NGC6520 (Open cluster)

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

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From Jacksonville , NGC6520 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:33 (EDT), 23° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:44, 31° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:11, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC6520
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 6520[2]
Cr 361[3]
Mel 187[4]
Position
Right ascension:18h03m [2]
Declination:−27°53' [2]
Constellation:Sagittarius
Magnitude:7.60 (V) [4]
Distance:1.9 kpc
6.2 klyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-3.79

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