Globular Cluster · M28

M28 — NGC 6626

M28 is a moderately concentrated globular cluster in Sagittarius, about 18,000 light-years from Earth. It was notable as the second globular cluster (after M15) in which a millisecond pulsar was discovered — PSR B1821-24, spinning an extrao

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