NGC 6749

RA:

19:05:15.3

Dec:

+01:54:03

Distance from Sun:

25.8 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

16.3 kly

Apparent Diameter:

5.2 arc min

Brightness:

12.44 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

-61.7 +/- 2.9 km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-6.70 Mag vis

John Herschel discovered this globular cluster during his observations from Bath in Southern England in 1827, and cataloged it as h 2029.

NGC 6749 was also cataloged as Berkeley 42 or Be 42 (in an open cluster catalog).

The image in this page was taken by Martin Germano in June, 2003 with his 14.5-inch Newtonian telescope. It is an exposure on hypered Kodak TP 2415 film.

• Catalog of Variable Stars in NGC 6749 (Christine Clement)