NGC 6293

{{Short description|Globular cluster in the constellation of Ophiuchus}}

{{Infobox globular cluster

| name = NGC 6293

| image = 260px

| caption = NGC 6293 as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope

| credit =

| epoch = J2000

| class = IV{{cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/spider/MWGC/n6293.html|title=NGC 6293 – Hartmut Frommert - SEDS|work=Students for the Exploration and Development of Space: SEDS|access-date=4 February 2017}}

| constellation = Ophiuchus

| ra = {{RA|17|10|10.42}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 6293|access-date=4 February 2017}}

| dec = {{DEC|-26|34|54.2}}

| dist_ly = 31000 ly

| dist_pc = 9500 pc

| appmag_v = 9.02

| size_v = 7.9{{prime}} × 7.9{{prime}}

| mass_msol =

| mass_kg =

| v_hb =

| metal_fe = −1.99{{cite web|title=Catalog of Parameters for Milky Way Globular Clusters|url=http://physwww.mcmaster.ca/~harris/mwgc.dat|author1=William E. Harris|access-date=3 February 2017}}

| metal_z =

| age =

| notes =

| names = GCl 55, VDBH 215

}}

NGC 6293 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus.{{cite web|title=Object No. 1 – NGC 6293|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6293&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|website=NASA/IPAC extragalactic database|publisher=NASA/IPAC|access-date=4 October 2015}} Its Shapley–Sawyer Concentration Class is IV. It was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift on 8 July 1885.{{cite web|title=NGC 6293 (= GCL 55)|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc62a.htm#6293|website=cseligman|access-date=4 October 2015}} Like many other globular clusters, its distance is not well known; it may be anywhere from {{val|31000}} to {{val|52000}} light-years away from Earth.

{{cite web|title=The globular cluster NGC 6293|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=5059|website=In-the-sky|access-date=4 October 2015}}