Globular cluster · Lyra

M 56

Also known as NGC 6779

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Lyra

Position (J2000)

19h 16m 36s · +30° 11′ 04″

Discovered

by Charles Messier in 1779

Pictures

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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.