NGC 6755

Scientific overview

NGC 6755 is an open cluster in the constellation Aquila. It shines at apparent magnitude 7.5 and spans about 6 arcminutes of sky.

Difficulty

Small telescope

Recommended equipment

≈ 80–100 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

19.1303h / 4.2664°

Hemisphere

Both

Season

Summer

Object	Type	Mag	Size (′)
NGC 6709NGC 6709	Open cluster	6.7	8.7
NGC 6760NGC 6760	Globular cluster	9.78	5.4
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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