NGC 6664

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NGC 6664 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Scutum, notable for its grouping of young stars within the Milky Way.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
NGC 6664 canonical 1
open cluster NGC 6664 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf open star cluster
age tens of millions of years (approximate)
angularSize ~16 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV ~8.9
appearsIn star charts of constellation Scutum
bestSeenFrom Earth
bestSeenInSeason northern summer
catalog New General Catalogue
celestialHemisphere southern celestial hemisphere
contains giant stars
main-sequence stars
young stars
declination −08° (approximate)
discoveredBy John Herschel
distanceFromEarth ~2500 parsecs
~8000 light-years
hasAlternativeName C 1833-083
OCL 75
hasGalacticObjectType open cluster
hasStellarPopulation Population I
hostGalaxy Milky Way
isMemberOf Milky Way open cluster population
isPartOf New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
isTargetFor amateur astronomers
stellar evolution studies
locatedIn Galactic disk
Milky Way
locatedInConstellation Scutum
observedIn optical wavelength
rightAscension 18h 36m (approximate)
visibleFrom mid-northern latitudes
southern latitudes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scutum contains NGC 6664
subject linked to: Scutum constellation
Sobieski’s Shield contains open cluster NGC 6664
linked to: NGC 6664