NGC 6895

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Asterism
NGC 6895
Constellation swan
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 20h 16m 32.3s
declination + 50 ° 14 ′ 26 ″
Further data
Angular expansion

15.0 '

distance

3720 ly (1141 pc)

history
discovery

Wilhelm Herschel

Date of discovery

September 30, 1790

Catalog names
NGC  6895 • H VIII 83 • GC 4566
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NGC 6895 is an asterism in the constellation Cygnus . It was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on September 30, 1790 .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. SEDS : NGC 6895
  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