M69

globular cluster · in Sagittarius

29,000 light-years from Earth

The most metal-rich globular in Messier's list, with about a quarter of the Sun's share of iron. M69 and M70 are only about 2,000 light-years apart.

• 29,000 light-years · about 85 light-years across
• about 11 billion years old

kind

nebula · star cluster

catalogue

M69 · NGC 6637

size

85 light-years across