Object: Globular cluster NGC 6712 Constell: SCT RA: 18h 53.1m Decl: -08° 42' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 8.2m Size: 7.2' Type: 9 Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Helsinki, Finland Date/Time: 14./15.9.1996, 22.30 Telescope: C 200/2000 Magn: 160x Filter: Field: 19' NE Lim.mag: 5.2m Background sky: 4 Seeing: 3 Weather: +6 °C, no Moon. Brightness: 4 Alt: 20° Description: A quite faint globular cluster. M71-like. Diam. 3'. Somewhat broadly concentrated. About 20 stars resolved against a grainy glow.