NGC 6717
NGC 6717
NGC 6717 is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, which was discovered by Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel on August 7, 1784. It has a distance of 7100 pc.
The globular cluster, which has an apparent brightness of 9.2 magnitude and diameter 9.9 arcminutes. Is located just south of the star ν2 Sagittarii. The bright star region on the north-eastern edge has the separate designation IC 4802.
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