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NGC6362
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:31:54.8
Declination: -67:2:51
Constellation: ARA
Visual Magnitude: 8.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: globular, cB, L, vgmbM, rrr, st 14…17
Sub-type: X
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6362
18" (7/11/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly impressive globular cluster; bright, large, scraggly, with roughly 60 stars resolved over a 7'-8' diameter. A distinctive string of resolved stars passes through the entire cluster in a NNW to SSE orientation. A mag 10 star is near the edge of the halo on the south side 3.5' from center.
12" (6/29/02 - Bargo, Australia): at 186x, this fairly loose globular is moderately bright and large and broadly concentrated. It was resolved into 25-30 stars, several arranged in a line bisecting the cluster. The ragged halo is roughly 8' diameter. Located 1.2 degrees NE of mag 4.7 Zeta Apodis.