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M9
NGC 6333
Image of M9
Towards the central parts of our Galaxy lies this ancient red-golden globe of stars: Messier 9.

A very distant Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus. At a distance of 22,000 light years or more, M9 lies in the vicinity of our Galaxy's core.

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