NGC 6437
| Asterism | |
|---|---|
| NGC 6437 | |
| Constellation | Scorpio |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17h 48m 21.1s |
| declination | -35 ° 21 ′ 58 ″ |
| Further data | |
| distance |
approx. 3050 ly (943 pc) |
| history | |
| discovery |
John Herschel |
| Date of discovery |
June 7, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6437 • GC 4329 • h 3704 | |
| Aladin previewer | |
NGC 6437 is a cluster of several stars in the constellation Scorpio . On June 7th, 1837 John Herschel observed it as “a very decided, tolerably defined semi-nebulous mass in milky way, with abundance of vS stars, forming altogether a telescopic magellanic cloud. It fills about a field and has branches and sinuses, and is altogether a very remarkable object ”, mistakenly mistaken for a star cluster and thus made an entry in the catalog.
Web links
- NGC 6437. DSO Browser, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- Hartmut Frommert: Revised NGC Data for NGC 6437. SEDS, accessed on August 1, 2016 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ AL Tadross: A catalog of 120 NGC open star cluster . In: Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society , 44, 2011, pp. 1-11. doi: 10.5303 / JKAS.2011.44.1.1 .
- ↑ Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6437. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 1, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Seligman