Key facts
- Right ascension
- 20 05 59
- Declination
- +35 ° 46.6 ′
- Distance
- 5133 ly (1574 pc )
- Estimated age
- 9.1 million years
- Other designations
- GC 4548, h 2067, Struve 2630
- Constellation
- Cygnus
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 1574
- Image
- NGC 6871 DSS EtoI.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 6871
- time of discovery or invention
- 1825-00-00
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 3253
- apparent magnitude
- 5.2
- right ascension
- 301.4958
- declination
- 35.7767
- radial velocity
- -10.5
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -2.90
- declination component of proper motion
- -6.95
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NGC 6871 is a small, young open cluster in the constellation of Cygnus. The cluster has fewer than 50 members, most of which are blue and white stars. It is located 5135 light-years from Earth.
Map showing location of NGC 6871
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