NGC 6569
Globular Cluster NGC 6569, class VIII,
in Sagittarius
- RA:
- 18:13:38.9
- Dec:
- -31:49:35
- Distance from Sun:
- 34.9 kly
- Distance from Galactic Center:
- 9.5 kly
- Apparent Diameter:
- 7.0 arc min
- Brightness:
- 8.55 mag vis
- Radial Velocity:
-
- Diameter:
-
- Abs. Mag:
-
Discovered by William Herschel on June 13, 1784.
Globular cluster NGC 6569 was discovered by William Herschel on June 13, 1784.
He first took it for a faint nebula and cataloged it as H II.201.
James Dunlop found it independently in the late 1820s and cataloged it as
Dun 619.
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