NGC 6067
Open cluster in the constellation Norma
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::summary Open cluster in the constellation Norma ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox open cluster"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | NGC 6067 |
| image | NGC 6067 DECaPS DR2.jpg |
| caption | NGC 6067 |
| epoch | J2000 |
| constellation | Norma |
| ra | |
| dec | |
| dist_ly | 4621 ly |
| appmag_v | 5.6 |
| size_v | 12 |
| mass_msol | 893 |
| age | 102 Myr |
| names | Cr 298, Mel 140 |
| credit | DECaPS |
| :: |
| name = NGC 6067 | image = NGC 6067 DECaPS DR2.jpg | caption = NGC 6067 | epoch = J2000 | constellation = Norma | ra = | dec = | dist_ly = 4621 ly | appmag_v = 5.6 | size_v = 12 | mass_kg = | mass_msol = 893 | radius_ly = | v_hb = | age = 102 Myr | notes = | names = Cr 298, Mel 140 |credit=DECaPS}} ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/NGC_6067_map.png" caption="Map showing the location of NGC 6067"] ::
NGC 6067 is an open cluster in the constellation Norma. It is located to the north of Kappa Normae, with an angular diameter of 12. Visible to the naked eye in dark skies, it is best observed with binoculars or a small telescope, and a 12-inch aperture telescope will reveal about 250 stars. Its brightest stars have an apparent magnitude of around 8. There are 84 member stars with an apparent magnitude brighter than 12.
NGC 6067 is located in the Norma Star Cloud in the Norma Arm of the Milky Way and is 15 to 20 times as rich as the Pleiades and about the same age. It is thought to be around 102 million years old, and contain 893 solar masses. while the fainter QZ Normae varies between magnitudes 8.71 and 9.03 over 3.79 days. It is also home to one of only a few planetary nebulae associated with galactic clusters (open or globular). The cluster, named BMP J1613-5406, originated from a progenitor star that is notably massive.
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