M9

globular cluster · in Ophiuchus

27,100 light-years from Earth

One of the globulars nearest the Galactic centre, about 5,600 light-years from it. Dust in the dark cloud Barnard 64 dims its light.

• 27,100 light-years · about 95 light-years across
• moving away from us at about 310 km/s

kind

nebula · star cluster

catalogue

M9 · NGC 6333

size

95 light-years across