NGC 6200
AladinLite | |
Constellation | altar |
Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 16 h 44 m 07.3 s |
declination | -47 ° 27 ′ 46 ″ |
Appearance
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classification | III2m |
Brightness (visual) | 7.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 15 ' |
Physical data
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distance | 6700 ly (2054 pc ) |
history | |
Discovered by | John Herschel |
Discovery time | July 1, 1834 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 6200 • Cr 311 • ESO 277-SC8 • GC 4228 • h 3643 • OCL 978 |
NGC 6200 is an open star cluster (type definition "III2m") in the constellation Altar . It was discovered on July 1, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted "a great space full of milky way stars, so thickly sown as to merit being called a cluster".