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globular cluster

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Instance of: galaxy
Constellation: Scorpius
Distance from Earth: 0.008
Image: NGC 6256 hst 11628 R814B555.png

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metallicity: -1.63
catalog code: [KPS2012] MWSC 2506
Commons category: NGC 6256
discoverer or inventor: James Dunlop
time of discovery or invention: 1826-08-02
apparent magnitude: 5.46
right ascension: 254.886167
declination: -37.121417
epoch: J2000.0
radial velocity: -101.40
right ascension component of proper motion: -3.85
declination component of proper motion: -0.63

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