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open cluster in Sagittarius

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Instance of
open cluster
Constellation
Sagittarius
Distance from Earth
1577
Image
Cluster NGC 6520 and the strangely shaped dark cloud Barnard 86.jpg
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Commons category
NGC 6520
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1784-05-24
catalog code
[KPS2012] MWSC 2790
apparent magnitude
7.6
right ascension
270.8500
declination
-27.8883
radial velocity
-27.6
epoch
J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion
1.33
declination component of proper motion
-3.15
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