NGC 6216 (also NGC 6222, ESO 277-SC14 and OCL 989) is a magnitude +10.1 open star cluster located 14,000 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.
The cluster was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop using a 22.86 cm (9 inch) f/12 reflecting telescope at Paramatta, New South Wales, on the 13th May 1826. The cluster was rediscovered by James Dunlop on the same night and relisted NGC 6222.
James Dunlop noted "a faint nebula, about 4 'or 5' diameter, irregularly round, easily resolvable into stars; With stars of larger magnitudes scattered in the preceding side of it "
Right Ascension 16h 49m 23.5s, Declination -44° 43' 53"
