Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
GLOBULAR STAR CLUSTER MESSIER 4 (NGC 6121), Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
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GLOBULAR STAR CLUSTER MESSIER 4 (NGC 6121)

GLOBULAR STAR CLUSTER MESSIER 4 (NGC 6121), Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
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GLOBULAR STAR CLUSTER MESSIER 4 (NGC 6121)

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Messier 4 (NGC 6121) is a globular cluster of stars in the constellation Scorpio, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Chéseaux in 1745 or 1746.

The cluster is at a distance of just 7,200 light-years from Earth, considered the closest globular cluster to Earth until 2007, when the distance of the FSR 1767 cluster was estimated to be just 4,900 light-years from Earth.

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GLOBULAR STAR CLUSTER MESSIER 4 (NGC 6121), Fernando Oliveira de Menezes

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