Constellation: Scorpius
Right Ascension: 16h 23m 35.22s
Declination: –26° 31′ 32.7″
Distance: 7,200 ly
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Messier 4 is a globular cluster located in the constellation of Scorpius. M4 is one of the nearer globular clusters at a distance of 7,200 light years. It was one of the first globular clusters to be resolved as a collection of stars by Charles Messier who added it to his catalog in 1764. A relative small globular cluster as it only contains 20,000+ plus stars. It may have had more stars in its past, but it's orbit takes it through the Milky Way's disk where it could loose stars due to gravitational interactions.

 

Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: ZWO 1600 MM