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NGC 6357

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NGC 6357

Summary

NGC 6357 is a H II region[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 39 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 6357 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 6357's image is recorded as Wide-field view of the area of NGC 6357 in constellation Scorpius.jpg[4].
  • NGC 6357's instance of is recorded as H II region[5].
  • NGC 6357's constellation is recorded as Scorpius[6].
  • NGC 6357's Commons category is recorded as NGC 6357[7].
  • NGC 6357's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6357[8].
  • NGC 6357's catalog code is recorded as GUM 66[9].
  • NGC 6357's catalog code is recorded as RCW 131[10].
  • NGC 6357's catalog code is recorded as SH 2-11[11].
  • NGC 6357's catalog code is recorded as CTB 40[12].
  • NGC 6357's catalog code is recorded as Kes 53[13].
  • NGC 6357's catalog code is recorded as LMH 2[14].
  • NGC 6357's catalog code is recorded as MHR 65[15].
  • NGC 6357's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 2588[16].
  • NGC 6357's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1837-06-08T00:00:00Z[17].
  • NGC 6357's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qcxms[18].
  • NGC 6357's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 6357[19].
  • NGC 6357's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '-8.00'}[20].
  • NGC 6357's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 6357[21].
  • NGC 6357's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 6357[22].
  • NGC 6357's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+261.625'}[23].
  • NGC 6357's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-34.200'}[24].
  • NGC 6357's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[25].
  • NGC 6357's Golden ID is recorded as NGC_6357-P3ZA5D[26].
  • NGC 6357's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-2.41'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 6357 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6357 has Wikipedia articles in 39 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] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . HII regions of the Northern Milky Way: medium large field photographic atlas and catalogue. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . HII regions of the Northern Milky Way: medium large field photographic atlas and catalogue. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . HII regions of the Northern Milky Way: medium large field photographic atlas and catalogue. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . golden.com. Retrieved . golden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. 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 6357. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-6357
MLA “NGC 6357.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-6357.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-6357_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 6357}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-6357}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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