NGC 6259

Open Cluster Good (53/100)

NGC 6259 OpenCluster Sco Visible Level 1 Naked eye / Binoculars - Wide field preferred

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Properties

Magnitude 8.0

Angular Size 6.0′

Description

! Cl, B, vL, vRi, st 11...

Position & Identifiers

RA 17h 00m 42.0s

Dec -44° 40' 00.0"

Constellation Sco

Catalog NGC 6259

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108x TFOV: 0.5° Lim. mag: 13.3

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NGC 6259 · 6.0′ diameter · N up, E left

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