White Dwarf Stars in M4
A view of globular cluster M4 (fourth object in the Messier catalog of star clusters and nebulae). The nearest globular cluster to Earth (7, 000 light-years away), and containing more than 100, 000 stars, M4 was the target of a Hubble Space Telescope search for white dwarf stars.
Credit:Kitt Peak National Observatory 0.9-meter telescope, National Optical Astronomy Observatories; courtesy M. Bolte (Universityof California, Santa Cruz)
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | M 4, Messier 4, NGC 6121 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular |
| Distance: | 5500 light years |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Category: | Star Clusters Stars |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 16 23 34.71 |
| Position (Dec): | -26° 31' 23.55" |
| Field of view: | 13.15 x 13.15 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 181.1° left of vertical |
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