Jump to content
 







Main menu
    


Navigation  


●Main page
 ●Contents
 ●Current events
 ●Random article
 ●About Wikipedia
 ●Contact us
 ●Donate
  



Contribute  


●Help
 ●Learn to edit
 ●Community portal
 ●Recent changes
 ●Upload file
  







Search  

































●Create account

●Log in
 









●Create account
 ● Log in
  



Pages for logged out editors learn more  


●Contributions
 ●Talk
  


















Contents

   



(Top)
  


1 References  













NGC 5999






●العربية
 ●Azərbaycanca
 ●Беларуская
 ●Bosanski
 ●Deutsch
 ●Ελληνικά
 ●Esperanto
 ●Euskara
 ●فارسی
 ●Français
 ●Hrvatski
 ●Қазақша
 ●Македонски
 ●Nederlands
 ●Нохчийн
 ●Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча
 ●Polski
 ●Português
 ●Русский
 ●Slovenčina
 ●Српски / srpski
 ●Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски
 ●Татарча / tatarça
 ●Türkçe
 ●Українська
 ●Zazaki
  
Edit links
  








●Article
 ●Talk
  
















●Read
 ●Edit
 ●View history
  







Tools
    


Actions  


●Read
 ●Edit
 ●View history
  



General  


●What links here
 ●Related changes
 ●Upload file
 ●Special pages
 ●Permanent link
 ●Page information
 ●Cite this page
 ●Get shortened URL
 ●Download QR code
 ●Wikidata item
  



Print/export  


●Download as PDF
 ●Printable version
  















Appearance
    

 





From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

NGC 5999
NGC 5523
Credit: DECaPS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Right ascension15h59m55s[1]
Declination−54° 01′ 54″[1]
Distance5310[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)9.0[1]
Physical characteristics
Estimated age400 million years[2]
Associations
ConstellationNorma
See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters

NGC 5999 is an open cluster in the constellation Norma. Its brightest star is HIP 78355.[3] It is 5310 light-years distant and thought to be around 400 million years old.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "NGC 5999-- Open (galactic) Cluster". SIMBAD. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  • ^ a b c Kharchenko, N. V.; Piskunov, A. E.; Schilbach, E.; Röser, S.; Scholz, R.-D. (2013). "Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. II. The catalogue of basic parameters". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 558: 8. arXiv:1308.5822. Bibcode:2013A&A...558A..53K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322302. S2CID 118548517. A53.
  • ^ Streicher, Magda (2005). "Deepsky Delights: Sparkling clusters in Norma". Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa. 64 (5–6): 107–09. Bibcode:2005MNSSA..64..107S.



    • Stub icon

    This star cluster–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • t
  • e

    • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NGC_5999&oldid=1191407326"
    Categories: 
    ●Open clusters
     ●NGC objects
     ●Norma (constellation)
     ●Star cluster stubs
     Hidden categories: 
    ●Articles with short description
     ●Short description is different from Wikidata
     ●All stub articles
      


    ●This page was last edited on 23 December 2023, at 10:24 (UTC).
    ●Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.


    ●Privacy policy
    ●About Wikipedia
    ●Disclaimers
    ●Contact Wikipedia
    ●Code of Conduct
    ●Developers
    ●Statistics
    ●Cookie statement
    ●Mobile view


    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki