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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