NGC 6362

 EMISSION NEBULA IN ARA (THE ALTAR)  

(Image centered at: ra 17 h:34 m / dec - 67º 03')

March 2022, Home Backyard in Martínez, Buenos Aires, Argentina

DATA

TYPE: Globular Cluster

APPARENT DIAMETER: 15 arc minutes

VISUAL BRIGHTNESS: 8,1

DISTANCE: 25,500 light years 

IMAGE INFORMATION1

INSTRUMENT: 8" ORION OPTICS UK (Ultra Grade Optics) w/Televue Paracorr working at at f5,75

CAMERA: QSI 583 WS

MOUNT: SKY WATCHER NEQ6, OAG with Starligh Xpress Lodestar

FILTERS: Baader LRGB Set

SKY CONDITIONS: urban skies - Bortle 8

EXPOSURES: LRGB (40,40,40,40)

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

NGC 6362 is a low mass globular cluster situated in the southern side of the constellation of Ara close to the border of Apus, Pavo and Triangulum. It was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop in June 1826 during his research in Australia.

There is an 2019 report (*) that indicates extended star debris candidates beyond the cluster. The dynamical history of NGC 6362 also indicates that it has cross the galactic disc several times in its lifetime. First and second generations of stars where detected within its 160 members.  

(*) Richa Kundu, José G Fernández-Trincado, Dante Minniti, Harinder P Singh, Edmundo Moreno, Céline Reylé, Annie C Robin, Mario Soto