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M92 // Tyler J. Rhodes

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Stars of a Cluster

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M92 // Haakon Rasmussen

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M92 // Icarulus

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M92 // YingtianZZZ

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M92 // Jiang Wu

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M92 // Scotty Bishop

One of the galaxy's oldest globular cluster, M92 was originally discovered by Johann Bode (1747-1826) in 1777 and then independently rediscovered by Messier in 1781. It is about 26,700 light years from Earth and is metal-poor, only containing about 0.5% of the metals that the Sun has.

Admiral William Smyth (1788-1865) described it as "A globular cluster of minute stars, preceding the right leg of Hercules. This object is large, bright, and resolvable, with a very luminous centre; and, under the best vision, has irregular streamy edges."

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M92 // Göran Stenberg