NGC 6139 is a globular cluster of the Milky Way in the constellation Scorpius. It is located 3.6 kiloparsecs (10 kilolight-years) from the Galactic Center[3] (less than half the distance of the Sun from the Galactic Center).
Visibility
The cluster appears visibly small and requires larger +12" aperture telescopes to view the core. Appearing around 1.5 arcmins having a radius of .75 arcmins, despite its rather bright magnitude.
Visibility
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![Globular clusters are denser and more spherical than open star clusters.[5]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/An_aging_beauty_NGC_6139.jpg/120px-An_aging_beauty_NGC_6139.jpg)
Globular clusters are denser and more spherical than open star clusters.[5]
![Globular clusters are denser and more spherical than open star clusters.[5]](https://kihulane.eu/arhiiv/79338?rdp_we_resource=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3AAn_aging_beauty_NGC_6139.jpg)
References
- ^ "Results for NGC 6139". VizieR Catalogue Database. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
- ^ a b "NED Results for NGC 6139". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
- ^ a b Harris, William E. (1996). "A Catalog of Parameters for Globular Clusters in the Milky Way (2010 edition)". Astronomical Journal. 112: 1487. doi:10.1086/118116.
- ^ a b "NGC 6139". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
- ^ "An aging beauty". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
External links
Media related to NGC 6139 at Wikimedia Commons
