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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%87_26" title="مسييه 26 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مسييه 26" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BAmulu_abiertu_M26" title="Cúmulu abiertu M26 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Cúmulu abiertu M26" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6694" title="NGC 6694 – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="NGC 6694" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/M26_(%D0%B0%D0%B1%E2%80%99%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%B5)" title="M26 (аб’ект Месье) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="M26 (аб’ект Месье)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/M26" title="M26 – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="M26" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/M26" title="M26 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="M26" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/M26" title="M26 – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="M26" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%AD_26" title="Μεσιέ 26 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μεσιέ 26" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BAmulo_abierto_M26" title="Cúmulo abierto M26 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cúmulo abierto M26" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/M26" title="M26 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="M26" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%87_%DB%B2%DB%B6" title="مسیه ۲۶ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مسیه ۲۶" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M26_(amas_ouvert)" title="M26 (amas ouvert) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="M26 (amas ouvert)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%EC%8B%9C%EC%97%90_26" title="메시에 26 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="메시에 26" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/M26_(astronomia)" title="M26 (astronomia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="M26 (astronomia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/M26" title="M26 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="M26" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%94_26" title="მესიე 26 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მესიე 26" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesj%C4%97_26" title="Mesjė 26 – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mesjė 26" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%98%D0%B5_26" title="Месје 26 – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Месје 26" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC_26" title="മെസ്സിയർ 26 – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മെസ്സിയർ 26" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%87_%DB%B2%DB%B6" title="مسیه ۲۶ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="مسیه ۲۶" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/M26_(%E5%A4%A9%E4%BD%93)" title="M26 (天体) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="M26 (天体)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6694" title="NGC 6694 – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="NGC 6694" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_26_(%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%91%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5)" title="M 26 (звёздное скопление) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="M 26 (звёздное скопление)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%98%D0%B5_26" title="Месје 26 – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Месје 26" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6694" title="NGC 6694 – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="NGC 6694" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D1%8C%D1%94_26" title="Мессьє 26 – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Мессьє 26" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_26" title="Messier 26 – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Messier 26" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/M26_(%E5%A4%A9%E9%AB%94)" title="M26 (天體) – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="M26 (天體)" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6694" title="NGC 6694 – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="NGC 6694" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/M26_(%E7%96%8F%E6%95%A3%E6%98%9F%E5%9C%98)" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background: #CCFFFF;">Messier 26</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Messier_26.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Messier_26.jpg/280px-Messier_26.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Messier_26.jpg/420px-Messier_26.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Messier_26.jpg/560px-Messier_26.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1400" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Open cluster Messier 26 <br />Credit: Hillary Mathis, Vanessa Harvey, REU program/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #CCFFFF;">Observation data (J2000.0 <a href="/wiki/Epoch_(astronomy)" title="Epoch (astronomy)">epoch</a>)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Right_ascension" title="Right ascension">Right ascension</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">18<sup>h</sup> 45<sup>m</sup> 18.0<sup>s</sup></span><sup id="cite_ref-Wu2009_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wu2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Declination" title="Declination">Declination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">−09° 23′ 00″<sup id="cite_ref-Wu2009_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wu2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Distance_(astronomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Distance (astronomy)">Distance</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5,160 <a href="/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">ly</a> (1,582 <a href="/wiki/Parsec" title="Parsec">pc</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-kharchenko2005_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kharchenko2005-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">Apparent magnitude</a> (V)</th><td class="infobox-data">8.0<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson2007_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson2007-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;">Apparent dimensions (V)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6997407243492132011♠"></span>14<a href="/wiki/Minute_of_arc" class="mw-redirect" title="Minute of arc">′</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-Thompson2007_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson2007-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #CCFFFF;">Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;">Radius</th><td class="infobox-data">11 ly<sup id="cite_ref-Kharchenko2009_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kharchenko2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;">Estimated age</th><td class="infobox-data">85.3<sup id="cite_ref-Wu2009_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wu2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> million years</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;">Other designations</th><td class="infobox-data">Messier 26, <a href="/wiki/New_General_Catalogue" title="New General Catalogue">NGC</a> 6694,<sup id="cite_ref-SIMBAD_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIMBAD-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Collinder_catalogue" title="Collinder catalogue">Cr</a> 389, C 1842-094</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #CCFFFF;">Associations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">Constellation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scutum_(constellation)" title="Scutum (constellation)">Scutum</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="background: #CCFFFF;">See also: <a href="/wiki/Open_cluster" title="Open cluster">Open cluster</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_open_clusters" title="List of open clusters">List of open clusters</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Messier 26</b>, also known as <b>NGC 6694</b>, is an <a href="/wiki/Open_cluster" title="Open cluster">open cluster</a> of <a href="/wiki/Star" title="Star">stars</a> in the southern <a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Scutum_(constellation)" title="Scutum (constellation)">Scutum</a>. It was discovered by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Messier" title="Charles Messier">Charles Messier</a> in 1764.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This 8th magnitude cluster is a challenge to find in ideal skies with typical <a href="/wiki/Binoculars" title="Binoculars">binoculars</a>, where it can be, with any modern minimum 3-inch (76 mm) <a href="/wiki/Aperture" title="Aperture">aperture</a> device. It is south-southwest of the open cluster <a href="/wiki/Messier_11" class="mw-redirect" title="Messier 11">Messier 11</a> and is <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6997407243492132011♠"></span>14<a href="/wiki/Minute_of_arc" class="mw-redirect" title="Minute of arc">′</a></span> across.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson2007_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson2007-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 25 stars are visible in a telescope with a 150–200 mm (6–8 in) aperture.<sup id="cite_ref-Burnham1978_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burnham1978-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>M26 spans a linear size of 22<sup id="cite_ref-Kharchenko2009_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kharchenko2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Light_year" class="mw-redirect" title="Light year">light years</a> across with a <a href="/wiki/Tidal_radius_(cluster)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tidal radius (cluster)">tidal radius</a> of 25 light-years,<sup id="cite_ref-Piskunov2008_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Piskunov2008-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is at a distance of 5,160<sup id="cite_ref-kharchenko2005_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kharchenko2005-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Light_year" class="mw-redirect" title="Light year">light years</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>. The brightest star is of <a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">magnitude</a> 11<sup id="cite_ref-Burnham1978_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burnham1978-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the age of this cluster has been calculated to be 85.3<sup id="cite_ref-Wu2009_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wu2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> million years. It includes one known <a href="/wiki/Spectroscopic_binary" class="mw-redirect" title="Spectroscopic binary">spectroscopic binary</a> system.<sup id="cite_ref-Mermilliod2007_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mermilliod2007-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An interesting feature of M26 is a region of low <a href="/wiki/Star" title="Star">star</a> density near the nucleus. 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M26 (Roberto Mura)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Messier_26&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Messier_objects" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Messier objects">List of Messier objects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1193" title="NGC 1193">NGC 1193</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes_and_references">Footnotes and references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Messier_26&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Footnotes and references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h3><span 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title="Messier 2">M2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_3" title="Messier 3">M3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_4" title="Messier 4">M4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_5" title="Messier 5">M5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterfly_Cluster" title="Butterfly Cluster">M6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_7" title="Messier 7">M7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagoon_Nebula" title="Lagoon Nebula">M8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_9" title="Messier 9">M9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_10" title="Messier 10">M10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_Duck_Cluster" title="Wild Duck Cluster">M11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_12" title="Messier 12">M12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_13" title="Messier 13">M13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_14" title="Messier 14">M14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_15" title="Messier 15">M15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Nebula" title="Eagle Nebula">M16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omega_Nebula" title="Omega Nebula">M17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_18" title="Messier 18">M18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_19" title="Messier 19">M19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trifid_Nebula" title="Trifid Nebula">M20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_21" title="Messier 21">M21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_22" title="Messier 22">M22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_23" title="Messier 23">M23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_Sagittarius_Star_Cloud" title="Small Sagittarius Star Cloud">M24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_25" title="Messier 25">M25</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumbbell_Nebula" title="Dumbbell Nebula">M27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_28" title="Messier 28">M28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_29" title="Messier 29">M29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_30" title="Messier 30">M30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy" title="Andromeda Galaxy">M31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_32" title="Messier 32">M32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triangulum_Galaxy" title="Triangulum Galaxy">M33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_34" title="Messier 34">M34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_35" title="Messier 35">M35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_36" title="Messier 36">M36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_37" title="Messier 37">M37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_38" title="Messier 38">M38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_39" title="Messier 39">M39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winnecke_4" title="Winnecke 4">M40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_41" title="Messier 41">M41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orion_Nebula" title="Orion Nebula">M42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_43" title="Messier 43">M43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beehive_Cluster" title="Beehive Cluster">M44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleiades" title="Pleiades">M45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_46" title="Messier 46">M46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_47" title="Messier 47">M47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_48" title="Messier 48">M48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_49" title="Messier 49">M49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_50" title="Messier 50">M50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whirlpool_Galaxy" title="Whirlpool Galaxy">M51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_52" title="Messier 52">M52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_53" title="Messier 53">M53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_54" title="Messier 54">M54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_55" title="Messier 55">M55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_56" title="Messier 56">M56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_Nebula" title="Ring Nebula">M57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_58" title="Messier 58">M58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_59" title="Messier 59">M59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_60" title="Messier 60">M60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_61" title="Messier 61">M61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_62" title="Messier 62">M62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_63" title="Messier 63">M63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Eye_Galaxy" title="Black Eye Galaxy">M64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_65" title="Messier 65">M65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_66" title="Messier 66">M66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_67" title="Messier 67">M67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_68" title="Messier 68">M68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_69" title="Messier 69">M69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_70" title="Messier 70">M70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_71" title="Messier 71">M71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_72" title="Messier 72">M72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_73" title="Messier 