NGC 6775

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Asterism
NGC 6775
Constellation Eagle
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 19h 16m 42.8s
declination -00 ° 56 ′ 00 ″
Further data
Angular expansion

13.0 '

distance

3850 ly (1185 pc)

history
discovery

John Herschel

Date of discovery

July 19, 1828

Catalog names
NGC  6775 • h 2035 • GC 4482
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NGC 6775 is an asterism in the constellation Aquila . It was discovered on July 19, 1828 by John Herschel while observing with an 18-inch reflector telescope.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. SEDS : NGC 6775
  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