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Messier 92 (Hubble)

Telescope image of thousands of white stars on a black background.

Messier 92 (M92) is one of the brightest globular clusters in the Milky Way.

About the Object

  • R.A. Position
    R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
    7:17:7.37
  • Dec. Position
    Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
    43:08:11.15
  • Constellation
    ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
    Hercules
  • Distance
    DistanceThe physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
    Approximately 25,000 light-years

About the Data

  • Data Description
    Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
    Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.

    The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposals: 10775 (A. Sarajedini) 

  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    ACS/WFC
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    11 April 2006
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    F606W, F814W
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    Messier 92
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Globular cluster
  • Release Date
    February 22, 2021
  • Science Release
    NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Show Us More Stars at Higher Resolution — Here’s What That Means for Astronomy
    Read the release
  • Credit
    Image: NASA, ESA, Gilles Chapdelaine

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Telescope image of thousands of white stars on a black background.
Color Info
Color InfoA brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.

These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the ACS/WFC instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample wide wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Cyan: F606W Orange: F814W

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Last Updated
Aug 28, 2025
Contact
Media

Laura Betz
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
laura.e.betz@nasa.gov

Image Credit

NASA, ESA, Gilles Chapdelaine

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