NGC 6259

Open star cluster in Scorpius

Dreyer's description: ! Cl, B, vL, vRi, st 11...

Cross Identifications: GC 4260, h 3660, Dun 456.


Right Ascension: 17 : 00.7 (hours : minutes)
Declination: -44 : 40 (degrees : minutes)
Apparent Magnitude: 8.0
Apparent Diameter: 10. (arc minutes)

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