NGC 6604

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Coordinates: 18h 18m 03s, −12° 14.5′ 00″

NGC 6604

NGC 6604 and its surroundings taken by the Wide Field Imager attached to the 2.2-metre MPG/ESO telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile.
Credit: ESO
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Serpens (constellation)[1]
Right ascension 18h 18m 03s[2]
Declination −12° 14.5′ 00″ [2]
Distance 5500 ly [1] (1696 pc [2])
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.5 [2]
Physical characteristics
Other designations Collinder 373, MM 23, OCl 56, C 1815-122, CTB 50, NRL 17, [KPR2004b] 439, Cl Mrk 39, LMH 24, OCISM 11
See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters

NGC 6604 is a star cluster located 5500 light years away in the constellation of Serpens and is located about two degrees north of the Eagle Nebula .

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The star cluster NGC 6604 and its surroundings". ESO Press Release. Retrieved 26 April 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Search results for NGC 6604". Astronomical Database. SIMBAD. Retrieved 26 April 2012. 
 
NGC
  • NGC 6599
  • NGC 6600
  • NGC 6601
  • NGC 6602
  • NGC 6603
  • NGC 6604
  • NGC 6605
  • NGC 6606
  • NGC 6607
  • NGC 6608
  • NGC 6609
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