M70 // Fran Jackson
Separated from its neighbor M69 by only 1,800 light years, M70 is pretty similar to M69 is terms of size and brightness, although M70 is slightly larger and more luminous. Unlike its neighbor, M70 is more metal-poor indicating that it belongs to the spherical halo rather than the bulge.
Fun fact: this was the object Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp were observing in 1995 when they discovered their eponymous comet, Comet Hale-Bopp on July 23, 1995!