73">M73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_74" title="Messier 74">M74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_75" title="Messier 75">M75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Dumbbell_Nebula" title="Little Dumbbell Nebula">M76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_77" title="Messier 77">M77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_78" title="Messier 78">M78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_79" title="Messier 79">M79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_80" title="Messier 80">M80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_81" title="Messier 81">M81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_82" title="Messier 82">M82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_83" title="Messier 83">M83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_84" title="Messier 84">M84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_85" title="Messier 85">M85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_86" title="Messier 86">M86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_87" title="Messier 87">M87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_88" title="Messier 88">M88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_89" title="Messier 89">M89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_90" title="Messier 90">M90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_91" title="Messier 91">M91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_92" title="Messier 92">M92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_93" title="Messier 93">M93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_94" title="Messier 94">M94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_95" title="Messier 95">M95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_96" title="Messier 96">M96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owl_Nebula" title="Owl Nebula">M97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_98" title="Messier 98">M98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_99" title="Messier 99">M99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_100" title="Messier 100">M100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinwheel_Galaxy" title="Pinwheel Galaxy">M101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_102" title="Messier 102">M102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_103" title="Messier 103">M103</a></li> <li>Added <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sombrero_Galaxy" title="Sombrero Galaxy">M104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_105" title="Messier 105">M105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_106" title="Messier 106">M106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_107" title="Messier 107">M107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_108" title="Messier 108">M108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_109" title="Messier 109">M109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_110" title="Messier 110">M110</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Messier" title="Charles Messier"><img alt="Painting of Charles Messier, creator of the Messier catalog" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Charles_Messier.jpg/80px-Charles_Messier.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Charles_Messier.jpg/120px-Charles_Messier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Charles_Messier.jpg/160px-Charles_Messier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="621" data-file-height="787" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_catalogue" title="Caldwell catalogue">Caldwell catalogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catalogue_of_Nebulae_and_Clusters_of_Stars" title="Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars">Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herschel_400_Catalogue" title="Herschel 400 Catalogue">Herschel 400 Catalogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_Catalogue" class="mw-redirect" title="Index Catalogue">Index Catalogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_General_Catalogue" title="New General Catalogue">New General Catalogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revised_New_General_Catalogue" class="mw-redirect" title="Revised New General Catalogue">Revised New General Catalogue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Messier_objects" title="Category:Messier objects">Category</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Messier_objects" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Messier objects">Commons</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_portal_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/16px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/23px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/31px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Astronomy" title="Portal:Astronomy">Portal</a></li></ul> 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title="Template talk:NGC objects:6500-6999"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NGC_objects:6500-6999" title="Special:EditPage/Template:NGC objects:6500-6999"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="New_General_Catalogue_6500_to_6999" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/New_General_Catalogue" title="New General Catalogue">New General Catalogue</a> <small><i>6500 to 6999</i></small></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6500&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6500 (page does not exist)">6500</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6501&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6501 (page does not exist)">6501</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6502&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6502 (page does not exist)">6502</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6503" title="NGC 6503">6503</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6504&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6504 (page does not exist)">6504</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6505&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6505 (page does not exist)">6505</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6506&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6506 (page does not exist)">6506</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6507&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6507 (page does not exist)">6507</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6508&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6508 (page does not exist)">6508</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6509" title="NGC 6509">6509</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6510&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6510 (page does not exist)">6510</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6511&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6511 (page does not exist)">6511</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6512&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6512 (page does not exist)">6512</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6513&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6513 (page does not exist)">6513</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trifid_Nebula" title="Trifid Nebula">6514</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6515&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6515 (page does not exist)">6515</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6516&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6516 (page does not exist)">6516</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6517&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6517 (page does not exist)">6517</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6518&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6518 (page does not exist)">6518</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6519" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6519">6519</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6520" title="NGC 6520">6520</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6521&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6521 (page does not exist)">6521</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6522" title="NGC 6522">6522</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagoon_Nebula" title="Lagoon Nebula">6523</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6524&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6524 (page does not exist)">6524</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6525&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6525 (page does not exist)">6525</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6526" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6526">6526</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6527&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6527 (page does not exist)">6527</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6528" title="NGC 6528">6528</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6529" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6529">6529</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6530" title="NGC 6530">6530</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_21" title="Messier 21">6531</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6532&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6532 (page does not exist)">6532</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6533" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6533">6533</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6534" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6534">6534</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6535" title="NGC 6535">6535</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6536&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6536 (page does not exist)">6536</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Spider_Nebula" title="Red Spider Nebula">6537</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6538&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6538 (page does not exist)">6538</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6539" title="NGC 6539">6539</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6540" title="NGC 6540">6540</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6541" title="NGC 6541">6541</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6542&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6542 (page does not exist)">6542</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat%27s_Eye_Nebula" title="Cat's Eye Nebula">6543</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6544" title="NGC 6544">6544</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6545&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6545 (page does not exist)">6545</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6546&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6546 (page does not exist)">6546</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6547&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6547 (page does not exist)">6547</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6548&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6548 (page does not exist)">6548</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6549&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6549 (page does not exist)">6549</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6550&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6550 (page does not exist)">6550</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6551" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6551">6551</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6552&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6552 (page does not exist)">6552</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6553" title="NGC 6553">6553</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6554" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6554">6554</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6555&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6555 (page does not exist)">6555</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6556" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6556">6556</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6557&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6557 (page does not exist)">6557</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6558" title="NGC 6558">6558</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6559" title="NGC 6559">6559</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6560" title="NGC 6560">6560</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6561&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6561 (page does not exist)">6561</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6562&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6562 (page does not exist)">6562</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6563" title="NGC 6563">6563</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6564" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6564">6564</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6565" title="NGC 6565">6565</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6566" title="NGC 6566">6566</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6567&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6567 (page does not exist)">6567</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6568&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6568 (page does not exist)">6568</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6569" title="NGC 6569">6569</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6570" title="NGC 6570">6570</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6571&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6571 (page does not exist)">6571</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6572" title="NGC 6572">6572</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6573" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6573">6573</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6574&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6574 (page does not exist)">6574</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6575&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6575 (page does not exist)">6575</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6576&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6576 (page does not exist)">6576</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6577&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6577 (page does not exist)">6577</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6578" title="NGC 6578">6578</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6579&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6579 (page does not exist)">6579</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6580&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6580 (page does not exist)">6580</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6581&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6581 (page does not exist)">6581</a></li> <li><a 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class="new" title="NGC 6599 (page does not exist)">6599</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6600" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6600">6600</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6601&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6601 (page does not exist)">6601</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6602&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6602 (page does not exist)">6602</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6603" title="NGC 6603">6603</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6604" title="NGC 6604">6604</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6605" title="NGC 6605">6605</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6606&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6606 (page does not exist)">6606</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6607&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6607 (page does not exist)">6607</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6608&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6608 (page does not exist)">6608</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6628&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6628 (page does not exist)">6628</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6629&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6629 (page does not exist)">6629</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6630&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6630 (page does not exist)">6630</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6631&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6631 (page does not exist)">6631</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6632&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6632 (page does not exist)">6632</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6633" title="NGC 6633">6633</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6634" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6634">6634</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6635&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6635 (page does not exist)">6635</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6636&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6636 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href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6647&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6647 (page does not