Globular Cluster · M2

M2 — NGC 7089

One of the largest and most massive globular clusters in the Milky Way, M2 contains around 150,000 stars in a sphere 175 light-years across, 33,000 light-years from Earth. It is 13 billion years old — one of the oldest globular clusters kno

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