M62
globular cluster · in Ophiuchus
19,700 light-years from Earth
Chandra found 43 X-ray sources in its crowded inner part. Most such sources are pairs in which a white dwarf or neutron star pulls gas from a companion.
- 19,700 light-years · about 85 light-years across
- 10 known pulsars, all in binary systems
- kind
- nebula · star cluster
- catalogue
- M62 · NGC 6266
- size
- 85 light-years across
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