousands of old stars orbiting a galaxy’s halo. Through a small telescope they look like fuzzy stars; in a large one they resolve into glittering swarms.

Data: Messier catalogue & IAU constellations, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.