M6 (NGC6405) is the second-best cluster of the constellation (after M7).
M80 (NGC 6093) is a rather faint, very compact, globular cluster in the vicinity of Antares, between this star and beta Scorpii, and more narrowly speaking, nearly midpoint between two 8th-magnitude stars (which are the brightest stars of the region).
NGC 6231 is a naked-eye open cluster one half degree north of zeta Scorpii (which is in fact a member of the group).
NGC 6441 - Localizado en las cercanías de HD 161892, una estrella roja de magnitud 3.2 en la cola de Scorpius, y con un grado de condensación tipo III, este cúmulo globular es observable con telescopios pequeños desde la ciudad.
NGC 6302 - Localizada en Scorpius, a medio camino entre epsilon y sigma Scorpii, esta nebulosa planetaria presenta una estructura bipolar observable con telescopios.
NGC 3532 - Localizado en Carina, NGC 3532 es un cúmulo abierto amplio y muy rico en estrellas brillantes.
Explanation: This is NGC 1818, a youthful, glittering cluster of 20,000 stars residing in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 180,000 light-years away.
NGC 6520 is part of the tremendously dense starscape in the bulge of our Milky Way Galaxy, the extended halo of stars that surrounds the center of our Galaxy.
NGC 1850 is also a double star cluster, with a second, compact cluster of stars visible here below and to the right of the large cluster's central region.
Messier Object 6(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Open Cluster M6 (NGC6405), type 'e', in Scorpius
Open cluster Messier 6 is described by Burnham as a "charming group whose arrangement suggests the outline of a butterfly with open wings." Ake Wallenquist, in 1959, has identified about 80 cluster members in M6, spread over a region about 54 arcmin in diameter.
Lacaille included it in his catalog of 1751-52 as Lac III.12, and Charles Messier eventually cataloged it on May 23, 1764.
NGC 6401 NGC 6402 NGC 6403 NGC 6404 NGC6405NGC 6406 NGC 6407 NGC 6408 NGC 6409 NGC 6410
NGC 6411 NGC 6412 NGC 6413 NGC 6414 NGC 6415 NGC 6416 NGC 6417 NGC 6418 NGC 6419 NGC 6420
NGC 6421 NGC 6422 NGC 6423 NGC 6424 NGC 6425 NGC 6426 NGC 6427 NGC 6428 NGC 6429 NGC 6430
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NGC 6405 = M6(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
NGC6405 = M6 Amas ouvert dans le Scorpion
Cl, L, iR, lC, st 7, 10...; = M6 Voir aussi NGC6405 = M6 (SEDS)
Vous devez entrer le numéro NGC (soit en tant que nombre, soit précédé de 'N' ou 'NGC'), ou le numéro IC précédé de 'IC' ou 'I', ou encore le numéro Messier précédé de 'M'.
Open star clusters Messier 6 and 7(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Open clusters M6 and M7 The bright open clusters Messier 6 (NGC6405, upper right) and Messier 7 (NGC 6475, lower left) in Scorpius, shown from a 30-minute exposure on Ektachrome 400 taken from Cerro Tololo, Chile (and scanned at fairly high density), using a Canon 50mm lens wide open at
These clusters form an attractive naked-eye triangle with the optical pair of stars Lambda Scorpii.
Feel free to examine the whole 35mm slide field from which this was taken, including 17 Messier objects.
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Butterfly Cluster -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
[Categories: Scorpius constellation, Open clusters, NGC objects, Messier objects]
The Butterfly Cluster (also known as Open Cluster M6, Messier Object 6, Messier 6, M6, or NGC6405) is an (Click link for more info and facts about open cluster) open cluster in the (Click link for more info and facts about Scorpius constellation) Scorpius constellation.
