Globular clusters

208 CATALOGUED

Stars born together and still travelling together — loose open groups, or ancient globes of hundreds of thousands.

RANKED LISTS
Brightest▸
Hyades — apparent magnitude 0.50 (V)
TOP 50
ALL CLASSESOPEN CLUSTER · 663GLOBULAR CLUSTER · 208STELLAR ASSOCIATION · 64
BY CONSTELLATION · 70 REGIONS
DORADO · 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
NAME▼
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
Omega Centauri★
Globular cluster
—
17 700 ly
3.68 V
Centaurus
NGC 7492
Globular cluster
—
79 550 ly
10.48 V
Aquarius
NGC 7006
Globular cluster
—
128 238 ly
10.46 V
Delphinus
NGC 6934
Globular cluster
—
51 259 ly
9.75 V
Delphinus
NGC 6760
Globular cluster
—
27 433 ly
9.78 V
Aquila
NGC 6752
Globular cluster
—
13 454 ly
6.28 V
Pavo
NGC 6749
Globular cluster
—
24 759 ly
12.40 V
Aquila
NGC 6723
Globular cluster
—
26 963 ly
—
Sagittarius
NGC 6717
Globular cluster
—
24 540 ly
10.35 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6712
Globular cluster
—
24 077 ly
8.69 V
Scutum
NGC 6652
Globular cluster
—
30 867 ly
9.75 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6642
Globular cluster
—
26 252 ly
10.24 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6638
Globular cluster
—
31 882 ly
9.68 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6624
Globular cluster
—
26 154 ly
—
Sagittarius
NGC 6584
Globular cluster
—
44 393 ly
8.17 V
Telescopium
NGC 6569
Globular cluster
—
34 357 ly
9.47 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6558
Globular cluster
—
24 377 ly
11.29 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6553
Globular cluster
—
17 391 ly
9.08 B
Sagittarius
NGC 6544
Globular cluster
—
8421 ly
9.90 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6541
Globular cluster
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24 817 ly
7.32 V
Corona Australis