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 |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 16 March 2012, 11:00 |
Related releases: | heic1205 |
Size: | 7129 x 7143 px |
About the Object
Name: | Messier 9 |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular |
Distance: | 25000 light years |
Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
Category: | Star Clusters |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
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Screensize JPEG
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 17 19 11.67 |
Position (Dec): | -18° 30' 55.97" |
Field of view: | 119.80 x 120.03 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.5° left of vertical |