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NGC 6121 518

ChemPec* SIMBAD Pe* 7 papers

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Right ascension: 16h 23m 18.86s
Declination: −26° 34′ 27.4″
Galactic l, b: 350.89, 15.98
Magnitude V: 13.33
Parallax: 0.5422 mas
Redshift z: 0.00026226
Radial velocity: 78.612 km/s
Proper motion: -13.02, -18.94 mas/yr

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
NGC 6121 516	HorBranch*	27.45″	13.4
2MASS J16231672-2634279	AGB*	28.6″	11.73
Cl* NGC 6121 SAW V2	RRLyrae	39.65″	13.41
NGC 6121 475	Star	57.48″	13.42
2MASS J16232330-2634231	AGB*	59.59″	13.49
CD-26 11312	RGB*	66.47″	10.76
Cl* NGC 6121 SAW V63	EclBin	68.62″	17.8
NGC 6121 241	RGB*	77.92″	13.11
NGC 6121 240	RGB*	78.73″	13.11
NGC 6121 513	HorBranch*	79.9″	13.26
Cl* NGC 6121 SAW V36	RRLyrae	82.18″	13.42

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6121-518 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.