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NGC 6553

GlobCluster SIMBAD GlC 649 papers
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Right ascension
18h 09m 15.68s
Declination
−25° 54′ 27.9″
Galactic l, b
5.2502, -3.023
Parallax
0.194 mas
Redshift z
1.668e-06
Radial velocity
0.5 km/s
Proper motion
0.3, -0.41 mas/yr
Angular size
10.8′ × 10.8′

Also known as

4 identifiers

C 1806-259GCl 88NGC 6553[KPS2012] MWSC 2824

In the same field

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ObjectTypeSeparationV
2MASS J18091666-2554424 RGB* 19.71″ —
Cl* NGC 6553 SAW V4 Star 43.36″ —
OGLE BLG-RRLYR-14569 RRLyrae 44.96″ 17.47
Cl* NGC 6553 GOM 40056 Star 48.07″ 15.32
2MASS J18091191-2553448 RGB* 66.58″ —
2MASS J18091912-2553326 RGB* 72.22″ —
OGLE BLG-RRLYR-14601 RRLyrae 77.66″ 18.56
2MASS J18090968-2554574 RGB* 85.9″ —
UCAC4 321-138687 ** 90.52″ —
2MASS J18091564-2556008 RGB* 92.87″ —
2MASS J18091466-2552275 RGB* 121.2″ —

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6553 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.