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M 22

Globular cluster · Sagittarius

M 22

Also known as NGC 6656

Messier 22
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Type: Globular cluster
Constellation: Sagittarius
Position (J2000): 18h 36m 24s · −23° 54′ 12″
Discovered: by Johann Abraham Ihle in 1665

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 6.17; visual
Size: 12.6′
Distance: ~10,000 ly
Best months: May–Jul

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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