🔭 M80

Globular cluster in Scorpius

M80 is a globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius, with an apparent magnitude of about 7.3, roughly 32.6 thousand light-years away.

Data

Catalogue designation	M80
Object type	Globular cluster
Constellation	Scorpius
NGC / IC	NGC 6093
Apparent magnitude	7.3
Distance (approx.)	32.6 thousand light-years

What a globular cluster is

A dense, spheroidal ball of hundreds of thousands of old stars orbiting a galaxy’s halo. Through a small telescope they look like fuzzy stars; in a large one they resolve into glittering swarms.

Other Messier objects in Scorpius: M4, M6, M7.

Data: Messier catalogue & IAU constellations, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.