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	Globular star cluster M62 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The globular star cluster Messier 62 in Ophiuchus, shown in an R-band CCD image obtained with the UA 16-inch telescope.
		M62 appears on the southern tip of Ophiuchus; against the star patterns it looks as if it ought to belong to Scorpius.
		This image uses logarithmic intensity scaling to bring out both the central blaze of stars in the cluster and the very rich general field of stars toward the galactic bulge.
	www.astr.ua.edu /gifimages/m62.html (93 words)

	M62 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		M62 is a tine globular cluster positioned almost on the boundary line between Scorpius and Ophiuchus.
		Another globular cluster of M19, lying about 4 degrees north of M62, has almost same declination with that of Antares, so you can find M62 by tracing from Antares via M19 easily.
		The globular cluster has a visual magnitude of 6.6 and a diameter of about 4.3 arc minutes, almost same as those of M19.
	www.ne.jp /asahi/stellar/scenes/object_e/m62.htm (161 words)

	Globular Star Clusters - Information and Observations
		Globular clusters are the senior citizens of our galaxy - they contain suns at least 12 billion years old.
		Summer nights are the best time to start hunting for globular clusters, almost one third of them are to be found in the summer constellation of Sagittarius.
		For your first observation of a globular cluster choose M13, the brightest cluster visible from the northern sky, teetering on the edge of naked-eye visibility and appearing as a small, hazy glow in binoculars.
	www.nightskyinfo.com /globular_clusters (661 words)

	Star Clusters - Globular
		Globular clusters are not formed within the galaxy structure, but usually large numbers of them form a halo around the main galactic structure.
		Globular clusters usually require a larger telescope and higher magnification to observe to best effect, although the larger and closer ones can be spectacular in small instruments.
		Stellar concentration is average for a globular cluster and it is one of the metal-richest globulars.
	www.paulandliz.org /Star_Clusters/Globulars.htm (1815 words)

	characteristics of globular clusters Text - Physics Forums Library
		Globular clusters, on the other hand, are very old, large (as large 106 stars), and live in the galactic halo.
		Globular cluster stars have typical velocities around 5 km/s, leading to proper motions of about 0.2 mas/yr at the typical distance of 5 kpc.
		The apparent convergence of the proper motion vectors is due to overall motion of the cluster relative to the sun.
	www.physicsforums.com /archive/index.php/t-114573.html (761 words)

	Messier 62 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Messier 62 (also known as M62 or NGC 6266) is a globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus.
		M62 is at a distance of about 22,500 light-years from Earth and measures some 100 light-years across.
		The globular also contains a number of x-ray sources, thought to be close binary star systems, and millisecond pulsars in binary systems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Globular_Cluster_M62 (145 words)

	Messier M62 - NGC6266: Globular Cluster
		M62 was discovered in 1771 by Charles Messier, and catalogued by him in 1779.
		Located in Ophiuchus, it is one of the most irregularly shaped globular clusters.
		M62 also contains a large number of X-Ray binaries and 89 variable stars, a high proportion of which are RR Lyrae.
	www.r-clarke.org.uk /messier/m62.htm (98 words)

	Gallery - M 62 - RedOrbit
		M62 is one of the most irregular shaped globular clusters, as was first reported by Herschel.
		This deformation may be a result of the fact that M62 is one of the closest of Messier's globulars to the Galactic center (only about 6100 light years), so that it is deformed by tidal forces.
		There are more intrinsic differences between these two globular clusters: M62 has the large number of 89 known variables (number of 1973 !), most of them of RR Lyrae type, while M19 has only 4.
	www.redorbit.com /images/gallery/messier_objects/m_62/104/49/index.html (375 words)

	Globulars in Ophiuchus
		The globular cluster NGC 6235 lies 2.7 degrees from NGC 6287.
		Move 2.1 degrees southwest to a fine globular cluster NGC 6316.
		M62 has a magnitude of 6.4 and it is 11 minutes in size.
	www.knoxvilleobservers.org /dsonline/summer/globular.html (677 words)

	Astronomy Online - Messier Objects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		M53 - a globular cluster in the constellation Coma Berenices.
		M54 - a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius.
		M62 - "Flickering Globular" a globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus.
	astronomyonline.org /Astrophotography/Messier2.asp?Cate=Messier2 (337 words)

	Winter Constellations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A large and loosely scattered star cluster well seen in binoculars, this is one of the nearest globular clusters.
		Brightest globular visible from the northern hemisphere and may be the first known globular, having been observed by A.Ihle in 1665 It is the richest of the numerous globulars in this constellation.
		Situated at a distance of 7000 ly, it would be the brightest and prettiest globular in the sky if it were not obscured by thick clouds of dark interstellar matter.
	www.aqua.co.za /assa_jhb/new/Winter.htm (899 words)