exist)">6647</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6648" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6648">6648</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6649" title="NGC 6649">6649</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6650&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6650 (page does not exist)">6650</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6651&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6651 (page does not exist)">6651</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6652&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6652 (page does not exist)">6652</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6653&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6653 (page does not exist)">6653</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6654&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6654 (page does not exist)">6654</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6655" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6655">6655</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6708&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6708 (page does not exist)">6708</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6709" title="NGC 6709">6709</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6710&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6710 (page does not exist)">6710</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6711&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6711 (page does not exist)">6711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6712" title="NGC 6712">6712</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6713&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6713 (page does not exist)">6713</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6714" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6714">6714</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_54" title="Messier 54">6715</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6716&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6716 (page does not exist)">6716</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6717" title="NGC 6717">6717</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6727&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6727 (page does not exist)">6727</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6728&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6728 (page does not exist)">6728</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6729" title="NGC 6729">6729</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6730&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6730 (page does not exist)">6730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6731" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6731">6731</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6732&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6732 (page does not exist)">6732</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6733&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6733 (page does not exist)">6733</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6734&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6734 (page does not exist)">6734</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6735&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6735 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title="NGC 6757 (page does not exist)">6757</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6758&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6758 (page does not exist)">6758</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6759&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6759 (page does not exist)">6759</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6760" title="NGC 6760">6760</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6761&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6761 (page does not exist)">6761</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6762&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6762 (page does not exist)">6762</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6763&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6763 (page does not exist)">6763</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6764&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6764 (page does not exist)">6764</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6765&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6765 (page does not 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href="/wiki/NGC_6786" title="NGC 6786">6786</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6787&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6787 (page does not exist)">6787</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6788&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6788 (page does not exist)">6788</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6789" title="NGC 6789">6789</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6790" title="NGC 6790">6790</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6791" title="NGC 6791">6791</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6792&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6792 (page does not exist)">6792</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6793&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6793 (page does not exist)">6793</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6794&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6794 (page does not exist)">6794</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6795" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6795">6795</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6796&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6796 (page does not exist)">6796</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6797" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6797">6797</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6798&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6798 (page does not exist)">6798</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6799&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6799 (page does not exist)">6799</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6800&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6800 (page does not exist)">6800</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6801" title="NGC 6801">6801</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6802&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6802 (page does not exist)">6802</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6803&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6803 (page does not exist)">6803</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6804&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6804 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exist)">6824</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6825&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6825 (page does not exist)">6825</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6826" title="NGC 6826">6826</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6827&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6827 (page does not exist)">6827</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6828" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6828">6828</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6829&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6829 (page does not exist)">6829</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6830&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6830 (page does not exist)">6830</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6831&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6831 (page does not exist)">6831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6832" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6832">6832</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6833&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6833 (page does not exist)">6833</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6834" title="NGC 6834">6834</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6835&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6835 (page does not exist)">6835</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6836&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6836 (page does not exist)">6836</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6837&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6837 (page does not exist)">6837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_71" title="Messier 71">6838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6839" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6839">6839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6840" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6840">6840</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6841&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6841 (page does not exist)">6841</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6842&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6842 (page does not exist)">6842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6843" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6843">6843</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6844&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6844 (page does not exist)">6844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6845" title="NGC 6845">6845</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6846&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6846 (page does not exist)">6846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6847" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6847">6847</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6848&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6848 (page does not exist)">6848</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6849&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6849 (page does not exist)">6849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6850" title="NGC 6850">6850</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6851&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6851 (page does not exist)">6851</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6852&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6852 (page does not exist)">6852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumbbell_Nebula" title="Dumbbell Nebula">6853</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6854&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6854 (page does not exist)">6854</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6855&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6855 (page does not exist)">6855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6856" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6856">6856</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6857&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6857 (page does not exist)">6857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6858" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6858">6858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6859" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6859">6859</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6860&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6860 (page does not exist)">6860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6861" title="NGC 6861">6861</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6862&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 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href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6873&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6873 (page does not exist)">6873</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6874&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6874 (page does not exist)">6874</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6875&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6875 (page does not exist)">6875</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6876&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6876 (page does not exist)">6876</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6877&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6877 (page does not exist)">6877</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6878&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6878 (page does not exist)">6878</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6879&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6879 (page does not exist)">6879</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6880&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6880 (page does 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href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6891&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6891 (page does not exist)">6891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6892" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6892">6892</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6893&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6893 (page does not exist)">6893</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6894&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6894 (page does not exist)">6894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6895" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6895">6895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6896" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6896">6896</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6897&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6897 (page does not exist)">6897</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6898&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6898 (page does not exist)">6898</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6899&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6899 (page does not exist)">6899</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6900&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6900 (page does not exist)">6900</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6901&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6901 (page does not exist)">6901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6902" title="NGC 6902">6902</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6903&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6903 (page does not exist)">6903</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6904&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6904 (page does not exist)">6904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6905" title="NGC 6905">6905</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6906&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6906 (page does not exist)">6906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6907" title="NGC 6907">6907</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6908&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6908 (page does not exist)">6908</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6909&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6909 (page does not exist)">6909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6910" title="NGC 6910">6910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6911&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6911 (page does not exist)">6911</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6912&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6912 (page does not exist)">6912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_29" title="Messier 29">6913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6914" title="NGC 6914">6914</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6915&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6915 (page does not exist)">6915</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6916&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6916 (page does not exist)">6916</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6917&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6917 (page does not exist)">6917</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6918&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6918 (page does not exist)">6918</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6919&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6919 (page does not exist)">6919</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6920&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6920 (page does not exist)">6920</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6921&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6921 (page does not exist)">6921</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6922&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6922 (page does not exist)">6922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6923&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6923 (page does not exist)">6923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6924&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6924 (page does not exist)">6924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6925" title="NGC 6925">6925</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6926&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6926 (page does not exist)">6926</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6927&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6927 (page does not exist)">6927</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6928&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6928 (page does not exist)">6928</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6929&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6929 (page does not exist)">6929</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6930&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6930 (page does not exist)">6930</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6931&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6931 (page does not exist)">6931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6932&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6932 (page does not exist)">6932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6933" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6933">6933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6934" title="NGC 6934">6934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6935&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6935 (page does not exist)">6935</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6936&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6936 (page does not exist)">6936</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6937&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6937 (page does not exist)">6937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6938" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6938">6938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6939" title="NGC 6939">6939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6940" title="NGC 6940">6940</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6941&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6941 (page does not exist)">6941</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6942&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6942 (page does not exist)">6942</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6943&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6943 (page does 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title="NGC 6962 (page does not exist)">6962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6963" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6963">6963</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6964&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6964 (page does not exist)">6964</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6965&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6965 (page does not exist)">6965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6966" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 6966">6966</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6967&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6967 (page does not exist)">6967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6968&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6968 (page does not exist)">6968</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6969&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6969 (page does not exist)">6969</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6970&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6970 (page does not exist)">6970</a></li> <li><a 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class="new" title="NGC 6990 (page does not exist)">6990</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6991&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6991 (page does not exist)">6991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veil_Galaxy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Veil Galaxy (page does not exist)">6992</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6993&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6993 (page does not exist)">6993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_73" title="Messier 73">6994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veil_Nebula" title="Veil Nebula">6995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6996&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6996 (page does not exist)">6996</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6997&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6997 (page does not exist)">6997</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6998&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6998 (page does not exist)">6998</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NGC_6999&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NGC 6999 (page does not exist)">6999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astronomical_catalog" title="Astronomical catalog">Astronomical catalog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NGC_objects" title="List of NGC objects">List of NGC objects</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NGC_objects_(6001%E2%80%937000)" title="List of NGC objects (6001–7000)">6001–7000</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Constellation_of_Scutum" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Scutum_(constellation)" title="Template:Scutum (constellation)"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Scutum_(constellation)" title="Template talk:Scutum (constellation)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Scutum_(constellation)" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Scutum (constellation)"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Constellation_of_Scutum" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Scutum_(constellation)" title="Scutum (constellation)">Constellation of Scutum</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Scutum" title="List of stars in Scutum">List of stars in Scutum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scutum_in_Chinese_astronomy" title="Scutum in Chinese astronomy">Scutum in Chinese astronomy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:55px"><a href="/wiki/Star" title="Star">Stars</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Bayer_designation" title="Bayer designation">Bayer</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Scuti" title="Alpha Scuti">α</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beta_Scuti" title="Beta Scuti">β</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamma_Scuti" title="Gamma Scuti">γ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_Scuti" title="Delta Scuti">δ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epsilon_Scuti" title="Epsilon Scuti">ε</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeta_Scuti" title="Zeta Scuti">ζ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eta_Scuti" title="Eta Scuti">η</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Variable_star_designation" class="mw-redirect" title="Variable star designation">Variable</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R_Scuti" title="R Scuti">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S_Scuti" title="S Scuti">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UY_Scuti" title="UY Scuti">UY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V373_Scuti" title="V373 Scuti">V373</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AS_314" title="AS 314">V452</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LS_5039" title="LS 5039">V479</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BD-11_4672" title="BD-11 4672">BD-11 4672</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CoRoT-16" title="CoRoT-16">CoRoT-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CoRoT-17" class="mw-redirect" title="CoRoT-17">CoRoT-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRC_%E2%88%9210414" title="IRC −10414">IRC −10414</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2MASS_J18450079%E2%80%931409036" title="2MASS J18450079–1409036">2MASS J18450079–1409036</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PSR_B1828%E2%88%9211" title="PSR B1828−11">PSR B1828−11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PSR_B1829%E2%88%9210" title="PSR B1829−10">PSR B1829−10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PSR_J1841%E2%88%920500" title="PSR J1841−0500">PSR J1841−0500</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WR_114" title="WR 114">WR 114</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WR_119" title="WR 119">WR 119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WR_120" title="WR 120">WR 120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WR_121-16" title="WR 121-16">WR 121-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephenson_2_DFK_1" title="Stephenson 2 DFK 1">Stephenson 2 DFK 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RSGC1-F01" class="mw-redirect" title="RSGC1-F01">RSGC1-F01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RSGC1-F02" class="mw-redirect" title="RSGC1-F02">RSGC1-F02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRAS_18357-0604" class="mw-redirect" title="IRAS 18357-0604">IRAS 18357-0604</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephenson_2_DFK_49" title="Stephenson 2 DFK 49">Stephenson 2 DFK 49</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Exoplanets" scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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