Online Astronomy eText: Appendices
The Messier Catalog: Globular Clusters
(also see Charles Messier's Catalog: Nebulae / Open Clusters / Galaxies)

M2 (=
NGC 7089)
A globular cluster in Aquarius

(D. Williams, N. A. Sharp, AURA, NOAO, NSF, apod010611)

M3 (=
NGC 5272)
A globular cluster in Canes Venatici

(S. Kafka & K. Honeycutt (Indiana University), WIYN, NOAO, NSF, apod060312)

M4 (=
NGC 6121)
A globular cluster in Scorpius, the closest to us, at 7000 light years

(T2KA, KPNO 0.9-m Telescope, NOAO, AURA, NSF, apod000523)

M5 (=
NGC 5904)
A globular cluster in Serpens Caput, one of the most massive in our galaxy

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M9 (=
NGC 6333)
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M10 (=
NGC 6254)
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

(Till Credner, Sven Kohle (Bonn University), Hoher List Observatory, apod010630)

M12 (=
NGC 6218)
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

(Alan and Lynn Gingrich, Adam Block, AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M13 (=
NGC 6205) -- The Globular Cluster in Hercules
A globular cluster in Hercules

(Eddie Guscott, apod040511)

M14 (=
NGC 6402)
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M15 (=
NGC 7078)
A globular cluster in Pegasus

(H. Bond et al., Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA), NASA, apod000804)

M19 (=
NGC 6273)
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

(D. Williams, N. A. Sharp, AURA, NOAO, NSF, apod000719)

M22 (=
NGC 6656)
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

(Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT), Hawaiian Starlight, CFHT, apod050627; Copyright CFHT)

M28 (=
NGC 6626)
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M30 (=
NGC 7099)
A globular cluster in Capricornus

(REU program, AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M53 (=
NGC 5024)
A globular cluster in Coma Berenices

(Bill Keel, University of Alabama, Kitt Peak National Observatory; obtained from SEDS site)

M54 (=
NGC 6715)
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

(REU Program, AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M55 (=
NGC 6809)
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

(B.J. Mochejska, J. Kaluzny (CAMK), 1m Swope Telescope, apod000922)

M56 (=
NGC 6779)
A globular cluster in Lyra

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M62 (=
NGC 6266)
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

(false-color infrared (two micron) image, 2MASS (University of Massachusetts); image obtained from SEDS site)

M68 (=
NGC 4590)
A globular cluster in Hydra

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M69 (=
NGC 6634 = NGC 6637)
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

(REU program, AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M70 (=
NGC 6681)
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

(REU program, AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M71 (=
NGC 6838 = ? NGC 6839 ?)
A globular cluster in Sagitta

(T. Credner, S. Kohle, University of Bonn; obtained from SEDS site)

M72 (=
NGC 6981)
A globular cluster in Aquarius
Approximately 100 thousand stars, in a 50 light-year wide region, 50 thousand light years away

(NASA, ESA, Hubble, HPOW, apod100512)

M75 (=
NGC 6864)
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

(WIYN, AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M79 (=
NGC 1904)
A globular cluster in Lepus

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M80 (=
NGC 6093)
A globular cluster in Scorpius

(F. R. Ferraro (ESO /Bologna Obs.), M. Shara (STSci /AMNH) et al.,
& the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/ STScI/ NASA), apod990707)


M92 (=
NGC 6341)
A globular cluster in Hercules

(Martin Germano; obtained from SEDS site)

M107 (=
NGC 6171)
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)
Online Astronomy eText: Appendices
The Messier Catalog: Globular Clusters
(also see Charles Messier's Catalog: Nebulae / Open Clusters / Galaxies)