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NGC 6231

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Right ascension: 16h 54m 10.80s
Declination: −41° 48′ 43.0″
Galactic l, b: 343.48, 1.19
Parallax: 0.589 mas
Redshift z: -9.401e-05
Radial velocity: -28.186 km/s
Proper motion: -0.529, -2.177 mas/yr
Angular size: 120′ × 120′

Also known as

14 identifiers

1ES 1650-41.71RXS J165408.2-414932C 1650-417Cl Collinder 315NGC 6231OCl 997.0[SC95] ZET 183[SC96] Mis 183UBV M 35455Cl VDBH 201Villafranca O-022[FS2003] 0854[KPR2004b] 385[KPS2012] MWSC 2481

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
CD-41 11034	YSO Candidate	12.37″	9.335
CPD-41 7727	SB*	17.17″	9.424
NGC 6231 210	YSO	35.83″	15.09
Cl* NGC 6231 SS 90	YSO	42.75″	11.54
HD 152248	YSO	47.86″	6.088
NGC 6231 285	YSO Candidate	52.91″	13.4
NGC 6231 209	YSO Candidate	55.63″	10.6
NGC 6231 374	YSO Candidate	56.13″	10.16
CD-41 11032	SB*	59.01″	9.512
NGC 6231 211	YSO Candidate	59.83″	14.17
Cl* NGC 6231 SBL 407	YSO Candidate	60.91″	11.1

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6231 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.