NGC 6649

Summary

NGC 6649 is a galaxy^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of galaxy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 6649 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 6649's image is recorded as NGC 6649 PanS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 6649's instance of is recorded as galaxy^[5].
• NGC 6649's constellation is recorded as Scutum^[6].
• NGC 6649's Commons category is recorded as NGC 6649^[7].
• NGC 6649's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6649^[8].
• NGC 6649's catalog code is recorded as OCL 66^[9].
• NGC 6649's catalog code is recorded as OCl 66^[10].
• NGC 6649's catalog code is recorded as C 1830-104^[11].
• NGC 6649's catalog code is recorded as OCISM 12^[12].
• NGC 6649's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 2949^[13].
• NGC 6649's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1835-05-27T00:00:00Z^[14].
• NGC 6649's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.35'}^[15].
• NGC 6649's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.9'}^[16].
• NGC 6649's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '-8.6'}^[17].
• NGC 6649's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121rjnpf^[18].
• NGC 6649's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 6649^[19].
• NGC 6649's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 6649^[20].
• NGC 6649's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+278.3625'}^[21].
• NGC 6649's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-10.4033'}^[22].
• NGC 6649's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[23].
• NGC 6649's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '+0.07'}^[24].
• NGC 6649's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '-0.46'}^[25].

Body

Designation and Status

NGC 6649's instance of is recorded as galaxy^[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include NGC 6649^[8], OCL 66^[9], C 1830-104^[11], OCISM 12^[12], and [KPS2012] MWSC 2949^[13].

Why It Matters

NGC 6649 ranks in the top 6% of galaxy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26]