page_title: NGC 6284
hierarchical_section_title: NGC 6284
caption_attribution_description: English: Color rendering is done by by Aladin-software (2000A&amp;AS..143...33B.)
context_page_description: NGC 6284 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is designated as IX in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the German-born British astronomer William Herschel on 22 May 1784. It is at a distance of 49,900 light years away from earth.
context_section_description: NGC 6284 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is designated as IX in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the German-born British astronomer William Herschel on 22 May 1784. It is at a distance of 49,900 light years away from earth.
caption: NGC 6284 as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope 
  Credit: NASA/ESA
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