NGC 6823
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| NGC 6820 & NGC 6823 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Fox |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 19 h 43 m 09.9 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 18 '00 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | I3pn |
| Brightness (visual) | 7.1 likes |
| Angular expansion | 7.0 ' |
| Physical data
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| distance | 6200 ly (1893 pc ) |
| diameter | 50 ly |
| Age | 2 million years |
| history | |
| Discovered by | William Herschel |
| Discovery time | July 17, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6823 • C 1941 + 231 • OCl 124 • Cr 405 • GC 4512 • H VII 18 • h 2049 • | |
NGC 6823 is an open cluster of the type I3pn in the constellation Fox in the northern sky . It has an apparent magnitude of 7.1 mag and an angular diameter of 7 '. The cluster is located 6,000 light years away within the emission nebula NGC 6820 near Messier 27 . It is about 50 light years in diameter and is estimated to be 2 million years old.
The object was discovered on July 17, 1785 by William Herschel .
Web links
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1] [2] [3]