NGC 6352
Globular Cluster NGC 6352, class XI,
in Ara
- RA:
- 17:25:29.11
- Dec:
- -48:25:19.8
- Distance from Sun:
- 18.3 kly
- Distance from Galactic Center:
- 10.8 kly
- Apparent Diameter:
- 10.5 arc min
- Brightness:
- 7.96 mag vis
- Radial Velocity:
- -137.0 +/- 1.1 km/s
- Diameter:
- ly
- Abs. Mag:
- -6.47 Mag vis
Discovered by James Dunlop on May 14, 1826.
Cataloged as Dun 417. John Herschel apparently missed this cluster so that it
doesn't appear in either his 1847 catalog or in the 1864 GC. Because Barnard
had found it again, it got its place in Dreyer's NGC.
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