NGC 6124

Open Cluster NGC 6124

(= Lacaille I.8

= Caldwell 75

= Dunlop 514 = Melotte 145 = Collinder 301),

in Scorpius

Right Ascension	16 : 25.6 (h:m)
Declination	-40 : 40 (deg:m)
Distance	18.6 (kly)
Visual Brightness	5.8: (mag)
Apparent Dimension	29 (arc min)

The southern open cluster NGC 6124 was discovered by Abbe Lacaille during his

1751-1752 journey to South Africa.

In the

Astronomical League’s Southern Sky Binocular Club list.

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Hartmut Frommert

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Christine Kronberg

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Last Modification: 8 Mar 1998, 22:05 MET