NGC 6866
Open Cluster NGC 6866
(= CH 7
= H VII.59), type 'd',
in Cygnus
Right Ascension |
20 : 03.7 (h:m)
|
Declination |
+44 : 00(h:m)
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Distance |
3.9 (kly)
|
Visual Brightness |
7.6 (mag)
|
Apparent Dimension |
7. (arc min) |
Discovered by Caroline Herschel on July 23, 1783.
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Jean-Claude Mermilliod's WEBDA cluster page for NGC 6866
SIMBAD Data of NGC 6866
Publications on NGC 6866 (NASA ADS)
NGC Online data for NGC 6866
References
- Michael Hoskin, 2005.
Caroline Herschel as Observer.
Journal for the History of Astronomy, Vol. 36, Part 4, No. 125, pp. 373-406
(November 2005).
Hartmut Frommert
Christine Kronberg
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Last Modification: March 11, 2009