May 202016
NGC 6426 is a small dim globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is one of the 150 or so globular clusters that orbit the Milky Way galaxy.
![(NGC 6426) [C:60x60s]](https://ptobservatory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/lvl_crv_ddp_NGC-6426.jpg)
(NGC 6426) [C:60x60s]
This image is a stack of sixty 60 second monochrome images.
Chart generated with Cartes du Ciel
The cluster was discovered by German born English astronomer William Herschel in 1786. It lies an estimated 67,000 Lys from the Sun and above the galactic plane.