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.

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

Statements (31)

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

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