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M 72

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Right ascension: 20h 53m 27.70s
Declination: −12° 32′ 14.3″
Galactic l, b: 35.162, -32.68
Magnitude V: 8.96
Parallax: 0.084 mas
Redshift z: -0.0011048
Radial velocity: -331.39 km/s
Proper motion: -1.29, -3.32 mas/yr
Angular size: 5.9′ × 5.9′

Also known as

5 identifiers

C 2050-127GCl 118M 72NGC 6981[KPS2012] MWSC 3419

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
Cl* NGC 6981 SAW V57	RRLyrae	5.285″	16.63
Cl* NGC 6981 KBP R4	RRLyrae	8.882″	16.73
Cl* NGC 6981 KBP S3	RRLyrae	9.606″	16.74
Cl* NGC 6981 SAW V53	RRLyrae	10.64″	16.87
Cl* NGC 6981 SAW V36	RRLyrae	12.48″	16.7
Cl* NGC 6981 KBP S7	RRLyrae	15.41″	16.77
Cl* NGC 6981 KBP S5	RRLyrae	16.06″	16.87
Cl* NGC 6981 SAW V42	LongPeriodV*	17.06″	13.85
Cl* NGC 6981 SAW V50	RRLyrae	17.8″	16.61
Cl* NGC 6981 SAW V13	RRLyrae	21.32″	16.56
Cl* NGC 6981 KBP S8	RRLyrae	22.1″	16.67

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/m-72 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.