NGC 6738

Summary

NGC 6738 is an asterism^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 6738 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 6738's image is recorded as NGC 6738 PanS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 6738's instance of is recorded as asterism^[5].
• NGC 6738's constellation is recorded as Aquila^[6].
• NGC 6738's Commons category is recorded as NGC 6738^[7].
• NGC 6738's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6738^[8].
• NGC 6738's catalog code is recorded as OCL 101^[9].
• NGC 6738's catalog code is recorded as OCl 101.0^[10].
• NGC 6738's catalog code is recorded as C 1859+115^[11].
• NGC 6738's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 3035^[12].
• NGC 6738's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1829-07-29T00:00:00Z^[13].
• NGC 6738's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gpqv5^[14].
• NGC 6738's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.3'}^[15].
• NGC 6738's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '-34.9'}^[16].
• NGC 6738's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+700'}^[17].
• NGC 6738's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 6738^[18].
• NGC 6738's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 6738^[19].
• NGC 6738's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+285.325'}^[20].
• NGC 6738's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.617'}^[21].
• NGC 6738's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[22].
• NGC 6738's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-3.20'}^[23].
• NGC 6738's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '+1.19'}^[24].

Body

Works and Contributions

NGC 6738 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6738 has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]