NGC 6167

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Open star cluster
NGC 6167
AladinLite
Constellation Angle measure
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 34 m 35.0 s
declination -49 ° 46 ′ 19 ″
Appearance

classification II3m
Brightness  (visual) 6.7 likes
Angular expansion 7.0 '
Physical data

Affiliation Milky Way
Redshift −0.000116
Radial velocity −34.70 km / s
distance  3614 ly
(1108 pc )
history
Discovered by James Dunlop
Discovery time June 26, 1826
Catalog names
 NGC  6167 • C 1630-495 • OCl 971 •  Cr  305 •  Dun  400 •  ESO  226-SC16 •  GC  4209 •  h  3635 •

NGC 6167 is an Open Star Cluster of the Trumpler Type II3m in the constellation Winkelmess on the border to the constellation Altar in the southern sky . It has a diameter of 7 'and an apparent magnitude of 6.7 mag.

The object was discovered on June 26, 1826 by James Dunlop .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c SEDS : NGC 6167
  3. WEBDA page on NGC 6167
  4. Seligman