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NGC 6356

Globular cluster · Ophiuchus

NGC 6356

Herschel 400

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Type: Globular cluster
Constellation: Ophiuchus
Position (J2000): 17h 23m 35s · −17° 48′ 47″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1784

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 7.42; visual
Size: 5.4′
Distance: ~48,000 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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