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)
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


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    Last Modification: March 11, 2009