NGC 6723
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Globular cluster NGC 6723 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Sagittarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 59 m 33.1 s |
| declination | -36 ° 37 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Concentration class | VII |
| Brightness (visual) | 6.8 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 8.69 likes |
| Angular expansion | 13 ' |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| Redshift | (-273 ± 21) · 10 −6 |
| Radial velocity | (−81.9 ± 6.3) km / s |
| distance | 28.4 kLj |
| history | |
| discovery | James Dunlop |
| Discovery date | June 2, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6723 • C 1856-367 • GCl 106 • ESO 396-SC10 • Dun 573 • GC 4450 • | |
NGC 6723 is the name of a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius . NGC 6723 has an apparent magnitude of 6.8 mag and an angular diameter of 13 '.
The object was discovered on June 2nd, 1826 by James Dunlop .
Web links
Commons : NGC 6723 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- AIDA
- NGC 6723 in "galactic globular clusters database"
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1]