NGC 6342
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 6342 is referenced by 397 other articles, and connects out to Lagoon Nebula, epoch and North America Nebula.
It sits within the topics Globular clusters, NGC objects and Ophiuchus.
Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- globular cluster
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Distance from Earth
- 29700
- Image
- NGC 6342 hst 11628 R555B438.png
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- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 2580
- Commons category
- NGC 6342
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1786-05-28
- apparent magnitude
- 8.231
- right ascension
- 260.292250
- declination
- -19.587417
- epoch
- J2000.0
- radial velocity
- 116.2
- metallicity
- -0.71
- absolute magnitude
- -6.49
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -2.77
- declination component of proper motion
- -5.84
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