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M 56

Globular cluster · Lyra

M 56

Also known as NGC 6779

Messier 56

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Type: Globular cluster
Constellation: Lyra
Position (J2000): 19h 16m 36s · +30° 11′ 04″
Discovered: by Charles Messier in 1779

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 8.4; visual
Size: 5.8′
Distance: ~32,000 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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