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NGC 6520

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NGC 6520

Summary

NGC 6520 is a star cluster[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 6520 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 6520's image is recorded as Cluster NGC 6520 and the strangely shaped dark cloud Barnard 86.jpg[4].
  • NGC 6520's instance of is recorded as star cluster[5].
  • NGC 6520's constellation is recorded as Sagittarius[6].
  • NGC 6520's Commons category is recorded as NGC 6520[7].
  • NGC 6520's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6520[8].
  • NGC 6520's catalog code is recorded as OCL 10[9].
  • NGC 6520's catalog code is recorded as ESO 456-SC42[10].
  • NGC 6520's catalog code is recorded as C 1800-279[11].
  • NGC 6520's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 2790[12].
  • NGC 6520's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1784-05-24T00:00:00Z[13].
  • NGC 6520's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qtbqg[14].
  • NGC 6520's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 6520[15].
  • NGC 6520's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+7.6'}[16].
  • NGC 6520's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '-27.6'}[17].
  • NGC 6520's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+1577'}[18].
  • NGC 6520's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 6520[19].
  • NGC 6520's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 6520[20].
  • NGC 6520's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+270.8500'}[21].
  • NGC 6520's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-27.8883'}[22].
  • NGC 6520's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[23].
  • NGC 6520's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-3.81'}[24].
  • NGC 6520's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '+1.11'}[25].

Body

Works and Contributions

NGC 6520 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6520 has Wikipedia articles in 30 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Astrophysical parameters of Galactic open clusters. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Proper motions of the optically visible open clusters based on the UCAC4 catalog. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 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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