Globular cluster · Ophiuchus

M 9

Also known as NGC 6333

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Ophiuchus

Position (J2000)

17h 19m 12s · −18° 30′ 58″

Discovered

by Charles Messier in 1764

Pictures

1

Magnitude

8.42

visual

Size

6.9′

Distance

~26,000 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.