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ngc 6355
The magnitude 9 globular cluster NGC 6355 lies just north of a long line of dark nebulae. (Barnard 59, 65, 66, 67, 78). Part of the dark nebula is visible in the attached wikisky.org image. The cluster is 22,200 light years away and 85' south of the magnitude 3.3 star theta Oph. It is one of the GC in the All Sky Messier Catalog.
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