NGC6400 (Open cluster)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , NGC6400 is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 10° above the horizon.

Name NGC6400
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 6400[2]
Cr 342[3]
Mel 177[4]
Position
Right ascension:17h40m [2]
Declination:−36°56' [2]
Constellation:Scorpius
Magnitude:8.80 (V) [4]
Distance:950.0 parsec
3097.0 lightyrs [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.09

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