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Loading contentA rich, compact globular cluster in the constellation Aquarius.
star_cluster:messier-2Dataset membership
Open data
In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld
Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/star_cluster:messier-2
Scientific entity. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.
How Messier 2 connects across Asteria Star — scientific, cultural, and astrological links are kept separate.
A catalogue of 110 deep-sky objects compiled by Charles Messier.
A map of the catalogued deep-sky objects — galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters — drawn from their measured right ascension and declination, with symbols scaled by angular size. The wider sky beyond the naked-eye stars.
An explorer of the New General Catalogue and its deep-sky objects, organised by type, constellation, and catalogue. The deep sky beyond the Messier list.
Globular cluster in Tucana, magnitude 4.09.
Open cluster in Canis Major, magnitude 7.2.
Open cluster in Perseus, magnitude 3.8.
Open cluster in Crux, magnitude 6.9.
Globular cluster in Fornax, magnitude 13.59.
Open cluster in Cygnus, magnitude 7.3.
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Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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