Globular cluster · constellation Oph
NGC 6401
NGC 6401ESO 520-011MWSC 2653
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 17h 38m 36.9s
- Declination
- -23° 54' 32"
- Size
- 4.5′
- Position angle
- not available
- Magnitude
- 10.7 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 22.60 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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