Globular Cluster M5
Messier 5 (M5) is a globular star cluster, 100,000 stars or more, bound by gravity and packed into a region around 165 light-years in diameter. It lies some 25,000 light-years […]
M12 – Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus
M12 is a globular cluster located in the Ophiuchus constellation some 15,700 light-years from Earth. A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that is on the edges or […]
M13 – Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
Messier 13 (M13), also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster, is a globular cluster of about 300,000 stars in […]
NGC7789 – Open Cluster
NGC 7789 is an open cluster in Cassiopeia. An open cluster is a group of up to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same nebula and have roughly the […]
Globular Cluster M107
Our galaxy has ~150 Globular Clusters. These are group of stars that have about 100,000 to 500,000 stars and are bound to each other due to a central Black Hole […]
M56 – Globular Cluster
If our Sun were near the center of M56, the night sky would glow like a jewel box of bright stars. Hundreds of stars would glow brighter than Sirius, and […]
M15 Globular Cluster
Next is a Globular Cluster named M15. A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite mini-galaxy. Globular clusters are very tightly […]
M3 – Globular Cluster
M3 – A globular cluster – is an immense ball of half a million stars older than the Sun, held in gravitational embrace by a large black hole (about 5000 […]
