2012-04-16

NGC 6531


Above - wide field; below - high magnification


18h 04m 13.4s; -22º 29' 24"
Discovered by: Charles Messier (1730 - 1817)
Year of Discovery:
Constellation: Sagittarius
Visual Magnitude: 5.9
Also Cataloged As: M21, Cr 363, Mel 188, Lund 806, ESO 521-SC019,
h 1993, GC 4367, OCL 26

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