Astronomy:NGC 6250
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Short description: Cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Ara
| NGC 6250 | |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ara |
| Right ascension | 16h 57m 58.(0)s[1] |
| Declination | −45° 56′ 3(6)″[1] |
| Distance | 2,820 ly (865 pc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.9[2] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 18′[2] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Estimated age | 1.4×107 Ma[3] |
| Other designations | NGC 6250, Cr 320, C 1654-457, ESO 277-SC20, OCL 991, VDBH 206.[4] |
NGC 6250 is a young open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Ara.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dias, W. S. et al. (September 2001), "Proper motions of open clusters within 1 kpc based on the TYCHO2 Catalogue", Astronomy and Astrophysics 376 (2): 441–447, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20011021, Bibcode: 2001A&A...376..441D.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Inglis, Mike (2013), Observer's Guide to Star Clusters, The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, Springer Science & Business Media, p. 27, ISBN 978-1461475675, Bibcode: 2013ogsc.book.....I, https://books.google.com/books?id=ewHABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA27.
- ↑ Feinstein, Carlos et al. (November 2008), "Optical polarization study in the open cluster NGC 6250", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 391 (1): 447–456, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13917.x, Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.391..447F.
- ↑ "NGC 6250 -- Open (galactic) Cluster", SIMBAD (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+6250, retrieved 2015-09-13.
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