	Globular Clusters
		The LMC is known to have (at least) 17 globular clusters.
		Not surprisingly, the Messier globular clusters tend to be the brightest ones which can be seen from northern latitudes.
		According to the figures in Deep Sky 2.0, this is the sixth brightest globular cluster in the sky.
	home.insightbb.com /~lasweb/lessons/globular.htm (1554 words)

	Cosmic Voyage-The Online Resource for Amateur Astronomers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		While the color-sensitive rod cells are clustered around the fovea centralis, the cone cells have their highest density about 18-degrees away.
		The time spent anchoring the sketch, roughing out the globular cluster and framing the drawing with additional field stars has allowed my eyes to improve their dark adaptation.
		Of course, the globular is much farther from Earth than any visible star and this technique of scaling star sizes helps convey that fact.
	hometown.aol.com /billferris/clusters.html (865 words)

	Globular Clusters
		Globular clusters are spherical concentrations of stars typically 100 light years across and containing thousands of stars.
		Globular clusters are very old, at least 10 billion years old and were presumably formed when the galaxy was still forming.
		Column 8: Approximate angular diameter of the globular cluster in arcminutes.
	www.atlasoftheuniverse.com /globular.html (302 words)

	Messier Object 62
		M62 is one of the most irregularly shaped globular clusters, as was first reported by Herschel.
		Physically, they are a bit less similar because their distances are somewhat different different: M62 is at 22,500, M19 at 28,400 light years, according to W.E. Harris' database.
		Moreover, contrary to M19, the core of M62 is extremely dense and has possibly undergone a core collapse somewhen in its history, similar to a number of other globulars including M15, M30, and M70.
	www.seds.org /messier/m/m062.html (335 words)

	M62
		Messier object M62 is a globular cluster which is located in the constellation Ophiuchus.
		This Globular Cluster has an apparent angular size of 14.1 and a visual brightness of 6.5.
		M62 is unnamed and has an NGC catalog number of NGC 6266.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /messier_objects/m62.htm (70 words)

	M-62, globular cluster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The cluster is seen against, and is probably embedded in, a rich Milky Way star field, so that the area, for many degrees around the group, is sprinkled with multitudes of tiny star-sparks.
		This is one of the globulars which appears to be actually immersed in the starry hub of the Galaxy.
		M62 is one of the most unsymmetrical clusters; the non-spherical outline was probably first noticed by John Herschel in 1847........
	www.kopernik.org /images/archive/m62.htm (254 words)

	Sea and Sky's Astronomy Resources: Messier Objects M61 - M70
		This deformation is believed to have been caused by gravitational tidal forces acting on the cluster due to its close proximity to the galactic center.
		This cluster is believed to be about 55 light-years in diameter and is located some 27,000 light-years from Earth.
		This cluster is nearly identical to its neighbor in size and brightness, although it is just a bit larger.
	www.seasky.org /astronomy/astronomy_messier_61to70.html (976 words)

	CANOPUS 01/08 - A Cluster Hop Around The Body of the Scorpion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		M80 (NGC 6093) is a rather faint, very compact globular cluster approximately half-way between Antares and beta Scorpii (4 degrees NNW of Antares).
		M62 (NGC 6266) is usually listed in Ophiuchus but its close proximity to the stinging constellation makes the scorpion?s influence on it irresistible.
		Globular Cluster NGC 6441 nestles a mere 90 arc seconds east of G Scorpii.
	www.aqua.co.za /assa_jhb/new/Canopus/Can2001/c018Sco.htm (556 words)

	M. W. Globulars
		The distant globular clusters Palomar 14 and Palomar 15
		Eridanus Cluster is a distant outer halo globular cluster found on a 60 minute Schmidt photographic plate obtained on Dec 11, 1976 taken with the ESO Schmidt telescope.
		HP1 might be a halo cluster crossing the bulge or belong to the low-metallicity tail of the bulge at a distance of 6.85 kpc from the Sun.
	home.ix.netcom.com /~bwilson2/barbarasweb/ListofGClusters.htm (2631 words)

	characteristics of globular clusters
		Open clusters are very small (~100-1000 stars) and young, usually residing in the galactic disk.
		Globular clusters, on the other hand, are very old, large (as large 10
		I imagine people living in this cluster would identify stars that moved a bit over the course of their lifetimes, but for the most part, their constellations would remain virtually unchanged over the course of a human lifetime.
	www.physicsforums.com /showthread.php?t=114573 (794 words)

