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Globular cluster · Scorpius

NGC 6388

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Scorpius

Position (J2000)

17h 36m 17s · −44° 44′ 08″

Discovered

by James Dunlop in 1826

Pictures

2

Typical integration

2.2 h

Magnitude

7.4

visual

Size

8.4′

Distance

~32,000 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.