Messier 79

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Messier 79 (also known as M79 or NGC 1904) is a globular cluster in the southern constellation Lepus. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and is about 42,000 light-years away from Earth and 60,000 light years from the Galactic Center.

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Image: NASA and ESA Acknowledgement: S. Djorgovski (Caltech) and F. Ferraro (University of Bologna), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.