NGC 6115
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| Constellation | Angle measure |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 24 m 26.4 s |
| declination | -51 ° 56 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | I2p |
| Brightness (visual) | 9.8 likes |
| Angular expansion | 3.4 ' |
| Physical data | |
| history | |
| Discovered by | James Dunlop |
| Discovery time | June 26, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6115 • OCl 960 • ESO 226-SC7 • GC 4179 • h 3625 • | |
NGC 6115 is an open star cluster of the Trumpler type I2p in the constellation Winkelmess . It was discovered on July 8, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted "a part of the milky way, so immensely rich as to be one cast cluster of clusters". It is now believed that James Dunlop first discovered the object on June 26, 1826.
Web links
- NGC 6115. SIMBAD, accessed June 5, 2016 .