Click on the image for a full resolution version   Messier 9 is a faint globular cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus. At a distance of about 5,500 light years from the center of the Milky Way and 25,800 light years from us, Messier 9 has a visual magnitude of +8.4 and more than 250,000 … Continue reading Messier 9. NGC 6333