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NGC 6866

Summary

NGC 6866 is an open cluster[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 6866 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 6866's instance of is recorded as open cluster[4].
  • NGC 6866's constellation is recorded as Cygnus[5].
  • NGC 6866's Commons category is recorded as NGC 6866[6].
  • NGC 6866's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6866[7].
  • NGC 6866's catalog code is recorded as C 2002+438[8].
  • NGC 6866's catalog code is recorded as Melotte 229[9].
  • NGC 6866's catalog code is recorded as [KPR2004b] 473[10].
  • NGC 6866's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 3239[11].
  • NGC 6866's catalog code is recorded as OCL 183[12].
  • NGC 6866's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1783-07-23T00:00:00Z[13].
  • NGC 6866's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 6866[14].
  • NGC 6866's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.04'}[15].
  • NGC 6866's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+7.6'}[16].
  • NGC 6866's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+0.686'}[17].
  • NGC 6866's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+12.44'}[18].
  • NGC 6866's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+1450'}[19].
  • NGC 6866's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+300.9829'}[20].
  • NGC 6866's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+44.1580'}[21].
  • NGC 6866's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[22].
  • NGC 6866's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-5.743'}[23].
  • NGC 6866's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-1.365'}[24].

Body

Definition and Type

NGC 6866's instance of is recorded as open cluster[4].

Why It Matters

NGC 6866 has Wikipedia articles in 29 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] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Clusters and mirages: cataloguing stellar aggregates in the Milky Way. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 3D kinematics and age distribution of the open cluster population. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Astrophysical parameters of Galactic open clusters. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 3D kinematics and age distribution of the open cluster population. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 3D kinematics and age distribution of the open cluster population. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Clusters and mirages: cataloguing stellar aggregates in the Milky Way. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Clusters and mirages: cataloguing stellar aggregates 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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-6866_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 6866}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-6866}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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