We have used a proper combination of multiband high-resolution HST-WFPC2 and wide-field ground based observations to image the galactic globular cluster NGC 6266 ( M62 ) .
The extensive photometric data set allows us to determine the center of gravity and to construct the most extended radial profile ever published for this cluster including , for the first time , detailed star counts in the very inner region .
The star density profile is well reproduced by a standard King model with an extended core ( \sim 19 ^ { \prime \prime } ) and a modest value of the concentration parameter ( c = 1.5 ) , indicating that the cluster has not-yet experienced core collapse .

The millisecond pulsar population ( whose members are all in binary systems ) and the X-ray emitting population ( more than 50 sources within the cluster half mass radius ) suggest that NGC 6266 is in a dynamical phase particularly active in generating binaries through dynamical encounters .
UV observations of the central region have been used to probe the population of blue straggler stars , whose origin might be also affected by dynamical interactions .
The comparison with other globular clusters observed with a similar strategy shows that the blue straggler content in NGC 6266 is relatively low , suggesting that the formation channel that produces binary systems hosting neutron stars or white dwarfs is not effective in significantly increasing the blue straggler population .
Moreover , an anticorrelation between millisecond pulsar content and blue straggler specific frequency in globular cluster seems emerging with increasing evidence .