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Globular cluster M10 in Ophiuchus

author: Jim Misti/Novapix

reference: a-agb62-54001

Image Size 300 DPI: 32 * 21 cm

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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2005 - ASTRONOMY - GLOBULAR CLUSTER - M10 - NGC 6254 - OPHIUCHUS - STAR - STAR CLUSTER -