Wide-field view of Messier 9 (ground-based image)
This image from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 shows a wide-field view of globular cluster Messier 9 and its surroundings, imaged by a ground-based telescope. The dark patches are clouds of interstellar dust. Immediately to the right of Messier 9 is the dark cloud Barnard 64.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1205b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 16 March 2012, 11:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1205 |
| Size: | 7129 x 7143 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 9 |
| Type: | • Star Clusters Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 25000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical V |
DSS |
| Optical V+R |
DSS |
| Optical R |
DSS |
| Infrared I |
DSS |
