Sagittarius Cluster (M22)

Star Cluster

One of the brightest globular clusters in the sky and one of only a few known to contain a planetary nebula.

Facts

TypeStar Cluster
Cluster typeGlobular
Distance from Earth10,600 ly
Diameter936,600,000,000,000 km
Mass5.77 × 10^35 kg
Apparent magnitude5.1
Redshift0
Discovered1665

Sagittarius Cluster (M22) in context

At 936,600,000,000,000 km across, Sagittarius Cluster (M22) is 73,504,944,279 times the diameter of Earth.

Its mass is 289,995 times the mass of the Sun.

The light reaching us from Sagittarius Cluster (M22) tonight left it around 10,600 years ago.

It has been on record since 1665.

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