NGC 6752 is an impressive 6th magnitude globular cluster in the constellation Pavo. It is a large cluster with a dense concentration of stars. NGC 6752 can be nicely seen with a small telescope. The bright, 7th magnitude star appearing nearby is HD 177999.
James Dunlop discovered this globular cluster on July 28, 1826 and cataloged it as Dunlop 295. This cluster may have been discovered previously by Abbe Lacaille in 1751-52, but measured at a position more than 10 degrees off.
NGC 6752 lies almost 14,000 light years away, across the galactic disc. It is a typical globular cluster, containing many hundreds of thousands of stars, and is one of the oldest known objects in the Universe. NGC 6752 was investigated by the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope on Space Shuttle mission STS-67 in 1995.