NGC 6530 (other designations - OCL 19 , ESO 521-SC21 ) is an open cluster in the constellation Sagittarius .
| NGC 6530 | |
|---|---|
| Star cluster | |
 | |
| Research history | |
| Discoverer | Giovanni Battista Godiern |
| opening date | 1654 |
| Designations | NGC 6530 , OCL 19 , ESO 521-SC21 |
| Observational data ( Age J2000.0 ) | |
| Type of | Type II2mn open cluster |
| Right ascension | |
| Declination | |
| Distance | |
| Visible magnitude (V) | 4.6 |
| Visible Dimensions (V) | 15.0 ' |
| Constellation | Sagittarius |
This object is one of those listed in the original edition of the New General Catalog .
See also
- List of Messier objects
- New shared directory
Links
- Information in English and French from the original “ New General Catalog ”
- Information (Eng.) From the Revised New General Catalog
- SIMBAD
- VizieR (English)
- NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
- List of NGC 6530 publications
- ↑ Kharchenko N. V., Piskunov A. E., S. Röser et al. Astrophysical parameters of Galactic open clusters // Astron. Astrophys. - EDP Sciences , 2005. - Vol. 438, Iss. 3. - P. 1163–1173. - ISSN 0004-6361 ; 0365-0138 ; 1432-0746 ; 1286-4846 - doi: 10.1051 / 0004-6361: 20042523