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Messier 9 or M9 (also designated NGC 6333) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Ophiuchus. It is positioned in the southern part of the constellation to the southwest of Eta Ophiuchi , and lies atop a dark cloud of dust designated Barnard 64.
Other astronomers, using side notes in Messier's texts, eventually filled out the list up to 110 objects. [9] The catalogue consists of a diverse range of astronomical objects, from star clusters and nebulae to galaxies. For example, Messier 1 is a supernova remnant, known as the Crab Nebula, and the great spiral Andromeda Galaxy is M31.
Messier 62: 98 [17] Messier 55: 96 [18] NGC 265: 94 [19] Open cluster: Messier 69: 90 [20] Globular cluster: Messier 9: 90 [21] Messier 56: 84 [22] Messier 10: 83.2 [23] NGC 3201: 80 [24] Messier 107: 79 [25] Messier 46: 75.6 [26] Open cluster: Messier 4: 75 [27] Globular cluster: Nearest globular cluster to the Earth. Also the first globular ...
The Moussaieff Red Diamond (formerly known as the Red Shield Diamond) is a diamond measuring 5.11 carats (1.022 g) with a triangular brilliant cut (sometimes called a trillion or a trilliant cut), rated in color as Fancy Red by the Gemological Institute of America. It is the world's largest known red diamond, the rarest of all diamond colors.
Detailed view of the recreated great Golden Fleece of king Louis XV of France. Below the 107 carats (21.4 g) spinel Côte de Bretagne hangs the French Blue diamond and the fleece itself, set with hundreds of yellow diamond replicas. The Tavernier Blue was the precursor diamond to the Blue Diamond of the French Crown (aka the French Blue).
One study found that older adults with mild to moderate dementia who drank about 7 fluid ounces (about 9/10 of a cup) of cherry juice per day for 12 weeks showed improvements in their verbal ...
The jewel was described in a 1606 inventory as follows: Item, a greate and riche jewell of gould called the MIRROR OF GREAT BRITTAINE, containing one very faire table diamonde, one very faire table rubie, two other diamonds cut lozengwise, the one of them called the stone of the letter H. of SCOTLANDE, garnished with small diamonds, two rounde pearles fixed, and one fayre diamond cut in ...
A Stradivarius violin made at the "pinnacle" of Antonio Stradivari’s career sold at auction for an eye-popping price this week.. The musical instrument, crafted in 1714 by Stradivari, the ...