Back Messier 107 Afrikaans مسييه 107 Arabic NGC 6171 Azerbaijani M107 (аб’ект Месье) Byelorussian M107 BE-X-OLD M107 Bulgarian Messier 107 BS Messier 107 Catalan NGC 6171 CE M107 Corsican
| Messier 107 | |
|---|---|
 M107 from Hubble Space Telescope; 3.5′ view | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Class | X[1] |
| Right ascension | 16h 32m 31.86s[2] |
| Declination | –13° 03′ 13.6″[2] |
| Distance | 20.9 kly (6.4 kpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 7.9[4] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 10′[5] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | 1.82×105[3] M☉ |
| Radius | 30 ly[6] |
| Metallicity | = –0.95[7] dex |
| Estimated age | 13.95 Gyr[7] |
| Other designations | C 1629-129, GCl 44, M 107, NGC 6171[8] |
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Messier 107 or M107, also known as NGC 6171 or the Crucifix Cluster, is a very loose globular cluster in a very mildly southern part of the sky close to the equator in Ophiuchus, and is the last such object in the Messier Catalogue.
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