NGC 6541 (also known as Caldwell 78) is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of

Corona Australis Corona Australis is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere. Its Latin name means "southern crown", and it is the southern counterpart of Corona Borealis, the northern crown. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-centu ...

. It is estimated to be around 14 billion years old. The globular cluster was discovered by

Niccolò Cacciatore Niccolò Cacciatore (; 26 January 1770 – 28 January 1841) was an Italian astronomer. Cacciatore was born at Casteltermini, in Sicily. While studying mathematics and physics in Palermo, he became acquainted with Giuseppe Piazzi, head of the Pale ...

at the Palermo Astronomical Observatory,

Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...

, on March 19, 1826. It was independently found by James Dunlop on July 3, 1826. The cluster is relatively small, having just 94 blue straggler stars.

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at DOCdb (Deep Sky Observer's Companion) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ngc 6541 Corona Australis Globular clusters 6541 078b Astronomical objects discovered in 1826