NGC 5999

{{Infobox open cluster

| name = NGC 5999

| image = NGC 5999 DECaPS.jpg

| caption = NGC 5523

| epoch = J2000

| class =

| constellation = Norma

| ra = {{RA|15|59|55}}

| dec = {{DEC|−54|01|54}}

| dist_ly = 5310

| appmag_v = 9.0

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| age = 400 million years

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|image_size=250|credit=DECaPS}}

NGC 5999 is an open cluster in the constellation Norma. Its brightest star is HIP 78355. It is 5310 light-years distant and thought to be around 400 million years old.

References

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{{cite journal | title=Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. II. The catalogue of basic parameters | author=Kharchenko, N. V. | author2=Piskunov, A. E. | author3=Schilbach, E. | author4=Röser, S. | author5=Scholz, R.-D. | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=558 | id=A53 | pages=8|date=2013 | bibcode=2013A&A...558A..53K|arxiv = 1308.5822 |doi = 10.1051/0004-6361/201322302 | s2cid=118548517 }}

{{cite web | title=NGC 5999-- Open (galactic) Cluster | work=SIMBAD | publisher=Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg | url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+5999| access-date=17 August 2015}}

{{cite journal | last = Streicher | first = Magda | date = 2005 | title = Deepsky Delights: Sparkling clusters in Norma | journal = Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa |volume=64 |issue=5–6 |pages = 107–09 | bibcode=2005MNSSA..64..107S}}

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NGC 5999

5999

Category:Norma (constellation)