Messier 22
Cosmic StructuregalacticESTABLISHED
aka M22 · NGC 6656
Universe / Cosmic Web / Messier 22
Rich globular cluster toward the galactic bulge in Sagittarius.
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mass500,000 M☉
age12 Gyr
scale domaingalactic
true distance3.25 kpc
rendered radius103.6 u
directionreal
confidence78%
evidenceestablished
imported fromexpanded-curated
sources
- · Curated expanded catalog (manual)
- · literature (M22) (dataset)
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same type (cosmic structure)