NGC 6124

{{Short description|Open cluster in the constellation Scorpius}}

{{Infobox Cluster

| name = NGC 6124

| image = File:NGC 6124 DECaPS DR2.jpg

| caption = NGC 6124

| credit = DECaPS

| epoch = J2000

| constellation =Scorpius

| ra = {{RA|16|25|36}}

| dec = {{DEC|-40|40|00}}

| dist_ly = 1,860 ly

| dist_pc = 512 pc

| appmag_v = 5.8

| size_v = 29′

| notes =

| names =Caldwell 75, Cr 301, Mel 145, Raab 111, ESO 331-SC003, OCL 990, Lund 701, C 1622-405, Lacaille I.8, Dunlop 514

|image_size=250}}

File:NGC 6124 map.png

NGC 6124 (also known as Caldwell 75) is an open cluster located 1,860 light years away{{cite web

| title = NGC 6124

| work = SEDS NGC Online

| url = http://messier.seds.org/xtra/ngc/n6124.html

| access-date = 2011-01-13 }} in the constellation Scorpius. It was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751

{{cite web

|title = Results for NGC 6124

|work = NGC/IC Project

|url = http://www.ngcicproject.org/ngcicdb.asp

|access-date = 2011-01-13

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120520010558/http://www.ngcicproject.org/ngcicdb.asp

|archive-date = 2012-05-20

}}{{cite journal

| title=The search for the nebulae - VI

| last=Jones | first=K. G.

| journal=Journal of the British Astronomical Association

| volume=79 | pages=213–222 | date=March 1969

| bibcode=1969JBAA...79..213J }} during his South African tour.

The cluster is large and bright, with about 125 stars visible.