NGC 6204 is an open cluster in the constellation Ara, lying close to the galactic equator. It is 3,540 ly (1,085 pc) distant from Earth. The cluster was discovered on 13 May 1826 by British astronomer James Dunlop.
References
Further reading
- Carraro, Giovanni; Munari, Ulisse (2004): A multicolour CCD photometric study of the open clusters NGC 2866, Pismis 19, Westerlund 2, ESO96-SC04, NGC 5617 and NGC 6204; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 347 (2), S. 625–631
External links
- Media related to NGC 6204 at Wikimedia Commons
- http://seds.org/
- "NGC 6204". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- Image NGC 6204
