NGC 6863
Asterism in the constellation Aquila
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NGC 6863 is an asterism in the constellation Aquila. The celestial object was found on July 25, 1827, by the British astronomer John Herschel.
| NGC 6863 | |
|---|---|
NGC 6863 imaged by Pan-STARRS | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Right ascension | 20h 05m 07.3s[1] |
| Declination | −03° 33′ 16″[1] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Associations | |
| Constellation | Aquila |
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]
