| M22 (NGC6656) / Globular Cluster, type VII |
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| R.A. | 18h 36m 23.9s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | -23° 54' 00" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 17.3' |
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| Real Size | 111 light yrs. |
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| Magnitude | 5.9 |
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| Distance | 10,000 light yrs. |
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M22 (NGC6656) is a fine globular cluster, lies two degrees NE of λ Sgr.
The cluster is detected by naked eye under good condition, and looks like a dimmed nebula with binoculars.
It is a highly concentrated group of about 70 thousand stars in total, about 10,000 light years away.
The cluster and M13, a great globular cluster in Hercules, have the culmination about simultaneously,
It'll be very interesting to compare views of those clusters through a telescope.
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