NGC 6604

E483974

NGC 6604 is a young, compact open star cluster associated with the Serpens OB2 association, located near the Eagle Nebula in the constellation Serpens.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
NGC 6604 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
open star cluster ⓘ
age 4 million years ⓘ
5 million years ⓘ
angularSize 5 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 6.5 ⓘ
associatedWith H II regions ⓘ
Serpens OB2 association ⓘ
interstellar gas ⓘ
bestSeenFrom Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
bestSeenIn summer ⓘ
catalog NGC ⓘ
clusterType young open cluster ⓘ
compactness compact ⓘ
constellation Serpens ⓘ
contains B-type stars ⓘ
early-type stars ⓘ
massive O-type stars ⓘ
declination -12° 14′ 30″ ⓘ
discoveredBy William Herschel ⓘ
discoveryDate 1784 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth 1400 parsecs ⓘ
4600 light-years ⓘ
epoch J2000 ⓘ
galacticArm Sagittarius Arm ⓘ
galacticLatitude +0.45° ⓘ
galacticLongitude 18.3° ⓘ
hasProperty embedded in nebulosity ⓘ
rich in hot stars ⓘ
hasResearchInterest massive star formation ⓘ
stellar evolution in young clusters ⓘ
hasStellarPopulation young massive stars ⓘ
locatedIn Galactic plane ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ
Serpens OB2 association ⓘ
locatedNear Eagle Nebula ⓘ
near IC 4703 ⓘ
Messier 16 ⓘ
observedIn infrared wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
partOf Serpens OB2 ⓘ
Serpens constellation region near Scutum border ⓘ
linked to: Serpens
rightAscension 18h 18m 02s ⓘ
visibleWith binoculars under dark skies ⓘ
small telescope ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Serpens Cauda → contains → NGC 6604 ⓘ