NGC 6568

open cluster NGC 6568 (catalog)
Cr 369 •OCL 28 •Lund 815 •
Position (epoch J2000)
Constellation	Sagittarius
Position	Ra 18:12:45.1 Dec -21:34:59
DSS images	10' · 20' · 30' · 45' · 1°
Appearance
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Apparent mag.	8.6
Size	12 '
Class	IV 1 m
Stars
Dreyer's description	Cl vL lC
Other
Notes
List:Open clusters in Sagittarius
Map: RA 18.375, DEC -18.75 •

NGC 6568 is an open cluster in Sagittarius.

Links

• (hr)NGC 6568 with 4.5" (114mm) f/8 homemade dobson (babydob) by Ante Perković (SEEN, Aug 20 2004, LM=6)  
• (hr)NGC 6568 with 4.5" (114mm) f/8 homemade dobson (babydob) by Ante Perković (SEEN, Jul 17 2004, LM=6.5)  
• NGC 6568 observation by Brian Rachford with 6" f/8 Newton (SEEN)  
• (hr)NGC 6568 with 8" (203mm) f/10 SCT (Šime) by Ante Perković (SEEN, Jul 10 2004, LM=6)  
• (hr)NGC 6568 with 8" (203mm) f/5 dobson (Orion Skywatcher) by Ante Perković (SEEN, Aug 22 2009, LM=5.5)  
• (hr)NGC 6568 with 8" (203mm) f/6 GSO dobson (Betsy), 80x by Vedran Vrhovac (SEEN, Jul 06 2007, LM=5.3)  
• NGC 6568 observation by Jeff Burton (x.astrogeek.org) with Meade LX200GPS 203mm SCT 
• (hr)NGC 6568 with 12" (300mm) f/5 GSO dobson (Tristač), 143x by Vedran Vrhovac (SEEN, Aug 18 2012, LM=6.6)  
• Sagittarius by Steve Coe - NGC 6568 with 13.1" f/5.6  
• NGC 6568 observation by Paul Kemp (Southern Sentinel) with 13.1" f/5 Dobsonian (98x) (23rd August 2006)  
• NGC 6568 observation by Tom Polakis with 13" and 20"