NGC 6139 is a globular cluster of the Milky Way in the constellation Scorpius. It is located 3.6 kiloparsecs (10 kilolight-years) from the Galactic Center[3] (less than half the distance of the Sun from the Galactic Center).
NGC 6139 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Class | II[1] |
Constellation | Scorpius |
Right ascension | 16h 27m 41.6s[2] |
Declination | –38° 50′ 18″[2] |
Distance | 10.1 kiloparsecs (30 kilolight-years)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +9.68[4] |
Apparent dimensions (V) | 1.6′ x 1.4′[4] |
Physical characteristics | |
The cluster appears visibly small and requires larger +12" aperture telescopes to view the core. Appearing around 1.5 arcmins having a radius of .75 arcmins, despite its rather bright magnitude.