Globular Star Cluster NGC 6712 in Scutum

Description of NGC 6712 in
The Deep Sky Field Guide to Uranometria 2000:

Magnitude of the brightest stars = 13.3
Horizontal branch stars magnitude = 16.3
Concentration: 9 ( scale 1{loose} to 12{dense} )

Quote from Dreyer's New General Catalog(NGC): "Globular cluster, pretty bright, very large, irregular, very gradually little brighter middle, well resolved."

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• NGC 6712
• Magnitude: 8.2
• Constellation: Scutum
• RA: 18h 53m 06.0s
• Dec: -08° 42' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size (mins): 7.2'
• Classification: Globular Cluster
  

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George Normandin, KAS

August 7th, 2001