open cluster NGC 6520 (near its border)
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Open cluster NGC 6520 is a compact, young star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, seen projected against the rich star fields and dark nebulae near the Milky Way’s central bulge.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 6520 | 0 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
ⓘ
open star cluster ⓘ |
| age | young (tens of millions of years, order of magnitude) ⓘ |
| angularSize | ~5 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | ~7.6 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Barnard 86 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSeenFrom | southern latitudes ⓘ |
| bestSeenInMonth | July ⓘ |
| bestSeenInSeason | northern summer ⓘ |
| catalog | New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation | NGC 6520 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| clusterType | compact open cluster ⓘ |
| contains |
blue stars
ⓘ
young stars ⓘ |
| declination | −27° (approximate) ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | John Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
~1.7 kiloparsecs
ⓘ
~5,500 light-years ⓘ |
| environment |
inner Milky Way
ⓘ
star-forming region ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | low galactic latitude ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
compact appearance
ⓘ
high stellar density in core ⓘ set against dark nebula background ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Milky Way
ⓘ
Milky Way disk NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagittarius star cloud region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Sagittarius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Galactic bulge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearObject | Barnard 86 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observationalFeature |
contrasts strongly with adjacent dark nebula
ⓘ
rich surrounding star field ⓘ |
| observedIn | optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| projectedAgainst |
dark nebula Barnard 86
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
rich Milky Way star fields ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 18h 03m (approximate) ⓘ |
| skyPositionRelation | near the Milky Way central bulge in projection ⓘ |
| visibleWith |
binoculars (as a faint patch)
ⓘ
small telescopes ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.