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M 55

Globular cluster · Sagittarius

M 55

Also known as NGC 6809

Messier 55

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Type: Globular cluster
Constellation: Sagittarius
Position (J2000): 19h 39m 59s · −30° 57′ 44″
Discovered: by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 6.49; visual
Size: 12′
Distance: ~17,000 ly
Best months: Jun–Aug

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

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