Antares/M4 Region
About
this Object
Located just to the west of Antares, this image shows a small
portion of the southern part of the Rho/Antares complex,
one of the most colorful areas of the sky. The globular cluster
M4, roughly 6,000 light years distant is prominent
in the lower right of the image. The 9th magnitude globular
cluster NGC 6144 is visible in the upper left. The dust
surrounding the red giant Antares fills the left side of the
image.
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