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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	M14
NGC/IC Number	NGC 6402
Constellation	Ophiuchus
Right Ascension	17h 37m 36s
Declination	-3° 14' 45"
Distance	c.30,300 light years c.9,300 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +7.59 Absolute: -7.25
Diameter	Apparent: 11' Actual: 97 light years
Optimum Visibility	June / July
Notes	A globular cluster lying on the band of the Milky Way as it passes through Ophiuchus, M14 is one of a number of such clusters to be found within that constellation. It contains hundreds of thousands of stars within an approximately spherical region a little under one hundred light years across.

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A globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus. It lies in the central regions of the Galaxy, but somewhat outside the plane of the Milky Way<.

M!14 is an extragalactic globular cluster that lies relatively close to our Galaxy's core, but is very distant from Earth at more than 30,000 light years.

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