Messier Catalog » M4 — NGC 6121

Globular Cluster in Scorpius

I took advantage of low horizons in a dark site to capture this close-up of the elusive Rho Ophiuchi system with bright yellow Antares, purple-bluish Alniya and the M4 and NGC6144 clusters.
Rho Ophiuchi

I took advantage of low horizons in a dark site to capture this close-up of the elusive Rho Ophiuchi system with bright yellow Antares, purple-bluish Alniya and the M4 and NGC6144 clusters.

 
RA

16h 23.6m

Dec

-26°32

Magnitude

5.6 ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫

Size

26.3

Distance

7,200 light years

Season

☀ Summer

Difficulty

🔴 Hard

 
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