NGC 6316
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Globular cluster NGC 6316 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake bearer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 16 m 37.4 s |
| declination | -28 ° 08 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Concentration class | III |
| Brightness (visual) | 8.1 likes |
| Angular expansion | 5.4 ' |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| Radial velocity | 71.5 km / s |
| distance | 33.9 kLj |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 24, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6316 • C 1713-280 • GCl 57 • ESO 454-SC4 • GC 4279 • H I 45 • h 3671 • Bennett 91 | |
NGC 6316 is a 8.1 like brighter globular clusters of class III in the constellation Ophiuchus .
It was discovered on May 24, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope, who described it as "BR vgmbM". During two observations with an 18-inch reflecting telescope in 1847, John Herschel noted “globular, pB, R, pgvmbM, 2 ′, resolved into stars 16..17th mag” and “globular, B, R, gbM, resolvable, 90 arcseconds, has 2 small stars very near ".