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NGC 6259

OpenCluster SIMBAD OpC 95 papers

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Right ascension: 17h 00m 46.80s
Declination: −44° 40′ 41.0″
Galactic l, b: 341.98, -1.535
Magnitude V: 8
Parallax: 0.408 mas
Redshift z: -0.00012024
Radial velocity: -36.049 km/s
Proper motion: -1.015, -2.892 mas/yr
Angular size: 17.3′ × 17.3′

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
NGC 6259 3001	Star	3.75″	12.2
GES J17004783-4440537	Star	16.89″	—
NGC 6259 3003	Star	22.09″	12.73
GES J17004689-4441038	Star	22.85″	—
NGC 6259 3013	Star	30.29″	15.26
NGC 6259 2002	Star	35.11″	15.16
NGC 6259 3016	Star	37.44″	14.48
GES J17004656-4439569	Star	44.16″	—
GES J17004860-4440003	Star	45″	—
GES J17004257-4440356	Star	45.45″	—
GES J17004989-4440031	Star	50.22″	—

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6259 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.