Editing Messier 2 (section)

==Discovery and Visibility==
M2 was discovered by the French astronomer [[Jean-Dominique Maraldi]] in 1746<ref name=omeara2014/> while observing a comet with [[Jacques Cassini]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER M2 – Astronomy Magazine – Interactive Star Charts, Planets, Meteors, Comets, Telescopes |url=https://cs.astronomy.com/asy/m/starclusters/493473.aspx |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=cs.astronomy.com}}</ref> [[Charles Messier]] rediscovered it in 1760, but thought that it is a [[nebula]] without any stars associated with it. [[William Herschel]], in 1783, was the first to resolve individual stars in the cluster.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2015-01-17 |title=Messier 2 |url=https://www.messier-objects.com/messier-2/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Messier Objects |language=en-US}}</ref>

M2 is, under extremely good conditions, just visible to the naked eye. [[Binoculars]] or a [[small telescope]] will identify this cluster as non-stellar, while larger telescopes will resolve individual stars, of which the brightest are of [[apparent magnitude]] 6.5.<ref name="myeong2018" />