Milky Way Sparklers from Near to Far

Mike Beauregard says: 6033 l-yrs away, 84,000 Sols (mass)_ 75 light-years (26 arc-min) wide, NGC 6121, 12.2 Ga; intermediate-sized black hole

Messier 4 by Link Observatory Space Science Institute

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Mike Beauregard says: 7800 light-years away, 114,000 Sols (mass), 68 l-yrs (32 arc-min) wide_ NGC 6397, 13.4 Ga

Hubble Uncovers Concentration of Small Black Holes by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

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Mike Beauregard says: the yellow squares denote numerous globular star clusters (ESA)

Gaia reveals a new member of the Milky Way family by European Space Agency

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Mike Beauregard says: 9000 light-years away, 300,000 Sols (mass)_ GLIMPSE-C01

Spitzer Reveals a New Globular Cluster by IPAC Astronomy

Mike Beauregard says: 9540 l-yrs away, 91,000 Sols (mass), 10.6 l-yrs (4 arc-min) wide_ NGC 6544, 11.6 Ga

On the edge of the Lagoon by European Space Agency

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Mike Beauregard says: 9785 light-years away, 290,000 Sols (mass)_ NGC 6656, 12 Ga, image by Terry Robison

Messier 22 Globular Cluster by Terry Robison

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Mike Beauregard says: 11,700 light-years away, 38,000 Sols (mass)_ 11 Ga, image by Swift and Falco

NGC 6366 globular cluster by Swift & Falco back yard. by www.swiftsastro.com

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Mike Beauregard says: 12,000 l-yrs away, young pre-GSC(?) Westerlund 1, 63.000 Sols (mass), 3.26 l-yrs wide, 4.5 million years old.

‘Super’ Star Cluster Shines in New Look From NASA’s Chandra by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

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Mike Beauregard says: 13,000 light-years away, 140,000 Sols (mass)_ NGC 6752, 13.8 Ga

Young Stars at Home in Ancient Cluster by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mike Beauregard says: 13,000 l-yrs away, 1,600,000 Sols (mass)_ NGC 6441, 13 Ga

Hubble Catches Cosmic Snowflakes by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

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Mike Beauregard says: 13,050 l-yrs away, 17,000 Sols (mass) 26 l-yrs (14,4 arc-min) wide_ NGC 6838, 9-10 Ga

Unusual Globular Cluster Messier 71 by NASA Hubble Space Telescope

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Mike Beauregard says: 13,500 l-yrs away, 700,000 Sols (mass)_ 120 l-yrs (44 arc-min) wide, 13 Ga, 2nd brightest GSC, image by Jochen Maes

47 Tucanae (NGC 104) by Jochen Maes

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Mike Beauregard says: Messier 10, 14,300 l-yrs away, 82.3 ly (20 arc-min) wide, 225,000 Sols (mass), NGC 6254_ 11.39 Ga

Hubble Views the Globular Cluster M10 by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mike Beauregard says: 16,300 l-yrs away, 40 l-yrs (18 arc-min) wide, 157,000 Sols (mass)_ NGC 3201, 12.2 Ga

Caldwell 79 by NASA Hubble Space Telescope

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Mike Beauregard says: Terzan 12, 15,000 l-yrs, 3.1 arc-min, 100,000 Sols (mass), hiding in galaxy core.

Hubble Sees Glittering Globular Cluster Embedded Inside Our Milky Way by NASA Hubble Space Telescope

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Mike Beauregard says: 16,400 l-yrs away, 87,000 Sols (mass)_ NGC 6218, 12.7 Ga

Messier 12 by Link Observatory Space Science Institute

Mike Beauregard says: 17,090 light-years away, Milky Way's brightest GSC, image by Terry Robison

Omega Centauri: The Brightest Globular Cluster in the Milky Way by Terry Robison

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Mike Beauregard says: 17,300 light-years away, 30,000 Sols (mass)_ NGC 6540

Hubble spies a scintillating globular cluster by European Space Agency

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Mike Beauregard says: 17,600 l-yrs away, 740,000 Sols (mass)_ IC 1276, image by Dan Crowson

Palomar 7 - LRGB by Dan Crowson

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Mike Beauregard says: 17,610 l-yrs away, 269,000 Sols (mass)_ 96 l-yrs (19 arc-min wide), NGC 6809, 12.3 Ga, image by Nicolas Rolland

Messier 55 - Globular Cluster by Nicolas Rolland

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Mike Beauregard says: 18,300 l-yrs away, 551,000 Sols (mass)_ NGC 6626 (Messier 28), 60 l-yrs (12 arc-min) wide, 12 Ga

Nebulous, but no nebula by European Space Agency

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Mike Beauregard says: 18,300 l-yrs away, 61,000 Sols (mass)_ NGC6352, 12.67 Ga

Caldwell 81 by NASA Hubble Space Telescope

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Mike Beauregard says: 18,800 light-years away, 2,000,000 Sols (mass)_ Terzan 5, two ages of stars, 12 Ga and 4.5 Ga

The unusual cluster Terzan by Hubble ESA

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Mike Beauregard says: 18,900 l-yrs away, 329,000 Sols (mass), 12.54 Ga, image by Dan Crowson

NGC 4372 - LRGB by Dan Crowson

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Mike Beauregard says: 19,200 light-yrs away, 310,000 Sols (mass)_ NGC 6304, 12.3 Ga, image by Dan Crowson

NGC 6304 - Luminance by Dan Crowson

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