NGC 6950

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Asterism
NGC 6950
Constellation dolphin
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 20h 41m 05.6s
declination + 16 ° 37 ′ 20 ″
Further data
Angular expansion

5.0 '

distance

3500 ly (1070 pc)

history
discovery

Wilhelm Herschel

Date of discovery

October 15, 1784

Catalog names
NGC  6950 • h 2085 • GC 4597 • H VIII 23
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NGC 6950 is an asterism in the constellation Dolphin . It was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 15, 1784 .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. SEDS : NGC 6950
  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