	GLOBULAR CLUSTERS - Celestial Objects included in 'Eyepiece' Program, by S. Waldee
		In a galaxy remarkable for its multitudes of galaxies, this globular cluster may be readily discerned as a fuzzy ball of almost-resolved stars with a central sharp nucleus, surrounded by an indistinct disk consisting of faint unresolved outer stars.
		John Sanford description: "M5 is one of the premier globulars in the sky, and it is easily found near the star 5 Serpentis, only 22 arcminutes away." It is one of the supreme deep sky sights to be enjoyed, even in a very small telescope: and is visible in binoculars as a small, fuzzy 'speck'.
		Globular M62, along with another such object in Ophiuchus, M19, is not a perfect sphere of stars, though it is not as oblate as M19.
	home.earthlink.net /~8-h-haggis/globulars/eyepiece-gcs.htm (4645 words)

	Galactic Summer Wonders
		These clusters are all similar in appearance except for their shape, brightness, and apparent size.
		This cluster is located on the border of Scorpius and Ophiuchus, and its 7th-magnitude glow is visible in finderscopes.
		Like most galactic globular clusters, the stellar population of Omega Centauri identifies it as one of the oldest objects associated with the Milky Way, indeed its age is comparable to that of the Universe itself.
	xfer.s5.com /rasc/globular.html (1992 words)

	Globulars
		An interesting fact about globular clusters is that, regardless of the number of stars they contain, the average distance between individual stars is between 3/4 and 1-1/2 light years.
		And because most of the stars in a globular are of the same magnitude, they would appear as grains of sugar sprinkled onto a fl piece of cloth or paper.
		Most of the showplace globulars that amateur astronomers observe occupy positions in the sky that allows them to be seen between late Spring and late Fall.
	www.rocklandastronomy.com /articles/globulars.html (642 words)

	GCSE Astronomy - Messier Objects
		Along with M5 and M13, it is one of the three brightest globulars in the Northern Hemisphere.
		One of the brightest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, with a magnitude of 8.5.
		Majority opinion seems to be that it is a (sparsely-populated) globular cluster, without the bright core typical of such objects.
	members.tripod.com /~BDaugherty/gcseAstronomy/messier.html (1427 words)

	The Astronomy Connection - August Messier Tour
		This pair of globular clusters in the middle of Ophiuchus are easily swept up in binoculars looking like small blue snow balls.
		These clusters are not resolvable through small scopes, and appear as round fuzzy patches brightening towards the center.
		This is a pair of large, bright open clusters in Scorpius visible to the naked eye.
	observers.org /observing/m-aug.html (560 words)

	Messier Object 62 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		From its apparent size and magnitude, M62 is very similar to its neighbor, M19, which may be a bit modified for the intrinsic values as their distance may be different: M62 at 21,500, M19 at 27,000 light years are the values in Harris' database.
		Also, M62 has the large number of 89 known variables (number of 1973 !), most of them of RR Lyrae type, while M19 has only 4.
		Messier found this cluster in 1771, but took an acurate position only at 1779, so that his entry had this date.
	astroa.physics.metu.edu.tr /messier/m/m062.html (171 words)

	My Logbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The cluster formed a triangle with two other stars in the area and was visible in the finder scope.
		This cluster is almost on the same axis as M3, and I could easily find M3 and move back and forth to the area of NGC 5466 marking the stars between as I went.
		The cluster appeared to be rose shaped with a dim arc of 5 stars near the stem.
	user.mc.net /~klc/logbook.htm (11176 words)

	The Last Morsel
		Since I was in the neighborhood, I pushed the scope a little over a degree to find the globular cluster M4.
		Well, that last Messier object was the globular cluster M62 and tonight was the night.
		Using the Telrad I positioned the scope where I thought M62 should be, in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
	www.mindspring.com /~jeffpo/morsel.htm (1210 words)

	M62 in Ophiuchus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		M62 is located in the constellation of Ophiuchus - within the Milky Way, so the background stars are rich.
		It is one of seven Messier Globulars in Ophiuchus.
		M62 is located at a distance of about 22,500 light years from Earth.
	jthommes.com /Astro/M62.htm (207 words)

	Observational Data for Galactic Globular Clusters
		Interpreting colour-magnitude diagrams for clusters in terms of a star's evolutionary history remains a central problem for astrophysics even 75 years after the first diagrams were constructed and their significance shown.
		In visual observation of a globular cluster, obviously if you are going to see any resolution at all, your telescope will have to show stars at least as faint as the brightest stars in the cluster.
		The cluster reported by Djorgovski as "Djorgovski 3" is identical with NGC 6540, which was previously considered to be an open cluster.
	www.ngcic.org /papers/gctext.htm (2654 words)

	Objects - Globular Clusters
		Globular clusters have also been observed around other galaxies.
		The Hercules Cluster (M13) looks so good (and is so easy to find) that we rarely show any others when it is available, even though there are many more.
		More globulars to try out: M3 and M5 are highly recommended by several sources.
	depts.clackamas.cc.or.us /haggart/WhatsUp/GlobularClusters.htm (213 words)

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