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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	M92
NGC/IC Number	NGC 6341
Constellation	Hercules
Right Ascension	17h 17m 7s
Declination	+43° 8' 9"
Distance	c.26,700 light years c.8,200 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +6.4 Absolute: -8.2
Diameter	Apparent: 2' Actual: c.15 light years
Optimum Visibility	June / July
Notes	One of the sky's brighter globular clusters, M92 is almost bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. It lies in the constellation Hercules, close to the prominent M13 or Hercules Cluster in the sky, though it is in fact nearly 2,000 light years farther from the Sun than that better-known cluster.

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