Deep-sky object
Specter Cluster
Specter Cluster is a globular cluster 17 600 light-years away, in Sagittarius, about 61 light-years across, seen as it was 17 600 years ago.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Type
- Globular cluster
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Distance
- 17 600 light-years
- Size
- about 61.0 light-years across
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 6.5
- Catalogue
- M55, NGC 6809
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.