Messier Index/M62

Messier 62 250px Messier 62 by w:Hubble Space Telescope; 1.65′ view w:NASA/w:STScI/w:WikiSky w:J2000 IV w:Ophiuchus 17 01 12.60SIMBAD Astronomical Database Results for NGC 6266 http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad 2006-11-17 -30 06 44.5 22.5 klyFebruary 2007 6.9 kpc +7.39 15′.0 49 lydistance × sin( diameter_angle / 2 ) = 49 ly. radius NGC 6266, GCl 51 Messier 62 Messier 62 (also known as M62 or NGC 6266) is a w:globular cluster in the w:constellation w:Ophiuchus. It was discovered in w:1771 by w:Charles Messier. M62 is at a distance of about 22,500 w:light-years from w:Earth and measures some 100 light-years across. From studies conducted in the 1970s it is known that M62 contains the high number of 89 w:variable stars, many of them of the w:RR Lyrae type. The globular also contains a number of w:x-ray sources, thought to be close w:binary star systems, and millisecond w:pulsars in binary systems. thumb|left|400px|w:Globular Cluster Messier 62 - Courtesy Hunter Wilson External links Messier 62, SEDS Messier pages Messier 62, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page M62 on willig.net References