NGC 6863 explained

NGC 6863
Epoch:J2000
Ra:[1]
Constellation:Aquila

NGC 6863 is an asterism in the constellation Aquila. The celestial object was found on July 25, 1827, by the British astronomer John Herschel.

In 2009 an astronomical study by Bidin et al. concluded that whereas the small group of stars in Aquila had been classified as an OCR (Open Cluster Remnant i.e. the dispersed remains of a group of physically related stars) they were in fact an asterism, a group of unrelated stellar bodies.[2]

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References

  1. Web site: Your NED Search Results. ned.ipac.caltech.edu. 2020-04-03.
  2. Not an open cluster after all: The NGC 6863 asterism in Aquila. 0912.0653. Christian Moni Bidin. Raul de la Fuente Marcos. Carlos de la Fuente Marcos. Carraro. Giovanni. Astronomy and Astrophysics . 2009. 510 . A44 . 10.1051/0004-6361/200912761 . 56266253 .
  3. Web site: NGC 6863. sim-basic. 2020-04-03.
  4. Web site: Revised NGC Data for NGC 6863. spider.seds.org. 2020-04-03.

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