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NGC 6355 (also ESO 519-SC15 and GCL 63) is a magnitude +8.6 globular cluster located 30000 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus.

The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 24th May 1784. 

Right Ascension 17h 23m 58.6s, Declination -26° 21' 11"



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