NGC 6025
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NGC 6025 is an open cluster
located 2,700 light years away in the Triangulum Australe
constellation. It was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751 or 1752 during his South Africa tour.
Open cluster
An open cluster is a group of up to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud and have roughly the same age. More than 1,100 open clusters have been discovered within the Milky Way Galaxy, and many more are thought to exist...
located 2,700 light years away in the Triangulum Australe
Triangulum Australe
Triangulum Australe is a small constellation in the southern sky, created in the sixteenth century. Its name is Latin for 'the southern triangle', which distinguishes it from Triangulum in the northern sky...
constellation. It was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751 or 1752 during his South Africa tour.