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NGC 6517

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globular cluster

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Instance of: galaxy
Constellation: Ophiuchus
Image: NGC 6517 hst 11628 R814B555.png

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declination: -8.9595528
catalog code: [KPS2012] MWSC 2780
epoch: J2000.0
Commons category: NGC 6517
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1784-06-16
apparent magnitude: 7.411
right ascension: 270.4599000
radial velocity: -39.6
right ascension component of proper motion: -0.87
declination component of proper motion: -9.19

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