NGC 6554

Summary

NGC 6554 is an open cluster^[1]. NGC 6554 has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 6554 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 6554's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[4].
• NGC 6554's instance of is recorded as galaxy^[5].
• NGC 6554's constellation is recorded as Sagittarius^[6].
• NGC 6554's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 2821^[7].
• NGC 6554's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6554^[8].
• NGC 6554's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1830-07-14T00:00:00Z^[9].
• NGC 6554's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+15.00'}^[10].
• NGC 6554's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+15.00'}^[11].
• NGC 6554's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+272.2310'}^[12].
• NGC 6554's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+272.24583'}^[13].
• NGC 6554's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-18.4430'}^[14].
• NGC 6554's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-18.43500'}^[15].
• NGC 6554's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[16].
• NGC 6554's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-3.05'}^[17].
• NGC 6554's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-1.50'}^[18].
• NGC 6554's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '+1.27'}^[19].
• NGC 6554's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-0.56'}^[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include open cluster^[4] and galaxy^[5].

Why It Matters

NGC 6554 has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]