NGC 6819

Open Cluster NGC 6819 (= CH 16 = h 2048 = GC 4511), type 'd', in Cygnus

Right Ascension 19 : 41.3 (h:m)

Declination +40 : 11 (deg:m)

Distance 7.2 (kly)

Visual Brightness 7.3 (mag)

Apparent Dimension 5. (arc min)

Discovered by Caroline Herschel on May 12, 1784.
Independently found by Karl Ludwig Harding before 1824.

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References

Michael Hoskin, 2005. Caroline Herschel as Observer. Journal for the History of Astronomy, Vol. 36, Part 4, No. 125, pp. 373-406 (November 2005).

Last Modification: March 11, 2009