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 Cambridge , NGC6520 is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 19° above the 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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