List of globular clusters

Image taken by ESO's VISTA of the Globular Cluster VVV CL001. On the right lies the globular star cluster UKS 1 and on the left lies a much less conspicuous new discovery, VVV CL001.[1]

This is a list of globular clusters. The apparent magnitude does not include an extinction correction.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Milky Way

These are globular clusters within the halo of the Milky Way galaxy. The diameter is in minutes of arc as seen from Earth. For reference, the J2000 epoch celestial coordinates of the Galactic Center are R.A.17h 45m 40.04s, Dec. −29° 00 28.1. A high proportion of globular clusters are located in the Ophiuchus and Sagittarius constellations, both of which lie in the direction of the galactic core.

Identifier Epoch J2000 Constellation Apparent
Magnitude
Diameter
Right ascension Declination
Stellar Designations
Omega Centauri 13h 26m 45.89s −47° 28 36.7 Centaurus 3.68 55
47 Tucanae 00h 24m 05.22s −72° 04 57.9 Tucana 3.95 50
Messier Catalogue
M2 21h 33m 27.01s −00° 49 23.9 Aquarius 6.47 16
M3 13h 42m 11.23s 28° 22 31.6 Canes Venatici 6.19 18
M4 16h 23m 35.41s −26° 31 31.9 Scorpius 5.63 36
M5 15h 18m 33.75s 02° 05 57.7 Serpens 5.65 23
M9 17h 19m 11.78s −18° 30 58.5 Ophiuchus 7.72 12
M10 16h 57m 08.99s −04° 05 57.6 Ophiuchus 6.60 20
M12 16h 47m 14.52s −01° 56 52.1 Ophiuchus 6.70 16
M13 16h 41m 41.44s 36° 27 36.9 Hercules 5.78 20
M14 17h 37m 36.15s −03° 14 45.3 Ophiuchus 7.59 11
M15 21h 29m 58.38s 12° 10 00.6 Pegasus 6.20 18
M19 17h 02m 37.69s −26° 16 04.6 Ophiuchus 6.77 17
M22 18h 36m 24.20s −23° 54 12.3 Sagittarius 5.10 32
M28 18h 24m 32.89s −24° 52 11.4 Sagittarius 6.79 11.2
M30 21h 40m 22.03s −23° 10 44.6 Capricornus 7.19 12
M53 13h 12m 55.23s 18° 10 08.8 Coma Berenices 7.61 13
M55 19h 39m 59.40s −30° 57 43.5 Sagittarius 6.32 19
M56 19h 16m 35.50s 30° 11 04.2 Lyra 8.27 8.8
M62 17h 01m 12.60s −30° 06 44.5 Ophiuchus 6.45 15
M68 12h 39m 28.01s −26° 44 34.9 Hydra 7.84 11
M69 18h 31m 23.23s −32° 20 52.7 Sagittarius 7.64 9.8
M70 18h 43m 12.64s −32° 17 60.0 Sagittarius 7.87 8
M71 19h 53m 46.11s 18° 46 42.3 Sagitta 8.19 7.2
M72 20h 53m 27.91s −12° 32 13.4 Aquarius 9.27 6.6
M75 20h 06m 04.75s −21° 55 16.2 Sagittarius 8.52 6.8
M79 05h 24m 10.59s −24° 31 27.3 Lepus 7.73 9.6
M80 16h 17m 02.51s −22° 58 30.4 Scorpius 7.33 10
M92 17h 17m 07.27s 43° 08 11.5 Hercules 6.44 14
M107 16h 32m 31.91s −13° 03 13.1 Ophiuchus 7.93 13
New General Catalogue
NGC 288 00h 52m 45.3s −26° 34 43 Sculptor 8.09 13
NGC 362 01h 03m 14.27s −70° 50 53.6 Tucana 6.40 14
