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| Catalogue and alternative designations | NGC
5946
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| Type | Globular Cluster |
| Position | 15 35 29, -50 39 45 |
| Constellation | Norma |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL16200 and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | A LRGB image with Luminance unbinned and colours binned 2x2. The exposure times were Luminance = 60 minutes, Red = 47 minutes, Green = 53 minutes and Blue = 60 minutes. |
| Description | NGC 5946 is a fairly ordinary globular cluster in the constellation of Norma discovered by James Dunlop in 1826. There is a fair bit of interstellar absorption in this area so the stars are somewhat reddened. It's about 3 arcminutes in diameter with a visual magnitude of 9.6 and is estimated to be 34.6 kiloparsecs distant. |