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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6014.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6014. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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M14 is a galactic cluster in Ophiuchus, discovered by Messier and first resolved into component stars by William Herschel in 1783. It has a diameter of 55 light-years and lacks a dense central concentration. The outline is slightly flattened (ellipticity type E1) and its visual brightness is 7.6 mag. The distance to the Sun is approximately 27 400 light-years....

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