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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	M14
NGC/IC Number	NGC 6402
Constellation	Ophiuchus
Right Ascension	17h 37m 36s
Declination	-3° 14' 45"
Distance	c.30,300 light years c.9,300 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +7.59 Absolute: -7.25
Diameter	Apparent: 11' Actual: 97 light years
Optimum Visibility	June / July
Notes	A globular cluster lying on the band of the Milky Way as it passes through Ophiuchus, M14 is one of a number of such clusters to be found within that constellation. It contains hundreds of thousands of stars within an approximately spherical region a little under one hundred light years across.

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A globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus. It lies in the central regions of the Galaxy, but somewhat outside the plane of the Milky Way.

M!14 is an extragalactic globular cluster that lies relatively close to our Galaxy's core, but is very distant from Earth at more than 30,000 light years.

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