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Globular cluster · Ara

NGC 6362

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Ara

Position (J2000)

17h 31m 55s · −67° 02′ 52″

Discovered

by James Dunlop in 1826

Pictures

2

Typical integration

3.2 h

Magnitude

8.86

visual

Size

8.4′

Distance

~25,000 ly

Best months

May–Jul

Low from the north

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