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EntityQ1145556· pop 28· linked from 427 articles

open cluster in Scorpius

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
OpC
Distance
4,092 light-years
Redshift
z = -0.00003991014758053524
Coordinates
RA 265.0621° · Dec -36.9569°
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
open cluster
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
950
Image
NGC 6400.png
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Commons category
NGC 6400
discoverer or inventor
James Dunlop
time of discovery or invention
1826-05-13
catalog code
[KPS2012] MWSC 2660
apparent magnitude
8.8
right ascension
265.0500
declination
-36.9450
epoch
J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion
-0.94
declination component of proper motion
-2.92
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