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31 statements · 84% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Catalog code
- M 26 catalog: Messier object
1
- NGC 6694 catalog: New General Catalogue
1
- OCl 67 catalog: Catalogue of Star Clusters and Associations
1
- OCl 67.0 catalog: Catalogue of Star Clusters and Associations
1
- Collinder 389 catalog: Collinder catalogue
- Melotte 212 catalog: Melotte Catalogue
- C 1842-094 catalog: Caldwell catalogue
1
- OCISM 13 catalog: Catalog of open clusters and associated interstellar matter
1
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- [KPS2012] MWSC 2987 catalog: Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes
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- M 26 catalog: Messier object
- Discovered
- July 20, 1764
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- July 20, 1764
- Distance from Earth
- 1,582 pc
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- 1,582 pc
- Apparent magnitude
- 8.87 astronomical filter: V band
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Sources- 1.“Messier 26”messier.seds.org/m/m026.htmlRetrieved 2017-08-17
- 2.Stated in SIMBAD
- 8 astronomical filter: B band
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- 8.87 astronomical filter: V band
- Radius
- 22 ly
- Right ascension
- 281.325 degree
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- 281.325 degree
- Declination
- -9.3833 degree
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- -9.3833 degree
- Radial velocity
- 4 kilometre per second
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- 4 kilometre per second
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- -1.25 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- -1.54 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
3 identifiers linking Messier 26 across the web's reference databases