Palomar 6 is a loose globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus that belongs to the Milky Way galaxy.

It is a member of the Palomar Globular Clusters group.

It is located about 25,000 light-years (7,700 parsecs) away from the Sun.

It is similar to other old-bulge globular clusters such as Messier 62, NGC 6522, NGC 6558, and Haute-Provence 1.

[2] First discovered on the National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey plates by Robert G. Harrington and Fritz Zwicky,[4] it was catalogued as a globular cluster, and is one of four globulars known to contain a planetary nebula.