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M62 is one of the brightest globular clusters in Ophiuchus
and seen in binoculars as a faint patch of light.
A telescope will reveal a bright center surrounded by a faint glow
partially resolvable around the edges.
M62 is unusually asymmetric, with its western half noticeably brighter than its eastern half.
M62 is only 6,000 light years from the galactic center,
so it may be deformed due to gravitational interactions with the Milky Way's core.
Three millisecond pulsars (neutron stars rotating several hundred times per second)
have recently been discovered in this cluster.
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