NGC 6259

Summary

NGC 6259 is a star cluster^[1]. NGC 6259 has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 6259 is credited with the discovery of James Dunlop^[3].
• NGC 6259's image is recorded as NGC 6259 DSS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 6259's instance of is recorded as star cluster^[5].
• NGC 6259's constellation is recorded as Scorpius^[6].
• NGC 6259's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6259^[7].
• NGC 6259's catalog code is recorded as C 1657-446^[8].
• NGC 6259's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1826-05-13T00:00:00Z^[9].
• NGC 6259's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.85'}^[10].
• NGC 6259's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.0'}^[11].
• NGC 6259's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '-34.7'}^[12].
• NGC 6259's metallicity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.21'}^[13].
• NGC 6259's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1229cyxs^[14].
• NGC 6259's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 6259^[15].
• NGC 6259's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 6259^[16].
• NGC 6259's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+255.1875'}^[17].
• NGC 6259's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-44.6550'}^[18].
• NGC 6259's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[19].
• NGC 6259's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-1.93'}^[20].
• NGC 6259's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '+0.94'}^[21].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 6259 is credited with the discovery of James Dunlop^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6259 has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]