NGC 6342
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- globular cluster
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Distance from Earth
- 29700
- Image
- NGC 6342 hst 11628 R555B438.png
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- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 2580
- Commons category
- NGC 6342
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1786-05-28
- apparent magnitude
- 8.231
- right ascension
- 260.292250
- declination
- -19.587417
- epoch
- J2000.0
- radial velocity
- 116.2
- metallicity
- -0.71
- absolute magnitude
- -6.49
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -2.77
- declination component of proper motion
- -5.84
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