NGC6366 (Globular cluster)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 13 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , NGC6366 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:50 (PDT), 50° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:05, 50° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:01, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC6366
Object type Globular cluster
Other names
NGC 6366[2]
Mel 173[3]
Position
Right ascension:17h27m [2]
Declination:−05°04' [2]
Constellation:Ophiuchus
Magnitude:9.50 (V) [3]
Angular dimensions:13.8 arcmin
Distance:3.6 kpc
11.7 klyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-3.28

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