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NGC 6316 — Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus

Globular Cluster Fair (37/100)
Magnitude 9.0m GlobularCluster Ophiuchus (Oph) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.0
Angular Size 4.8′
glob. cl. , cB, pS, R, gvmbM, rrr, st 16

Position & Identifiers

RA 17h 16m 37.4s
Dec -28° 08' 24.0"
Constellation Ophiuchus (Oph)
Catalog NGC 6316

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Medium+ Medium+
150mm Newt. Easy Easy Easy
C8 203mm Easy Easy Easy
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Easy on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season May – Jul (peak: Jun)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 6316 · 4.8′ diameter · N up, E left

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6 Classification Decoder

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Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 6304
Easy
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 8.4 1.4° Ophiuchus
Guniibuu
HIP 84405; 36 Ophiuchi
Easy
Easy double, sep 5.2″
Double Star mag 5.07 1.6° Ophiuchus
NGC 6293
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 8.2 2.1° Ophiuchus
NGC 6355
Easy
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 9.6 2.4° Ophiuchus
M19
NGC 6273
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 6.8 3.6° Ophiuchus
NGC 6374
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 5.6° Scorpius
3 Sgr
Medium
Pulsating variable, period 7.0d
Variable Star mag 4.54 6.8° Sagittarius
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