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open cluster in Scorpius

Wikidata facts

Instance of
open cluster
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
1131
Image
NGC 6242.png
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catalog code
[KPS2012] MWSC 2488
Commons category
NGC 6242
discoverer or inventor
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
time of discovery or invention
1751-00-00
apparent magnitude
6.4
right ascension
253.900
declination
-39.467
radial velocity
39.324
epoch
J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion
0.33
declination component of proper motion
0.10
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