M72

globular cluster · in Aquarius

54,500 light-years from Earth

One of the faintest and farthest of Messier's globulars: its light set out about 54,500 years ago.

• 54,500 light-years · about 105 light-years across
• coming toward us at about 330 km/s

kind

nebula · star cluster

catalogue

M72 · NGC 6981

size

105 light-years across