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Globular cluster · Aquarius

M 72

Also known as NGC 6981

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Aquarius

Position (J2000)

20h 53m 28s · −12° 32′ 14″

Discovered

by Pierre Méchain in 1780

Pictures

2

Typical integration

3.1 h

Magnitude

8.96

visual

Size

4.5′

Distance

~56,000 ly

Best months

Jul–Sep

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