• Thumbnail for NGC 6231
    NGC 6231 (also known as Caldwell 76) is an open cluster in the southern sky located half a degrees north of Zeta Scorpii. NGC 6231 is part of a swath of...
    7 KB (749 words) - 16:46, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Prawn Nebula
    part of the tail of the "False Comet" anchored by the bright open cluster NGC 6231. The Prawn Nebula in close-up. "SIMBAD Astronomical Database". Results...
    2 KB (96 words) - 12:11, 14 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Scorpius
    Messier 7 (the Ptolemy Cluster), NGC 6231 (by ζ² Sco), and the globular clusters Messier 4 and Messier 80. Messier 80 (NGC 6093) is a globular cluster of...
    14 KB (1,296 words) - 14:02, 19 January 2024
  • massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 456 (2): 623–638...
    164 KB (8,793 words) - 08:38, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of most luminous stars
    massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 456 (2): 623–638...
    168 KB (10,338 words) - 16:31, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Zeta2 Scorpii
    light-years away and probably an outlying member of open star cluster NGC 6231 (also known as the "northern jewel box" cluster), whereas ζ2 is a mere...
    6 KB (427 words) - 23:28, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for New General Catalogue
    of Stars (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects...
    13 KB (1,534 words) - 17:28, 8 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for NGC 6383
    NGC 6383 is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Scorpius. It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel in 1847. In the New General...
    10 KB (905 words) - 23:57, 31 May 2024
  • This is a list of NGC objects 6001–7000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
    37 KB (226 words) - 14:07, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Caldwell catalogue
    objects, such as the Hyades, the Double Cluster (NGC 869 and NGC 884), and the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253). The Messier catalogue was actually compiled...
    33 KB (731 words) - 00:28, 24 March 2024
  • ζ1 152236 82671 16h 53m 59.73s −42° 21′ 43.3″ 4.70 −8.5 2,600 B1Iae in NGC 6231; luminous blue variable, Vmax = 4.66m, Vmin = 4.86m ξ Sco A ξ 144070 16h...
    49 KB (174 words) - 12:07, 14 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Zeta1 Scorpii
    the Scorpius OB1 association, and potentially of the open star cluster NGC 6231, also known as the "Northern jewel box" cluster. Around 36 times as massive...
    9 KB (698 words) - 23:28, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for NGC 6357
    NGC 6357 is a diffuse nebula near NGC 6334 in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula contains many proto-stars shielded by dark discs of gas, and young...
    10 KB (741 words) - 00:12, 3 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for List of open clusters
    photometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters. V. NGC 2099, NGC 3114, NGC 6204, NGC 6705 and NGC 6756". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 412 (3): 721–725...
    34 KB (1,622 words) - 21:25, 27 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for NGC 6240
    Arp 256, NGC 6670, NGC 6240, ESO 593-8, NGC 454, UGC 8335, NGC 6786, NGC 17, ESO 77-14, NGC 6050 Wikimedia Commons has media related to NGC 6240. Arp...
    10 KB (951 words) - 17:01, 30 May 2024
  • galaxies. List of NGC objects (1–1000) List of NGC objects (1001–2000) List of NGC objects (2001–3000) List of NGC objects (3001–4000) List of NGC objects (4001–5000)...
    7 KB (274 words) - 17:30, 8 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for HD 151804
    stars in the Scorpius OB1 association, and is located half a degree from NGC 6231, which is part of the same association. HD 151804 was determined to be...
    13 KB (1,165 words) - 23:55, 17 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for 4U 1700-37
    It has a high velocity of 63±5 km/s with respect to its parent cluster, NGC 6231. It was kicked out of the cluster about 2.2 million years ago by a supernova...
    10 KB (1,001 words) - 02:26, 27 November 2023
  • Sco (Girtab) λ Sco (Shaula) υ Sco (Lesath) 神宮 (Shén Gōng, Changing Room) NGC 6231 天江 (Tiān Jiāng, Celestial River) HIP 84314 36 Oph A θ Oph b Oph 傅說 (Fù...
    185 KB (2,218 words) - 06:34, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for NGC 6397
    NGC 6397 (also known as Caldwell 86) is a globular cluster in the constellation Ara that was discovered by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille...
    11 KB (1,065 words) - 15:59, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for HD 152408
    lightyears) away from the Earth. HD 152408 lies in the north of the open cluster NGC 6231, the center of the OB association Scorpius OB1; it is not clear whether...
    7 KB (609 words) - 12:08, 14 May 2023
  • bus model C76 sound CPU in 1996 Namco arcade game system Caldwell 76 (NGC 6231), the "False Comet Cluster", an open cluster in the constellation Scorpius...
    738 bytes (143 words) - 12:08, 14 September 2019
  • Thumbnail for NGC 6261
    NGC 6261 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Hercules. It is located 470 million light-years away from the Solar System and has an approximate...
    4 KB (312 words) - 23:25, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for NGC 6242
    ; et al. (August 2006). "An XMM-Newton view of the young open cluster NGC 6231. I. The catalogue". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 454 (3): 1047–1063....
    6 KB (380 words) - 16:37, 21 May 2024
  • 162391 尾宿增四 Wěisuzēngsì 4th additional star 神宮 Shéngōng Changing Room NGC 6231 神宮 Shéngōng (One star of) 傅說 Fùyuè Fuyue G Sco 傅說 Fuyue (One star of) 魚...
    9 KB (212 words) - 12:12, 14 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for NGC 6188
    NGC 6188 is an emission nebula located about 4,000 light years away in the constellation Ara. The bright open cluster NGC 6193, visible to the naked eye...
    2 KB (139 words) - 14:00, 20 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Butterfly Cluster
    Butterfly Cluster (redirect from NGC 6405)
    The Butterfly Cluster (cataloged as Messier 6 or M6, and as NGC 6405) is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Scorpius. Its name...
    8 KB (794 words) - 04:10, 27 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for NGC 6302
    NGC 6302 (also known as the Bug Nebula, Butterfly Nebula, or Caldwell 69) is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius. The structure in...
    11 KB (1,230 words) - 04:48, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for NGC 6207
    NGC 6207 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hercules. It is designated as SA(s)c in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was...
    3 KB (117 words) - 03:35, 1 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for NGC 6166
    NGC 6166 is an elliptical galaxy in the Abell 2199 cluster. It lies 490 million light years away in the constellation Hercules. The primary galaxy in...
    6 KB (558 words) - 03:12, 1 October 2023