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NGC 6231

Open cluster · Scorpius

NGC 6231

Also known as C 76

Caldwell 76

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Type: Open cluster
Constellation: Scorpius
Position (J2000): 16h 54m 11s · −41° 49′ 27″
Discovered: by Giovan Battista Hodierna in 1654

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 2.6; visual
Size: 13.8′
Distance: ~4,100 ly
Best months: May–Jul; Low from the north

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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