NGC 6873

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Asterism
NGC 6873
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Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 20h 07m 13.9s
declination + 21 ° 06 ′ 08 ″
Further data
Angular expansion

14.0 '

distance

4075 ly (1250 pc)

history
discovery

Wilhelm Struve

Date of discovery

1825

Catalog names
NGC  6873 • h 2068 • GC 4550
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NGC 6873 is an asterism in the constellation Sagitta . It was discovered by Friedrich Wilhelm Struve in 1825 .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. SEDS : NGC 6873
  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