M79
globular cluster · in Lepus
42,500 light-years from Earth
M79 lies in the half of the sky away from the Galactic centre. Its orbit suggests it was born in a small galaxy that the Milky Way swallowed long ago.
- 42,500 light-years · about 120 light-years across
- orbit dips to about 1,000 light-years from the centre
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- kind
- nebula · star cluster
- catalogue
- M79 · NGC 1904
- size
- 120 light-years across
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