NGC 1261 03h 12m 15.35s −55° 13 00.5 Horologium 8.29 6.6
NGC 1851 05h 14m 06.31s −40° 02 50.2 Columba 7.14 12
NGC 2298 06h 48m 59.20s −36° 00 19.2 Puppis 9.29 5
NGC 2419 07h 38m 08.51s 38° 52 54.9 Lynx 10.41 4.6
NGC 2808 09h 12m 02.57s −64° 51 46.2 Carina 6.20 14
NGC 3201 10h 17m 36.76s −46° 24 40.4 Vela 6.75 20
NGC 4147 12h 10m 06.2s 18° 32 31 Coma Berenices 10.32 4.4
NGC 4372 12h 25m 45.43s −72° 39 32.8 Musca 7.24 5
NGC 4833 12h 59m 34.98s −70° 52 28.6 Musca 6.91 14
NGC 5053 13h 16m 26.98s 17° 41 51.9 Coma Berenices 9.47 10
NGC 5286 13h 46m 26.58s −51° 22 24.5 Centaurus 7.34 11
NGC 5466 14h 05m 27.29s 28° 32 04.0 Boötes 9.04 9″
NGC 5634 14h 29m 37.23s −05° 58 35.1 Virgo 9.47 5.5′
NGC 5694 14h 39m 36.5s −26° 32 18 Hydra 10.17 4.3′
NGC 5824 15h 03m 58.6s –33° 04 07 Lupus 9.09 6.2′
NGC 5897 15h 17m 24.5s –21° 00 37 Libra 8.53 11′
NGC 5927 15h 28m 00.69s –50° 40 22.9 Lupus 8.01 6′
NGC 5946 15h 35m 28.52s –50° 39 34.8 Norma 9.61 3′
NGC 5986 15h 46m 03s –37° 47 11.1 Lupus 7.52 9.6′
NGC 6101 16h 25m 48.12s –72° 12 07.9 Apus 9.16 5′
NGC 6144 16h 27m 13.86s –26° 01 24.6 Scorpius 9.01 7.4′
NGC 6139 16h 27m 40.37s −38° 50 55.5 Scorpius 8.99 8.2
NGC 6229 16h 46m 58.79s 47° 31 39.9 Hercules 9.39 4.5
NGC 6235 16h 53m 25.31s −22° 10 38.8 Ophiuchus 9.97 5
NGC 6256 16h 59m 32.62s −37° 07 17 Scorpio 11.29 4.1
NGC 6284 17h 04m 28.51s −24° 45 53.5 Ophiuchus 8.83 6.2\
NGC 6287 17h 05m 09.13s −22° 42 30.1 Ophiuchus 9.35 4.8
NGC 6293 17h 10m 10.20s −26° 34 55.5 Ophiuchus 8.22 8.2
NGC 6304 17h 14m 32.25s −29° 27 43.3 Ophiuchus 8.22 8
NGC 6316 17h 16m 37.30s −28° 08 24.4 Ophiuchus 8.43 5.4
NGC 6325 17h 17m 59.21s −23° 45 57.6 Ophiuchus 10.33 4.1
NGC 6342 17h 21m 10.08s −19° 35 14.7 Ophiuchus 9.66 4.4
NGC 6356 17h 23m 34.93s −17° 48 46.9 Ophiuchus 8.25 10
NGC 6355 17h 23m 58.59s −26° 21 12.3 Ophiuchus 9.14 4.2
NGC 6352 17h 25m 29.11s −48° 25 19.8 Ara 7.96 9
NGC 6362 17h 31m 54.99s −67° 02 54 Ara 7.73 15
NGC 6366 17h 27m 44.24s −5° 4 47.5 Ophiuchus 9.20 13
NGC 6380 17h 34m 28.0s −39° 04 09 Scorpius 11.31 3.6
NGC 6388 17h 36m 17.23s −44° 44 07.8 Scorpius 6.72 10.4
NGC 6397 17h 40m 41.36s −53° 40 25.3 Ara 5.73 31
NGC 6401 17h 38m 36.60s −23° 54 34.2 Ophiuchus 9.45 4.8
NGC 6426 17h 44m 54.65s 3° 10 12.5 Ophiuchus 11.01 4.2
NGC 6440 17h 48m 52.70s −20° 21 36.9 Scorpius 9.2 4.4
NGC 6441 17h 50m 13.06s −37° 03 05.2 Scorpius 7.15 9.6
NGC 6453 17h 50m 51.77s −34° 35 55.1 Scorpius 10.20 3.5′
NGC 6496 17h 59m 03.68s −44° 15 57.4 Scorpius 8.54 5.3′
NGC 6517 18h 01m 50.38s −08° 57 34.4 Ophiuchus 10.1 4
NGC 6522 18h 03m 34.08s −30° 02 02.3 Sagittarius 8.27 16.4
