NGC 6025

Open Cluster NGC 6025 (= Lacaille III.10 = Dunlop 304 = Melotte 139 = Collinder 296), in Triangulum Australe

Right Ascension 16 : 03.7 (h:m)

Declination -60 : 30 (deg:m)

Distance 2.7 (kly)

Visual Brightness 5.1 (mag)

Apparent Dimension 12 (arc min)

Right Ascension	16 : 03.7 (h:m)
Declination	-60 : 30 (deg:m)
Distance	2.7 (kly)
Visual Brightness	5.1 (mag)
Apparent Dimension	12 (arc min)

Discovered by Lacaille in 1751-52.

The considerable southern open cluster NGC 6025 was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751-1752 from South Africa.

This is a good object for binoculars. About 30 stars of 7th mag and fainter belong to this group. It lies at the boundary to the constellation Norma and has a distance of over 2000 lightyears.

In the Astronomical League's Southern Sky Binocular Club list. In John Caldwell's Best Sky Objects list. Caldwell 95 in Patrick Moore's list. In the Ephem Program DSO list.

SIMBAD Data of NGC 6025

Observing Reports for NGC 6025 (IAAC Netastrocatalog)

Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
Chris Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

Last Modification: 29 Mar 1998, 12:35 MET