Class III Right ascension 17 16 37.42 Distance 33,900 ly (10,400 pc) | Constellation Ophiuchus Declination −28° 08′ 24.0″ Apparent magnitude (V) 9.03 | |
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NGC 6316 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus. Its Shapley-Sawyer Concentration Class is III, meaning that it has a "strong inner core of stars" and was discovered by the German-born British astronomer William Herschel on 24 May 1784. It is at a distance of about 35,900 light years away from the Earth. NGC 6316 has a metallicity of -0.45; this means that its ratio of hydrogen/helium to other elements is only 35% that of the Sun, but still enough to be considered a "metal-rich" globular cluster.
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