| M2 (NGC7089) / Globular Cluster, type II |
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| R.A. | 21h 33m 30.0s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | -00° 49' 00" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 8.2' |
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| Real Size | 104 light yrs. |
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| Magnitude | 6.3 |
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| Distance | 52,000 light yrs. |
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M2 (NGC7089) is a compact globular cluster under the head of Pegasus, belonged to the field of Aquarius.
The cluster has an apparent diameter of 13 arc minutes and 6th magnitude, fairly noticeable because there aren't so many bright stars around this field.
You'll be easily able to find M2 to follow a line to west about 8 degrees from alpha Aqr.
The globular cluster is fairly densed, so you'll be needed medium-sized telescopes to resolve the individual stars around the edge.
The cluster will show you like a dimmed nebula unless you have very clear and good seeing night.
There is an another globular cluster of M15 about 13 degrees north looks just like M2. It's interesting to compare these two globulars in the autumn skies.
The distance to M2 is estimated about 52 thousand light years.
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