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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	M10
NGC/IC Number	NGC 6254
Constellation	Ophiuchus
Right Ascension	16h 57m 9s
Declination	-4° 6' 1"
Distance	c.14,400 light years c.4,400 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +6.6 Absolute: -6.6
Diameter	Apparent: 19' Actual: 84 light years
Optimum Visibility	June
Notes	Messier 10 is a globular cluster that orbits the Milky Way Galaxy over a period of some 140 million years, and at present it lies more than 14,000 light years from the Sun in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus. The entire cluster is more than eighty light years across, with its denser core having a diameter of some thirty-five light years.

A loose Globular Cluster, one of several in the constellation Ophiuchus. It lies some 14,000 light years from the Solar System.

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