NGC 6231 (also known as Caldwell 76 or the Baby Scorpion Cluster [4] [5]) is an open cluster in the southern sky located half a degrees north of Zeta Scorpii. NGC 6231 is part of a swath of …

2024年8月23日 · This image captures the shining stars in a portion of the open cluster Caldwell 76, also known as NGC 6231. It combines observations taken at ultraviolet, visible, and …

2022年4月25日 · NGC 6231, the Northern Jewel Box, is the sky’s sixth-brightest open cluster. It has an apparent diameter is 15', half that of the Full Moon, and it lies some 5,500 light-years...

2014年7月10日 · This week’s naked-eye object is the Northern Jewel Box, also known as open cluster NGC 6231. At the southernmost reaches of Scorpius, a stellar comet shines brightly.

NGC 6231, located about 5,200 light years from Earth, is an ideal testbed for studying a stellar cluster at a critical stage of its evolution: not long after star formation has stopped. The …

2024年8月3日 · It is listed as NGC 6231 in the New General Catalogue and Caldwell 76 in the Caldwell catalogue of objects that can be seen in amateur telescopes. NGC 6231 has an …

NGC 6231 is a Open Cluster in the Scorpius constellation. NGC 6231 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its …

NGC 6231 is a bright open cluster of approx. 120 stars spread over 15 arc minutes of sky in Scorpius. With a combined magnitude of +2.6, this group of stars is visible to the naked eye …

2017年11月8日 · The young cluster NGC 6231 (stellar ages ∼2–7 Myr) is observed shortly after star formation activity has ceased. Using the catalog of 2148 probable cluster members …

2024年1月1日 · NGC 6231 was first recorded by Italian observer Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654. He developed a list of noncometary objects some 120 years before Charles …