With a large format near-infrared camera at the 2.2-m telescope on Mauna Kea Observatory, we performed J K near-infrared observations for the metal rich globular cluster NGC6712. This cluster lies near the galactic plane and therefore suffers heavy reddening. We present the near-infrared color-magnitude diagram and also derive the metallicity ([Fe/H] ~ -0.96±0.27) as well as its distance modulus ((m - M) ~}13.42±0.12).

• JAE-MANN KYEONG(Korea Astronomy Observatory)
• YONG-IK BYUN(Department of Astronomy and Center for Space Astrophysics, Yonsei University)