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Proper Name	Summer Rose Star
Messier Number	M55
NGC/IC Number	NGC 6809
Constellation	Sagittarius
Right Ascension	19h 40m 0s
Declination	-30° 57' 53"
Distance	c.17,600 light years c.5,400 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +6.3 Absolute: -7.4
Diameter	Apparent: 5' 42" Actual: c.100 light years
Optimum Visibility	July / August
Notes	Despite its common name of the Summer Rose 'Star', M55 is in fact a loose globular cluster about a hundred light years across, lying some 18,000 light years from the Solar System in the general direction of the Galaxy's Core.

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