NGC 6859

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Asterism
NGC 6859
Constellation Eagle
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 20h 03m 49.5s
declination + 00 ° 26 ′ 41 ″
Further data
distance

4350 ly (1335 pc)

Number of stars

3

history
discovery

George Bond

Date of discovery

November 24, 1852

Catalog names
NGC  6859 •
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In the NGC catalog, NGC 6859 denotes three apparently close together stars in the constellation Aquila . The catalog entry goes back to an observation by the astronomer George Phillips Bond on November 24, 1852.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. 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 .
  3. Seligman