Online Astronomy eText: Appendices
The Messier Catalog: Globular Clusters
(also see Charles Messier's Catalog: Nebulae / Open Clusters / Galaxies)
M2
A globular cluster in Aquarius

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

M3
A globular cluster in Canes Venatici

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

M4
A globular cluster in Scorpius, the closest to us, at 7000 light years

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

M5
A globular cluster in Serpens Caput, one of the most massive in our galaxy

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M9
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M10
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

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

M12
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

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

M13 -- The Globular Cluster in Hercules
A globular cluster in Hercules

(Eddie Guscott, apod040511)

M14
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M15
A globular cluster in Pegasus

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

M19
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

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

M22
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

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

M28
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M30
A globular cluster in Capricornus

(REU program, AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M53
A globular cluster in Coma Berenices

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

M54
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

(REU Program, AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M55
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

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

M56
A globular cluster in Lyra

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M62
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

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

M68
A globular cluster in Hydra

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M69
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

(REU program, AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M70
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

(REU program, AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M71
A globular cluster in Sagitta

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

M72
A globular cluster in Aquarius

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

M75
A globular cluster in Sagittarius

(WIYN, AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M79
A globular cluster in Lepus

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)

M80
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
A globular cluster in Hercules

(Martin Germano; obtained from SEDS site)

M107
A globular cluster in Ophiuchus

(AURA, NSF, NOAO)
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