NGC 6760

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Globular cluster
NGC 6760
AladinLite
Constellation Eagle
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 19 h 11 m 12.0 s
declination -01 ° 01 ′ 50 ″
Appearance
Brightness  (visual) 9.0 mag
Angular expansion 9.6 '
Physical data
history
discovery John Russell Hind
Discovery date March 30, 1845
Catalog names
 NGC  6760 • C 1908 + 009 •  GCl  109 •  GC  4473 •

NGC 6760 is the name of a globular cluster in the constellation Eagle . NGC 6760 has a magnitude of 9.1 mag and an angular expansion of 9.6 arc minutes . The object was discovered on March 30, 1845 by John Hind .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b SEDS : NGC 6760
  3. Seligman