NGC 6441

RA:

17:50:13.06

Dec:

-37:03:05.2

Distance from Sun:

37.8 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

12.7 kly

Apparent Diameter:

8.0 arc min

Brightness:

7.15 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

+16.5 +/- 1.0 km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-9.63 Mag vis

This globular cluster was discovered by James Dunlop from Paramatta, Australia in 1826 and cataloged as Dunlop 557 (or Dun 557).

The image in this page was obtained by Martin Germano. The bright star near NGC 6441 is G Sco. Indicated and visible in the image, very close to the star, is also the faint planetary nebula Haro 1-36 or Henize 2-289 (PK 353-4.1, PN G353.5-04.9), an almost stellar object of about visual mag 12.1.

• Mischa Schirmer's image of NGC 6441, taken on June 29, 2000 from IAS Hakos, Namibia with a C11 at f/6.5, exposed 60 min on Kodak E200
• Catalog of Variable Stars in NGC 6441 (Christine Clement)