NGC 6294
DSS image of NGC 6294
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 6294, 60' x 60' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 6294

Type  Multiple Star
Magnitude  
Right Ascension  17h 10' 16.3"  (2000)
Declination  26° 34' 29" S
Constellation  Ophiuchus
Description  F, S, vgbM, globular p
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
May 30, 2017    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

A double star trailing NGC6293 by about 2', not particularly remarkable, not obvious how this object arrived in the NGC catalog
Other Data Sources for NGC 6294
Associated objects for NGC 6294
Nearby objects for NGC 6294
4 objects found within 60'
29 Scorpii Barnard 59
PK357+7.1
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NGC 6294