NGC 6208 - Open Cluster in Ara

NGC 6208 is a Open Cluster in the Ara constellation. NGC 6208 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6208 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Key facts about NGC 6208

Available Resources for NGC 6208 - Open Cluster in Ara

• Photometric information of NGC 6208
• Apparent size of NGC 6208
• Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 6208
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of NGC 6208.
• Rise and set times of NGC 6208 from your location.

Photometric information of NGC 6208

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6208 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Apparent size of NGC 6208

The following table reports NGC 6208 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6208 is a visual representation of it.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 6208

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 6208 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6208 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Rise and set times of NGC 6208 from your location

NGC 6208 - Open Cluster in Ara is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom