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Messier 2 is a dense, spherical collection of hundreds of thousands of old stars that orbits the outer region of our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers study it to understand how stars form and evolve in extreme conditions, and it serves as a useful reference point for measuring distances in our galaxy.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Messier 2 is referenced by 569 other articles, and connects out to list of stars in Aquarius, New General Catalogue and Messier object.
It is catalogued under topics including Aquarius (constellation), Astronomical objects discovered in 1746 and Gaia-Enceladus.
Its subject is documented across 62 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- globular cluster
- Part of
- Milky Way
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Distance from Earth
- 0.012
- Radius
- 88
- Image
- M2 Globular Cluster.jpg
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- spectral class
- II
- Commons category
- Messier 2
- catalog code
- C 2130-010
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- Messier 2
- time of discovery or invention
- 1746-09-11
- discoverer or inventor
- Giovanni Domenico Maraldi
- apparent magnitude
- 6.384
- radial velocity
- -6.7
- absolute magnitude
- -8.97
- metallicity
- -1.66
- right ascension
- 323.362583
- declination
- -0.823250
- different from
- M2
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 6.77
- declination component of proper motion
- -4.54
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Article · Italiano
M 2 (noto anche come NGC 7089) è un ammasso globulare visibile nella costellazione dell'Aquario.
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