NGC 6200

{{Short description|Open star cluster in the constellation Ara}}

{{Infobox open cluster

| name = NGC 6200

| image = NGC_6200.png

| caption = NGC 6200 (taken with Stellarium)

| epoch = J2000

| class = III 2m

| ra = {{RA|16|44|06.(0)}}

| dec = {{DEC|-47|28|(00)}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|2054|pc|ly|order=flip|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| appmag_v = 7.4

| size_v = 12′

| mass_kg =

| mass_msol =

| radius_ly = 11.7 ly

| v_hb =

| age =

| constellation = Ara

| notes =

| names = Cr 311, C1640-473, ESO 277-SC8, OCL 978

}}

File:NGC 6200 map.png

NGC 6200 is an open cluster in the constellation Ara, lying close to the galactic equator. It contains one β Cephei variable.

References

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{{cite journal

| display-authors=1

| last1=Kharchenko | first1=N. V.

| last2=Piskunov | first2=A. E.

| last3=Röser | first3=S.

| last4=Schilbach | first4=E.

| last5=Scholz | first5=R.-D.

| title=Astrophysical parameters of Galactic open clusters

| journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics

| volume=438 | issue=3 | pages=1163–1173 | date=August 2005

| doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20042523

| bibcode=2005A&A...438.1163K

| arxiv=astro-ph/0501674

| s2cid=9079873 }}

{{citation

| first1=Mike | last1=Inglis

| title=Observer's Guide to Star Clusters | journal=Observer's Guide to Star Clusters: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series

| page=26

| series=The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series

| publisher=Springer Science & Business Media | year=2013

| isbn=978-1461475675

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ewHABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA26

| postscript=.

| bibcode=2013ogsc.book.....I

| doi=10.1007/978-1-4614-7567-5

}}

{{cite book

| last = Dunlop

| first = Storm

| title = Atlas of the Night Sky

| url = https://archive.org/details/collinsatlasofni0000dunl

| url-access = registration

| publisher = Collins

| year = 2005

| doi =

| isbn = 978-0-00-717223-8

}}

{{cite journal

| arxiv= 1302.5313

| author1= Ulusoy

| author2= Niemczura

| author3= Ulaş

| author4= Gülmez

| title= New β Cephei variable in the Southern open cluster NGC 6200: ALS 3728

| year= 2013

| doi=10.1016/j.newast.2013.02.005

| volume=23–24

| journal=New Astronomy

| pages=55–58

|bibcode = 2013NewA...23...55U | s2cid= 118704830

}}

}}