Globular cluster · Sagittarius

M 54

Also known as NGC 6715

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Sagittarius

Position (J2000)

18h 55m 03s · −30° 28′ 43″

Discovered

by Charles Messier in 1778

Pictures

1

Magnitude

7.7

visual

Size

5.1′

Distance

~88,000 ly

Best months

Jun–Aug

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