Globular cluster M10 in Ophiuchus

by: Jim Misti/Novapix
Reference: a-agb62-54001
Date: 2007-04-22

M10, or NGC 6254, is a seventh magnitude globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus, close to M12. About 16000 light-years away and about 70 light-years across, M10 on the sky has about half the diameter of the full moon.

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