Globular Cluster · M79

M79 — NGC 1904

M79 is a bright globular cluster in the southern constellation Lepus, about 41,000 light-years away. It is unusual among Messier globular clusters in that it lies in the opposite direction from the galactic centre — suggesting it may have o

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