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NGC 6397

Globular cluster · Ara

NGC 6397

Also known as C 86

Caldwell 86

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Type: Globular cluster
Constellation: Ara
Position (J2000): 17h 40m 41s · −53° 40′ 25″
Discovered: by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 5.17; visual
Size: 15.3′
Distance: ~7,200 ly
Best months: May–Jul; Low from the north

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

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