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Globular cluster M71 in Sagitta

by

Jim Misti/Novapix

Reference

a-agb68-38002

Date

2007-04-23

M71 is a star cluster in the constellation Sagitta at about 12000 light-years from Earth. M71 is quite small, probably only 30 or so light-years across, although there are further outlying stars whose membership in M71 is uncertain.