NGC 6496
DSS image of NGC 6496
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 6496, 60' x 60' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 6496

Type  Globular Cluster
Magnitude  8.6
Right Ascension  17h 59' 3.6"  (2000)
Declination  44° 15' 59" S
Constellation  Scorpius
Description  neb+Cl, pL, mE, gvlbM
Classification  XII
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Aug 8, 2020    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Large at 5' diameter, faint, diffuse for a globular cluster with no notable core, instead an odd east-west structure marks the center of the cluster, 25' east of the 4.9 magnitude HR6675

Andrew Cooper
Aug 3, 2019    Kaʻohe, Mauna Kea, HI (map)
28cm f/10 SCT, NexStar 11" GyPSy @ 127x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6.5 Moon: 0%

An odd globular cluster that does not exhibit the usual round structure and bright core, rather it is a 3' diameter patch of unresolved stars, a bar of brighter stars transits the body east to west, a brighter star on the west end of the bar

Andrew Cooper
May 31, 2008    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 8 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Faint globular cluster almost lost in thick Milky Way starfield, good sized, not resolved, several foreground stars superimposed, core not particularly concentrated
Other Data Sources for NGC 6496
Nearby objects for NGC 6496
3 objects found within 120'
CD-43 12272 HD 163145 HD 165190
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NGC 6496