🔭 M92

Globular cluster in Hercules

M92 is a globular cluster in the constellation Hercules, with an apparent magnitude of about 6.4, roughly 26.7 thousand light-years away.

Data

Catalogue designation	M92
Object type	Globular cluster
Constellation	Hercules
NGC / IC	NGC 6341
Apparent magnitude	6.4
Distance (approx.)	26.7 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.

Other Messier objects in Hercules: M13.

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