Globular cluster · Sagittarius

M 28

Also known as NGC 6626

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Sagittarius

Position (J2000)

18h 24m 33s · −24° 52′ 11″

Discovered

by Charles Messier in 1764

Pictures

1

Magnitude

6.9

visual

Size

5.1′

Distance

~19,000 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.