NGC_6559 Knowpia

NGC 6559
Nebula
	NGC 6559 taken by the Danish 1.54-metre telescope located at ESO’s La Silla Observatory.
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension	18h 09m 56.8s
Declination	−24° 06′ 23″
Constellation	Sagittarius
Designations	ESO 521-40, LBN 28, LBN 007.03-02.26
	See also: Lists of nebulae

NGC 6559 is a star-forming region located at a distance of about 5000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Sagittarius, showing both emission (red) and reflection (bluish) regions.

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^ ^a ^b "NED results for object NGC 6559". Extragalactic Database. NASA/IPAC. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ "An Anarchic Region of Star Formation". ESO Press Release. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ "NGC 6559". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

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Media related to NGC 6559 at Wikimedia Commons
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Three Nebular in Narrow Band (2 November 2007) - one of the three nebulae shown was NGC 6559
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 6559 (2 August 2009)
NGC 6559 Archived 2015-07-16 at the Wayback Machine

[ned-1] "NED results for object NGC 6559". Extragalactic Database. NASA/IPAC. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

[eso-2] "An Anarchic Region of Star Formation". ESO Press Release. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

[simbad-3] "NGC 6559". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

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