NGC 6743

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Asterism
NGC 6743
Constellation lyre
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 19h 01m 20.7s
declination + 29 ° 16 ′ 39 ″
Further data
Angular expansion

8.0 '

distance

3600 ly (1111 pc)

history
discovery

John Herschel

Date of discovery

July 6, 1828

Catalog names
NGC  6743 • h 2028 • GC 4463
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NGC 6743 is an asterism in the constellation Lyra . It was discovered on July 6, 1828 by John Herschel while observing with an 18-inch reflecting telescope.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. SEDS : NGC 6743
  3. 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 .
  4. Seligman