NGC 6440

RA:

17:48:52.70

Dec:

-20:21:36.9

Distance from Sun:

27.7 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

4.2 kly

Apparent Diameter:

6.3 arc min

Brightness:

9.20 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

-76.6 +/- 2.7 km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-8.75 Mag vis

William Herschel discovered this cluster in 1784 and cataloged it as H I.150.

The image in this page is an infrared image. It was taken within the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) and taken from the 2MASS atlas. Colors represent different IR bands: J band (1.2 micron) is green, represented blue, H (1.6 micron) green, and Ks light (2.2 micron) red.

• Catalog of Variable Stars in NGC 6440 (Christine Clement)