Celestial Objects

Messier 80

Star Clusters

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Space and Astronomy Atlas. "Messier 80." Accessed September 2, 2026. https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/celestial-objects/messier-80.

APA Style

Space and Astronomy Atlas. (n.d.). Messier 80. Retrieved September 2, 2026, from https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/celestial-objects/messier-80

BibTeX

@misc{spaceandastronomyatlas-messier-80,
  author = {Space and Astronomy Atlas},
  title = {Messier 80},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/celestial-objects/messier-80},
  note = {Accessed September 2, 2026}
}

Messier 80, also known as M80 or NGC 6093, is a globular cluster of stars in the constellation Scorpius, discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. It lies roughly 32,600 light-years from Earth and is one of the more densely packed globular clusters in the Milky Way, known for an unusually high number of blue straggler stars, and was the site of a nova, T Scorpii, observed in 1860.

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