NGC 6087

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:star
gptkbp:age approximately 1 billion years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 8.0
gptkbp:contains gptkb:NGC_6101
gptkb:NGC_6093
red giants
several blue stars
gptkbp:declination -60° 49' 00"
gptkbp:depicted_in Southern Hemisphere
gptkbp:diameter 10 arcminutes
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:John_Frederick_William_Herschel
gptkbp:distance approximately 1,500 light years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:has_color +0.5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 6087
gptkbp:is_associated_with star formation regions
gptkbp:is_located_near gptkb:NGC_6090
gptkb:NGC_6091
gptkbp:is_observed_in amateur astronomers
professional astronomers
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Milky_Way_Galaxy
open cluster catalogues
Galactic open clusters
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:observatory
gptkbp:located_in constellation Centaurus
gptkbp:notable_for its age
its bright stars
its compactness
its location in Centaurus
gptkbp:right_ascension 15h 59m 36s
gptkbp:year_created 1834
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bootes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4