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NGC 6208

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NGC 6208

Summary

NGC 6208 is an open cluster[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 6208 is credited with the discovery of James Dunlop[3].
  • NGC 6208's image is recorded as NGC 6208.png[4].
  • NGC 6208's instance of is recorded as open cluster[5].
  • NGC 6208's constellation is recorded as Ara[6].
  • NGC 6208's Commons category is recorded as NGC 6208[7].
  • NGC 6208's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6208[8].
  • NGC 6208's catalog code is recorded as C 1645-537[9].
  • NGC 6208's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1826-07-28T00:00:00Z[10].
  • NGC 6208's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04jm73n[11].
  • NGC 6208's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 6208[12].
  • NGC 6208's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.06'}[13].
  • NGC 6208's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+7.2'}[14].
  • NGC 6208's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '-32.2'}[15].
  • NGC 6208's metallicity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '-0.01'}[16].
  • NGC 6208's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+939'}[17].
  • NGC 6208's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 6208[18].
  • NGC 6208's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 6208[19].
  • NGC 6208's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+252.3667'}[20].
  • NGC 6208's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-53.7283'}[21].
  • NGC 6208's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[22].
  • NGC 6208's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-5.01'}[23].
  • NGC 6208's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-1.97'}[24].

Body

Works and Contributions

NGC 6208 is credited with the discovery of James Dunlop[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6208 has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . On the metallicity of open clusters. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Astrophysical parameters of Galactic open clusters. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Blue Stragglers in Galactic Open Clusters and Integrated Spectral Energy Distributions. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Blue Stragglers in Galactic Open Clusters and Integrated Spectral Energy Distributions. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Blue Stragglers in Galactic Open Clusters and Integrated Spectral Energy Distributions. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Proper motions of the optically visible open clusters based on the UCAC4 catalog. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Proper motions of the optically visible open clusters based on the UCAC4 catalog. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 6208. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-6208
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-6208_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 6208}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-6208}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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