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M14 - Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus

Messier 14 (M14, NGC 6402) was discovered by Messier in 1764. It is
slightly elliptical in shape and is about 100 light years in diameter.
It lies at a distance of 30,000 light years.

http://www.martin-nicholson.info/ten...llenge/m14.htm

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