Wide-field view of Messier 9 (ground-based image)
This image from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 shows a wide-field view of globular cluster Messier 9 and its surroundings, imaged by a ground-based telescope. The dark patches are clouds of interstellar dust. Immediately to the right of Messier 9 is the dark cloud Barnard 64.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1205b |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 16 March 2012, 11:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1205 |
| Size: | 7129 x 7143 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 9 |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular |
| Distance: | 25000 light years |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Category: | Star Clusters |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 17 19 11.67 |
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| Position (Dec): | -18° 30' 55.97" |
| Field of view: | 119.80 x 120.03 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.5° left of vertical |
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