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| Catalogue and alternative designations | Lynga
7
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| Type | Globular cluster |
| Position | 16 11 04, -55 19 04 |
| Constellation | Norma |
| Camera and Telescope | STLXL6303E and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | LRGB 50:50:50:50 all unbinned using Astrodon filters |
| Description | Lynga
7 is an obscure globular cluster
in Norma discovered by G Lynga
in 1964. It's not particularly
faint at magnitude 10.18 but is
difficult to see being in a rich
star field. It was initially
thought to be an open cluster
but was definitely
identified as a disk
globular in 1993.
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