NGC 6760

Scientific overview

NGC 6760 is a globular cluster in the constellation Aquila. It shines at apparent magnitude 9.78 and spans about 5.4 arcminutes of sky.

Difficulty

Medium telescope

Recommended equipment

≈ 150–200 mm telescope

Best observed

Summer (evening sky)

Best hemisphere

Both (equatorial)

Guidance follows standard observing practice, derived from the object's real magnitude and position. A dark, moonless sky always helps.

RA / Dec

19.1867h / 1.0305°

Hemisphere

Both

Season

Summer

Object	Type	Mag	Size (′)
NGC 6709NGC 6709	Open cluster	6.7	8.7
NGC 6755NGC 6755	Open cluster	7.5	6
Phantom Streak NebulaNGC 6741	Planetary nebula	11.5	0.13

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

OpenNGCOpenNGC (M. Verga) — NGC/IC, Messier, and Caldwell catalogue data
Openly-licensed deep-sky catalogue: object types, positions, magnitudes, sizes, morphology, and cross-identifiers.

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