Globular Cluster · M62

M62 — NGC 6266

M62 is one of the most highly concentrated and asymmetric globular clusters known, located 22,500 light-years from Earth in Ophiuchus. It is notably lopsided — its core is offset from the geometric centre — likely because it passes so close

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