Globular clusters in Scorpius
11 CATALOGUED
Stars born together and still travelling together — loose open groups, or ancient globes of hundreds of thousands.
BY CONSTELLATION · 70 REGIONS
ALL SKYDORADO · 194MENSA · 68SAGITTARIUS · 49CYGNUS · 43SCORPIUS · 42TUCANA · 40PUPPIS · 37MONOCEROS · 35CASSIOPEIA · 33CENTAURUS · 27OPHIUCHUS · 26VELA · 24AURIGA · 19PERSEUS · 19AQUILA · 17CARINA · 17CEPHEUS · 15CANIS MAJOR · 14VULPECULA · 14GEMINI · 13SCUTUM · 13NORMA · 12ORION · 11TAURUS · 11ARA · 10CRUX · 9HYDRUS · 8LUPUS · 8LACERTA · 7SERPENS · 7ANDROMEDA · 5COMA BERENICES · 5TRIANGULUM · 5CAMELOPARDALIS · 4CANCER · 4CIRCINUS · 4COLUMBA · 4HERCULES · 4MUSCA · 4PEGASUS · 4AQUARIUS · 3DELPHINUS · 3HYDRA · 3LEPUS · 3LYRA · 3PYXIS · 3SAGITTA · 3APUS · 2CANIS MINOR · 2CAPRICORNUS · 2HOROLOGIUM · 2LYNX · 2PICTOR · 2BOÖTES · 1CANES VENATICI · 1CHAMAELEON · 1CORONA AUSTRALIS · 1DRACO · 1ERIDANUS · 1FORNAX · 1LIBRA · 1PAVO · 1RETICULUM · 1SCULPTOR · 1TELESCOPIUM · 1TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE · 1URSA MAJOR · 1URSA MINOR · 1VIRGO · 1VOLANS · 1
The 11 catalogued below lie inside the IAU boundaries of Scorpius. Everything else in Scorpius →
ESO390-006
Globular cluster
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12.00 V
Scorpius
M4
Globular cluster
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7175 ly
5.40 V
Scorpius
M80
Globular cluster
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28 376 ly
7.30 V
Scorpius
NGC 6139
Globular cluster
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34 246 ly
9.68 V
Scorpius
NGC 6144
Globular cluster
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32 942 ly
9.63 V
Scorpius
NGC 6256
Globular cluster
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30 333 ly
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Scorpius
NGC 6380
Globular cluster
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Scorpius
NGC 6388
Globular cluster
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37 508 ly
7.40 B
Scorpius
NGC 6441
Globular cluster
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31 637 ly
8.00 V
Scorpius
NGC 6453
Globular cluster
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35 551 ly
10.49 B
Scorpius
NGC 6496
Globular cluster
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37 834 ly
9.96 B
Scorpius
11 OBJECTS