NGC 6642
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- galaxy
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Image
- NGC 6642 potw1150a.tif
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- Commons category
- NGC 6642
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-08-07
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 2941
- apparent magnitude
- 8.152
- right ascension
- 277.975958
- declination
- -23.476139
- epoch
- J2000.0
- radial velocity
- -57.2
- metallicity
- -1.20
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 0.06
- declination component of proper motion
- -7.33
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