NGC 6839

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Asterism
NGC 6839
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Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 19h 54m 33.0s
declination + 17 ° 56 ′ 20 ″
Further data
Angular expansion

4.0 '

distance

4600 ly (1410 pc)

history
discovery

Wilhelm Herschel

Date of discovery

August 18, 1784

Catalog names
NGC  6839 • h 2057 • GC 4521 • H VI 16
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NGC 6839 is an asterism in the constellation Sagitta . It was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on August 18, 1784 .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. SEDS : NGC 6839
  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