NGC 6124

Open Cluster NGC 6124 (= Lacaille I.8 = Dunlop 514 = Melotte 145 = Collinder 301), in Scorpius

Right Ascension 16 : 25.6 (h:m)
Declination -40 : 40 (deg:m)
Distance 18.6 (kly)
Visual Brightness 5.8: (mag)
Apparent Dimension 29 (arc min)

Discovered by Lacaille in 1751-52.

The southern open cluster NGC 6124 was discovered by Abbe Lacaille during his 1751-1752 journey to South Africa.

In the Astronomical League's Southern Sky Binocular Club list. Caldwell 75 in Patrick Moore's List.

  • SIMBAD Data of NGC 6124
  • Observing Reports for NGC 6124 (IAAC Netastrocatalog)

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

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