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Globular cluster · Sagittarius

M 22

Also known as NGC 6656

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Sagittarius

Position (J2000)

18h 36m 24s · −23° 54′ 12″

Discovered

by Johann Abraham Ihle in 1665

Pictures

2

Typical integration

4.2 h

Magnitude

6.17

visual

Size

12.6′

Distance

~10,000 ly

Best months

May–Jul

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.