NGC 6139

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NGC 6139
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NGC 6139, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Class II [1]
Constellation Scorpius
Right ascension 16h 27m 41.6s [2]
Declination –38° 50′ 18″ [2]
Distance 10.1 kiloparsecs (30 kilolight-years) [3]
Apparent magnitude (V)+9.68 [4]
Apparent dimensions (V)1.6′ x 1.4′ [4]
Physical characteristics
See also: Globular cluster, List of globular clusters

NGC 6139 is a globular cluster of the Milky Way in the constellation Scorpius. It is located 3.6 kiloparsecs (10 kilolight-years ) from the Galactic Center [3] (less than half the distance of the Sun from the Galactic Center).

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Visibility

The cluster appears visibly small and requires larger +12" aperture telescopes to view the core. Appearing around 1.5 arcmins having a radius of .75 arcmins, despite its rather bright magnitude.

Visibility

References

  1. ↑ "Results for NGC 6139". VizieR Catalogue Database. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  2. 1 2 "NED Results for NGC 6139". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  3. 1 2 Harris, William E. (1996). "A Catalog of Parameters for Globular Clusters in the Milky Way (2010 edition)" . Astronomical Journal. 112: 1487. doi:10.1086/118116.
  4. 1 2 "NGC 6139". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  5. ↑ "An aging beauty". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 25 June 2018.


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