M75 (Globular cluster)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , M75 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:21 (PDT), 27° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:19, 34° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:02, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name M75
Object type Globular cluster
Other names
M75[2]
NGC 6864[3]
Mel 228[4]
Position
Right ascension:20h06m [3]
Declination:−21°55' [3]
Constellation:Sagittarius
Magnitude:8.60 (V) [4]
6.93 (J) [3]
6.43 (H) [3]
6.28 (K) [3]
Distance:20.7 kpc
67.5 klyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-7.98

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