BH 176

RA:

15:39:07.45

Dec:

-50:03:09.8

Distance from Sun:

61.6 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

42.1 kly

Apparent Diameter:

arc min

Brightness:

14.00 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

+/- km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-4.06 Mag vis

This cluster was first cataloged by van den Bergh and Hagen (1975) and classified by them as globular.

Subsequently, several authors have classified it more as an open cluster, see e.g.:

• WEDBA page for vdB-Ha 176 (BH 176)

References:

• Sidney van den Bergh and Gretchen L. Hagen, 1975. Uniform survey of clusters in the Southern Milky Way. Astronomical Journal, Vol. 80, No. 1, p. 11-16 (Jan 1975) [ADS: 1975AJ.....80...11V]