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Messier 30

Messier 30 is a globular cluster of stars in the southeast of the southern constellation of Capricornus, at about the declination of the Sun when the latter is at December solstice. It was discovered by the French astronomer Charles Messier in... Wikipedia
Radius: 50 light years
Distance to Earth: 27,070 light years
Apparent magnitude (V): 7.7
Age: 13 billion years ago
Mass: 1.6×105 M
Metallicity: = –2.27 dex