NGC 6603

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open cluster
NGC 6603 (catalog)
Cr 374Mel 197OCL 36Lund 824[1]


Position (epoch J2000)[1]
Constellation Sagittarius
Position Ra 18:18:26.9
Dec -18:24:22
DSS images

10' · 20' · 30' · 45' ·

Appearance[1]
Messier 24 by André Hartmann.jpg
Messier 24 includes number of other objects: NGC 6603 (left), B 93 (top center), Cr 469 (top center), B 92 (top right), Biur 5 (bottom right). North is up.
Photo by André Hartmann, PN 203/800, 27 June 2011, Berlin
Apparent mag. 11.1


Size 5 '


Class I 2 r n
Stars
Dreyer's description  ! Cl vRi vmC R st 15 (Milky Way), in M 24


Other
Notes in M 24
List:Open clusters in Sagittarius
Map: RA 18.375, DEC -18.75Edit this infobox

NGC 6603 is an open cluster in Sagittarius, inside M 24 (Sagittarius Star Cloud).

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[edit] Appearance

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[edit] References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Historic NGC and IC by Wolfgang Steinicke (version Nov. 20, 2006.)

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