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Globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius

Wikidata facts

Instance of
globular cluster
Constellation
Sagittarius
Distance from Earth
0.007
Image
NGC6558 - HST - Potw2220a.jpg
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epoch
J2000.0
Commons category
NGC 6558
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
declination
-31.763500
time of discovery or invention
1834-08-03
catalog code
[KPS2012] MWSC 2831
apparent magnitude
6.866
right ascension
272.576583
radial velocity
-143.7
metallicity
-0.83
right ascension component of proper motion
-0.120
declination component of proper motion
0.4700

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