Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6229  ·  PGC 2293508  ·  PGC 2294428  ·  PGC 2298068  ·  PGC 2300954  ·  PGC 2301359  ·  PGC 2302163  ·  PGC 2303116  ·  PGC 2305906  ·  PGC 3096513
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NGC 6229, a Globular Cluster in Hercules, Loran Hughes
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NGC 6229, a Globular Cluster in Hercules

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NGC 6229, a Globular Cluster in Hercules, Loran Hughes
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NGC 6229, a Globular Cluster in Hercules

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NGC 6229 is about 100,000 ly from our sun, in the constellation Hercules. It's approximately 5x further out than Messier 13 and 4x further than Messier 92. Its size would fall between the two.

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NGC 6229, a Globular Cluster in Hercules, Loran Hughes