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M22
M22 — Great Sagittarius Cluster
Globular Cluster
· SagittariusBeginner
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Target information
- Object type
- Globular Cluster
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Right ascension
- 18h 36m 24s
- Declination
- -23° 54′ 00″
- Magnitude
- 5.1
- Angular size
- 32′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Best months
- Jun-Sep
- Catalog IDs
- M22
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