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NGC 6193
Sign in to saveAlso known as New General Catalogue 6193, Caldwell 82
open cluster in the constellation Ara
Key facts
- Right ascension
- 16 41 20
- Declination
- −48 ° 45 ′ 48 ″
- Distance
- 3765.3 ly (1155 pc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 15′
- Estimated age
- 3 million years
- Other designations
- C 1637-486, Cl VDBH 195, OCl 975, Dun 413, Cr 310, ESO 226-SC020, Lund 716, h 3642, GC 4225, Caldwell 82
- Constellation
- Ara
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- spectral class
- O...
- catalog code
- C 1637-486
- Commons category
- NGC 6193
- discoverer or inventor
- James Dunlop
- time of discovery or invention
- 1826-00-00
- apparent magnitude
- 5.2
- Commons gallery
- NGC 6193
- right ascension
- 250.3333
- declination
- -48.7633
- radial velocity
- -40.0
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 0.28
- declination component of proper motion
- -4.79
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 6193 (also known as Caldwell 82) is open cluster containing 27 stars in the constellation Ara, visible to the unaided eye. NGC 6193 lies at the center of the Ara OB1 association, which extends over a square degree. The cluster is associated with (and provides the energizing radiation for) neighboring regions of the nebulosity NGC 6188.
Cluster members
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 6193” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.