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Open cluster in the constellation Ara
NGC 6204 is an
open cluster in the
constellation
Ara , lying close to the
galactic equator .
[3] It is 3,540 ly (1,085 pc) distant from Earth. The cluster was discovered on 13 May 1826 by British astronomer
James Dunlop .
[4]
Map showing the location of NGC 6204
References
^
a
b
c Kharchenko, N. V.; et al. (2013), "Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. II. The catalogue of basic parameters", Astronomy & Astrophysics , 558 : A53,
arXiv :
1308.5822 ,
Bibcode :
2013A&A...558A..53K ,
doi :
10.1051/0004-6361/201322302 ,
S2CID
118548517 .
^
a
b Inglis, Mike (2013),
Observer's Guide to Star Clusters , The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, Springer Science & Business Media, p. 27,
Bibcode :
2013ogsc.book.....I ,
ISBN
978-1461475675 .
^ Dunlop, Storm (2005).
Atlas of the Night Sky .
Collins .
ISBN
978-0-00-717223-8 .
^ Seligman, Courtney.
"NGC Objects: NGC 6200 - 6249" . cseligman.com . Retrieved 14 February 2019 .
Further reading
Carraro, Giovanni; Munari, Ulisse (2004): A multicolour CCD photometric study of the open clusters NGC 2866, Pismis 19, Westerlund 2, ESO96-SC04, NGC 5617 and NGC 6204 ; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 347 (2), S. 625–631
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