Globular Cluster · M92

M92 — NGC 6341

M92 is one of the oldest and most metal-poor globular clusters known, about 26,700 light-years away in Hercules. At roughly 14 billion years old, it may be one of the oldest objects in the Milky Way — some estimates put it at nearly the age

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