Globular cluster · Sagitta

M 71

Also known as NGC 6838 · NGC 6839

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Sagitta

Position (J2000)

19h 53m 46s · +18° 46′ 42″

Discovered

by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745

Pictures

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Magnitude

6.1

visual

Size

6.9′

Distance

~13,000 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.