NGC6934 / Globular Cluster, type VIII |
R.A. | 20h 34m 12.0s (2000.0) |
Dec. | +07°24' 00" (2000.0) |
Apparent Size | 5.9' |
Real Size | 90 light yrs. |
Magnitude | 8.9 |
Distance | 52,000 light yrs. |
NGC6934 is a small globular cluster contained in the constellation of Delphinus, positioned at 7 degrees south of small diamond-shaped asterism of the constellation.
The cluster has an apparent diameter of 6 arc minutes and a brightness of 9th magnitude.
You can recognize it with binoculars as a stellar-like figure, and small scopes can show you a dimmed image like nebulosity.
The cluster looks like a normal round shape, has no characteristics worthy of mention.
It's a tiny globular in a tiny constellation being in hiding within the eastern coast of summer's Milky Way.
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