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Angelfish Cluster

Angelfish Cluster is a globular cluster 13 000 light-years away, in Sagitta, about 26 light-years across, seen as it was 13 000 years ago.

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Key facts

Type
Globular cluster
Constellation
Sagitta
Distance
13 000 light-years
Size
about 26.0 light-years across
Brightness from Earth
magnitude 6.1
Catalogue
M71, NGC 6838

See it from here

Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.

How the map draws it

Drawn as a soft glow in the manner of its kind at its measured distance, as wide as it measures; the pattern in it is illustrative and its true shape is not drawn — the kind of thing, not this exact one.