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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
OpC
Distance
9,914 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.00012552804766841064
Coordinates
RA 276.7900° · Dec -12.0289°
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
open cluster
Constellation
Scutum
Image
NGC 6631 PanS.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1836-07-12
catalog code
[KPS2012] MWSC 2916
apparent magnitude
11.7
right ascension
276.8130
declination
-12.0200
epoch
J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion
-2.20
declination component of proper motion
-5.67

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