Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  HD151651  ·  HD151689  ·  NGC 6229
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NGC6229

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NGC6229

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About 7 degrees northwest of M92 and 1.5 degrees north of magnitude +4.8 star 52 Herculis is NGC 6229. At magnitude +9.4 and with an angular size of 4.5 arc minutes, this ball of stars is much fainter and smaller when compared to the other two. What is amazing about NGC 6229 is its vast distance from Earth. Estimated to lie almost 100,000 light-years away, it's one of the furthest globular clusters that's readily visible with an amateur telescope. (Courtesy of NASA)

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