NGC 6717


NGC 6717 is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, which was discovered by William Herschel on August 7, 1784. It is located of 7100 parsecs away from Earth.
The globular cluster, which has an apparent magnitude of 9.28 and diameter of 9.9 arcminutes. Is located just south of the star ν2 Sagittarii. The bright star region on the north-eastern edge has the separate designation IC 4802.