NGC 6631

Summary

NGC 6631 is a galaxy^[1]. NGC 6631 has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 6631 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 6631's instance of is recorded as galaxy^[4].
• NGC 6631's constellation is recorded as Scutum^[5].
• NGC 6631's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6631^[6].
• NGC 6631's catalog code is recorded as OCL 59^[7].
• NGC 6631's catalog code is recorded as OCl 59.0^[8].
• NGC 6631's catalog code is recorded as C 1824-120^[9].
• NGC 6631's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 2916^[10].
• NGC 6631's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1836-07-12T00:00:00Z^[11].
• NGC 6631's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.7'}^[12].
• NGC 6631's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+276.8130'}^[13].
• NGC 6631's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-12.0200'}^[14].
• NGC 6631's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[15].
• NGC 6631's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-3.57'}^[16].
• NGC 6631's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-0.28'}^[17].

Body

Definition and Type

NGC 6631's instance of is recorded as galaxy^[4].

Why It Matters

NGC 6631 has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]