Key facts
- Class
- IV
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Right ascension
- 17 10 10.42
- Declination
- −26 ° 34 ′ 54.2 ″
- Distance
- 31000 ly (9500 pc)
- Apparent dimensions v
- 7.9 ′ × 7.9 ′
- Metallicity
- [ Fe/H ] = −1.99 dex
- Other designations
- GCl 55, VDBH 215
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 6293 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus. Its Shapley–Sawyer Concentration Class is IV. It was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift on 8 July 1885. Like many other globular clusters, its distance is not well known; it may be anywhere from 31000 to 52000 light-years away from Earth.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1368277” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.