NGC_6603

NGC 6603

NGC 6603

Open cluster in the constellation Sagittarius

NGC 6603 is an open cluster discovered by John Herschel on July 15, 1830[2] located in Sagittarius constellation.[3]

Quick Facts Observation data (J2000.0 epoch), Right ascension ...

Situated within the brightest part of star cloud Messier 24, it is classified by Shapley as type "g". This cluster consists of about 30 stars in a field of about 5 arc minutes in diameter, and is about 9400 light years remote. Thus its linear diameter should be about 14 light years. The hottest stars are about B9 (pointing to an intermediate age of several 100 million years, an estimate of which is not known to the present author), and the brightest of photographic mag 14.

Many sources improperly identify NGC 6603 as Messier 24.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "ngc 6603". sim-id. Retrieved 2020-06-10. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)[permanent dead link]
  2. [2]
    Seligman, Courtney. "Celestial Atlas: NGC Objects 6600-6649". cseligman.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  3. [3]
    Rojas, Sebastián García. "Open cluster NGC 6603 - Open Cluster in Sagittarius Constellation". Telescopius. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  4. [4]
    "Messier 24". messier.seds.org. Archived from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2020-09-27.


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