NGC 6528 18h 04m 49.61s −30° 03 20.8 Sagittarius 9.60 16.6
NGC 6535 18h 03m 50.51s −00° 17 51.5 Serpens 9.30 1.3
NGC 6539 18h 04m 49.68s −07° 35 09.1 Serpens 9.6 7.9′
NGC 6540 18h 06m 08.60s −27° 45 55.0 Sagittarius 9.30 9.5′
NGC 6541 18h 08m 02.36s −43° 42 53.6 Corona Australis 6.30 15
NGC 6544 18h 07m 20.58s −24° 59 50.4 Sagittarius 21.01 8.4′
NGC 6553 18h 09m 17.60s −25° 54 31.3 Sagittarius 8.06 9.2
NGC 6558 18h 10m 17.60s −31° 45 50.0 Sagittarius 9.26 4.2′
NGC 6569 18h 13m 38.80s −31° 49 36.8 Sagittarius 8.55 6.4′
NGC 6584 18h 18m 37.60s −52° 12 56.8 Telescopium 8.27 6.6′
NGC 6624 18h 23m 40.51s −30° 21 39.7 Sagittarius 7.87 8.8′
NGC 6638 18h 30m 56.10s −25° 29 50.9 Sagittarius 9.02 7.3′
NGC 6642 18h 31m 54.10s −23° 28 30.7 Sagittarius 9.13 5.8′
NGC 6652 18h 35m 45.63s −32° 59 26.6 Sagittarius 8.62 6′
NGC 6712 18h 53m 04.32s −08° 42 21.5 Scutum 8.10 9.8
NGC 6717 18h 55m 06.04s −22° 42 05.3 Sagittarius 9.28 5.4
NGC 6723 18h 59m 33.15s −36° 37 56.1 Sagittarius 7.01 13
NGC 6749 19h 05m 15.3s 01° 54 03 Aquila 12.44 4
NGC 6752 19h 10m 51.8s −59° 58 54.7 Pavo 5.40 29
NGC 6760 19h 11m 12.01s 01° 01 49.7 Aquila 8.88 9.6
NGC 6934 20h 34m 11.5s 7° 24 14.9 Delphinus 8.83 7.1
NGC 7006 21h 01m 29.3s 16° 11 15.1 Delphinus 10.56 3.6
Other
Arp-Madore 1 03h 55m 02.7s −49° 36 52.0 Horologium unknown 1.3′
Koposov 1 11h 59m 18.05s 12° 15 36.0 Virgo 14.2 unknown
Koposov 2 07h 58m 17.0s 26° 15 18.0 Gemini 17.6 unknown
Laevens 1 11h 36m 16.2s −10° 52 38.8 Crater 28″
Liller 1 17h 33m 24.5s −33° 23 20 Sagittarius 22″
Mercer 3 18h 18m 30s −16° 58 36 Scutum not visible 1.3′
Palomar 1 03h 33m 20.0s 79° 34 52 Cepheus 13.18 2.8′
Palomar 2 04h 46m 05.9s 31° 22 53 Auriga
Segue 3 21h 21m 31s 19° 07 02 Pegasus 14.9 1.3′
Terzan 5 17h 48m 05s –24° 45 48 Sagittarius 13.85 2.4′

Local Group

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Identifier Epoch J2000 Apparent
Magnitude
Diameter Galaxy
Right ascension Declination
M54 18h 55m 03.28s −30° 28 42.6 7.60 12 Sag DEG
Arp 2 16h 16m 18.33s 47° 02 44.7 12.30 2.3 Sag DEG
Terzan 7 16h 16m 18.33s 47° 02 44.7 12.00 1.2 Sag DEG
Terzan 8 19h 41m 45.00s −34° 00 01.0 12.40 3.50 Sag DEG
Palomar 12 21h 46m 38.8s −21° 15 03 11.99 2.9 Sag DEG
Whiting 1 02h 02.9m −03° 15 15.03 1.2 Sag DEG
NGC 1818 05h 04m 13.8s −66° 26 02 9.7 3.4 LMC
NGC 121 00h 26m 48.25s −71° 32 8.4 11.24 3.1 SMC
NGC 1049 02h 39m 52.5s −34° 16 08 12.9 24" Fornax Dwarf
Mayall II 00h 32m 46.51s 39° 34 39.7 13.7 10" Andromeda
GALEXASC J003819.45+414713.7 00h 38m 19.5s 41° 47 15 ~17-18 2" Andromeda?

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