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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
OpC
Distance
3,485 light-years
Redshift
z = -0.00014647394509803568
Coordinates
RA 273.1921° · Dec -21.6119°
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
open cluster
Constellation
Sagittarius
Distance from Earth
1000
Image
NGC 6568 PanS.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1786-05-26
catalog code
[KPS2012] MWSC 2841
apparent magnitude
8.6
right ascension
273.175
declination
-21.600
epoch
J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion
-1.43
declination component of proper motion
-1.71

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