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NGC6530
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 18:4:30.0
Declination: -24:21:30
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude: 4.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Hodierna
Year of discovery: 1654
Discovery aperture:
Observational
Summary description: Cl, B, L, pRi, f M 8
Sub-type: II2mn
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6530, an open cluster, is part of M 8. See NGC 6523, NGC 6526, and NGC
6533 for more.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6530
17.5" (7/8/94): bright scattered group of 40-50 stars at the east edge of M8 just following the edge of the dark "Lagoon" lane which runs SW-NE. The group forms a rough triangular outline 10'x6' oriented N-S with the longest base along the east side running N-S. The cluster is encased in the fairly bright eastern portion of the M8 nebulosity that passes directly through most of the cluster.
8": 30 stars mag 7-13 in a 10' diameter. Bright, moderately large. Located on the east edge of M8!