Globular cluster M14 in Ophiuchus

by: Jim Misti/Novapix
Reference: a-agb64-02002
Date: 2007-04-22

M14 is a somewhat looser globular cluster than many, with a very small ellipticity (deviation from being exactly circular on the sky). Appearing in the constellation Ophiuchus, it is about 29000 light-years away and about 72 light-years across.

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