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M92 - Globular Cluster in Hercules
The Messier Ten Minute Challenge
M92 - Globular Cluster in Hercules Originally discovered by Bode in 1777 M92 (NGC 6341) is better known as the second best globular cluster in Hercules. With an angular diameter of 14 arc mins it has a diameter of just over 100 light years and a mass of up to 330,000 suns. http://www.martin-nicholson.info/ten...llenge/m92.htm Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England. My website is at http://www.martin-nicholson.info/1/1a.htm My informal Astronomical Blog is at http://ukastronomy.livejournal.com/ |
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