Constellation Aquila Declination +11° 37′ (00)″ Apparent magnitude (V) 8.3 | Right ascension 19 01 1(8.0) Distance 2,283 ly (700 pc) Apparent dimensions (V) 15.0′ | |
NGC 6738 is an astronomical feature that is catalogued as an NGC object. Although listed as an open cluster in some astronomical databases, it may be merely an asterism; a 2003 paper in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics describes it as being an "apparent concentration of a few bright stars on patchy background absorption".
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