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Messier 14 is a dense, spherical collection of hundreds of thousands of stars held together by gravity, located about 30,000 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. Globular clusters like this one help astronomers understand the early history of our galaxy and the life cycles of stars.
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Messier 14 (also known as M14 or NGC 6402) is a globular cluster of stars in the constellation Ophiuchus. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764.
At a distance of about 30,000 light-years, M14 contains several hundred thousand stars. At an apparent magnitude of +7.6 it can be easily observed with binoculars. Medium-sized telescopes will show some hint of the individual stars of which the brightest is of magnitude +14.