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NGC 6649

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Object type: OpC
Distance: 6,984 light-years
Redshift: z = -0.000026374565198494793
Coordinates: RA 278.3592° · Dec -10.3989°

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Instance of: open cluster
Constellation: Scutum
Image: NGC 6649 PanS.jpg

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discoverer or inventor: John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1835-05-27
catalog code: [KPS2012] MWSC 2949
apparent magnitude: 8.9
right ascension: 278.3625
declination: -10.4033
epoch: J2000.0
radial velocity: -8.6
right ascension component of proper motion: 0.93
declination component of proper motion: -3.84
Commons category: NGC 6649

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