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NGC 6360 (also ESO 454-20) is a magnitude +13.0 star cloud located in the constellation Ophiuchus.

The star cloud was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 3rd August 1834. 

Right Ascension 17h 24m 26.5s, Declination -29° 51' 46"



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