Rim Nebula

Scientific overview

Rim Nebula is a nebula in the constellation Ara. It spans about 20 arcminutes of sky.

RA / Dec

16.6683h / -48.6623°

Hemisphere

Southern

Season

Summer

Object	Type	Mag	Size (′)
NGC 6397C 86 · NGC 6397	Globular cluster	5.17	15.3
NGC 6250NGC 6250	Cluster with nebulosity	5.9	9.6
IC 4651	Open cluster	6.9	9.6
NGC 6208NGC 6208	Open cluster	7.2	8.4
NGC 6200NGC 6200	Open cluster	7.4	8.1
NGC 6204NGC 6204	Open cluster	8.2	4.5
NGC 6362NGC 6362	Globular cluster	8.86	8.4
NGC 6352C 81 · NGC 6352	Globular cluster	8.87	7.2

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

OpenNGCOpenNGC (M. Verga) — NGC/IC, Messier, and Caldwell catalogue data
Openly-licensed deep-sky catalogue: object types, positions, magnitudes, sizes, morphology, and cross-identifiers.

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