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NGC 6356

GlobCluster SIMBAD GlC 373 papers
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Right ascension
17h 23m 34.99s
Declination
−17° 48′ 46.9″
Galactic l, b
6.7237, 10.22
Magnitude V
7.42
Parallax
0.096 mas
Redshift z
0.00012543
Radial velocity
37.6 km/s
Proper motion
-3.75, -3.392 mas/yr
Angular size
3.6′ × 3.6′

Also known as

7 identifiers

BD-17 4794C 1720-177GCl 62GCRV 10041HD 157361NGC 6356[KPS2012] MWSC 2585

In the same field

within 9 arcmin · wider search
ObjectTypeSeparationV
Cl* NGC 6356 SAW V1 Mira 33.32″ —
Cl* NGC 6356 SAW V3 Mira 46.27″ —
OGLE BLG-LPV-237673 Mira 190.5″ —
V* V2009 Oph Mira 293.1″ —
ATO J261.0203-17.7961 RRLyrae 431.2″ —

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6356 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.