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NGC 6405

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Right ascension: 17h 40m 16.60s
Declination: −32° 14′ 31.0″
Galactic l, b: 356.58, -0.7605
Parallax: 2.1626 mas
Redshift z: -2.475e-05
Radial velocity: -7.42 km/s
Proper motion: -1.366, -5.806 mas/yr
Angular size: 20′ × 20′

Also known as

17 identifiers

C 1736-321M 6NGC 6405OCl 1030.0[SC95] M 38[SC95] M 43[SC96] GC 128[SC96] GC 130[SC96] GC 137[SC96] Mis 588[SC96] Mis 589[SC96] Mis 607Cl VDBH 242Butterfly Cluster[KC2019] Theia 122[KPR2004b] 408[KPS2012] MWSC 2661

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
NGC 6405 50	Star	65.87″	13.93
Gaia DR3 4054222838542637952	Star	69.2″	—
CD-32 13106	Star	84.91″	10.2
HD 160221	Variable*	87.51″	7.24
CD-32 13099	Star	89.31″	9.8
GES J17400973-3214075	Star	90.14″	—
GES J17401346-3213099	Star	90.4″	—
GES J17401969-3215568	Star	94.44″	—
CD-32 13109	Star	95.11″	10.53
CD-32 13097	Star	99.25″	10.05
HD 160260	Star	101.6″	8.36

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6405 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.