M19

globular cluster · in Ophiuchus

27,200 light-years from Earth

The most flattened globular in Harris's catalogue, with an ellipticity of 0.27. It lies only about 4,700 light-years from the Galactic centre.

• 27,200 light-years · about 135 light-years across
• about 720,000 times the Sun's mass

kind

nebula · star cluster

catalogue

M19 · NGC 6273

size

135 light-years across