NGC 6603 (central cluster often associated)

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NGC 6603 is a compact open star cluster located within the Sagittarius Star Cloud in the constellation Sagittarius.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
NGC 6603 (central cluster often associated) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf open star cluster ⓘ
alternativeName C 1815-182 ⓘ
OCL 44 ⓘ
angularSize ~5 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentBrightness faint ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV ~11.4 ⓘ
appearsIn Sagittarius Star Cloud field ⓘ
bestSeenFrom Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
bestSeenInMonth July ⓘ
catalog New General Catalogue ⓘ
open cluster catalogues ⓘ
clusterType compact open cluster ⓘ
contains giant stars ⓘ
main-sequence stars ⓘ
declination −18° 25′ ⓘ
discoveredBy William Herschel ⓘ
discoveryDate 1784 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth ~1.7 kiloparsecs ⓘ
~5500 light-years ⓘ
galacticLatitude ~−2° ⓘ
galacticLongitude ~7° ⓘ
locatedIn M24 (Sagittarius Star Cloud) ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ
Sagittarius Arm ⓘ
Sagittarius Star Cloud ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Sagittarius ⓘ
locatedNear Galactic bulge ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way center
observedIn optical wavelengths ⓘ
rightAscension 18h 18m ⓘ
skyLocation near the center of M24 ⓘ
visibleWith medium amateur telescope ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Sagittarius Star Cloud → NGCNumber → NGC 6603 (central cluster often associated) ⓘ