NGC 6528

NGC 6528

NGC 6528 is a globular cluster in the Sagittarius, which is listed in the New General Catalogue. it has magnitude 11 and diameter of 1 arc minute, and given class V with stars 16th magnitude and dimmer. The globular cluster was discovered in 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel with his 18-inch telescopes.

It is seen close to Gamma2 Sagittarii and NGC 6522.

The spherical star clusters NGC 6528 (lower left) and NGC 6522 (upper right) taken with the Mount Lemmon Observatory#81 cm mirror telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory.

It is located in the so-called "Baade's window, in the direction of the galactic center, the view is not clouded by dust from the Milky Way.

References

• Robert Burnham, Jr, Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An observer's guide to the universe beyond the solar system, vol 3, p.1555