Globular cluster · Ophiuchus

M 62

Also known as NGC 6266

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Ophiuchus

Position (J2000)

17h 01m 13s · −30° 06′ 45″

Discovered

by Charles Messier in 1771

Pictures

1

Magnitude

7.39

visual

Size

7.8′

Distance

~23,000 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.