Globular Clusters

Messier 13, or M13 (also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, the Hercules Globular Cluster, or the Great Hercules Cluster), is a globular cluster of several hundred thousand stars in the constellation of Hercules.

Messier 15 or M15 (also designated NGC 7078 and sometimes known as the Great Pegasus Cluster) is a globular cluster in the constellation Pegasus.

Messier 22 or M22, also known as NGC 6656 or the Great Sagittarius Cluster, is an elliptical globular cluster of stars in the constellation Sagittarius, near the Galactic bulge region.

Messier 3 (M3; also NGC 5272) is a globular cluster located 33.9 thousand light years from Earth in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici.

Messier 5 or M5 (also designated NGC 5904) is a globular cluster in the constellation Serpens.

Messier 2 or M2 (also designated NGC 7089) is a globular cluster in the constellation Aquarius, five degrees north of the star Beta Aquarii.

Messier 4 or M4 (also known as NGC 6121 or the Spider Globular Cluster) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Scorpius.

Messier 10 or M10 (also designated NGC 6254) is a globular cluster of stars in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus.

Messier 12 or M 12 (also designated NGC 6218) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

Messier 14 (also known as M14 or NGC 6402) is a globular cluster of stars in the constellation Ophiuchus.

Messier 19 or M19 (also designated NGC 6273) is a globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus.

Messier 28 or M28, also known as NGC 6626, is a globular cluster of stars in the center-west of Sagittarius.

Messier 30 (also known as M30, NGC 7099, or the Jellyfish Cluster) is a globular cluster of stars in the southeast of the southern constellation of Capricornus, at about the declination of the Sun when the latter is at December solstice.

Messier 53 (also known as M53 or NGC 5024) is a globular cluster in the Coma Berenices constellation.

Messier 54 (also known as M54 or NGC 6715) is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius.

Messier 55 (also known as M55, NGC 6809, or Specter Cluster) is a globular cluster in the south of the constellation Sagittarius.

Messier 56 (also known as M56 or NGC 6779) is a globular cluster in the constellation Lyra.

Messier 62 or M62, also known as NGC 6266 or the Flickering Globular Cluster, is a globular cluster of stars located in the south of the constellation of Ophiuchus.

Messier 68 (also known as M68 or NGC 4590) is a globular cluster found in the east south-east of Hydra, away from its precisely equatorial part.

Messier 69 or M69, also known NGC 6637, and NGC 6634, is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of Sagittarius.

Messier 70 or M70, also known as NGC 6681, is a globular cluster of stars to be found in the south of Sagittarius.

Messier 71 (also known as M71, NGC 6838, or the Angelfish Cluster) is a globular cluster in the small northern constellation Sagitta.

Messier 72 (also known as M72 or NGC 6981) is a globular cluster in the south west of the southern constellation of Aquarius.

It lies several arcminutes east of globular cluster M72.

Messier 75 or M75, also known as NGC 6864, is a globular cluster of stars in the southern constellation Sagittarius.

Messier 79 (also known as M79 or NGC 1904) is a globular cluster in the southern constellation Lepus.

Messier 80 (also known as M80 or NGC 6093) is a globular cluster located approximately 32,600 light-years (10,000 pc) from Earth in the constellation Scorpius.

Messier 92 (also known as M92, M 92, or NGC 6341) is a globular cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Hercules.

Messier 107 or M107, also known as NGC 6171 or the Crucifix Cluster, is a very loose globular cluster close to the equator in Ophiuchus, and is the last such object in the Messier Catalogue.

is a globular cluster of stars in the constellation Lynx