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NGC 6229

Globular cluster · Hercules

NGC 6229

Herschel 400

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Type: Globular cluster
Constellation: Hercules
Position (J2000): 16h 46m 59s · +47° 31′ 40″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1787

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 9.86; visual
Size: 4.8′
Distance: ~96,000 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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