Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GNe
- Coordinates
- RA 272.5000° · Dec -24.0000°
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Key facts
- Right ascension
- 18 09 56.8
- Declination
- −24 ° 06 ′ 23 ″
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Designations
- ESO 521-40, LBN 28, LBN 007.03-02.26
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- galaxy
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Image
- The star formation region NGC 6559.jpg
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- right ascension
- 272.50
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 6559
- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1826-07-01
- catalog code
- LBN 28
- declination
- -24.00
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 6559 is a star-forming region located at a distance of about 5000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Sagittarius, showing both emission (red) and reflection (bluish) regions. NGC 6559 is relatively small at only a few lightyears across. The nebula is found within Sharpless 29, an irregular H II region.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1146464” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.